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Late Friday evening, a peaceful protest that began as a rally to demand justice for Daniel Prude’s death at the hands of Rochester Police Officers. Around 2000 people attended the rally, beginning at Martin Luther King Jr. Park and marching towards East Avenue at around 6:00pm. There were speeches from concerned citizens and Daniel Prude’s […]

Usher announced to Rolling Stone that he will be doing a residency in Las Vegas beginning in July 2021. The residency will take place at the Colosseum at Caesar’s Palace beginning Friday, July 16th 2021. The “fully immersive” shows will be produced by Live Nation and Caesar’s Entertainment and will feature songs from the singer’s […]

Did you ever hear about the bomb a police helicopter dropped on a neighborhood in Philadelphia back in the 80s? A documentary entitled “Let The Fire Burn” was produced to recapture the events surrounding MOVE – A Philadelphia-based Black liberation group founded by John Africa (born Vincent Leaphart) in 1972. The group was said to […]

Last night, the weather channel announced that hurricane Laura had strengthened to an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm as it gets closer to the Texas and Louisiana coastlines. The National Hurricane Center announced that “Little time remains to protect life and property.” Hurricane Laura is expected to lose steam once it hits land, but it’s […]

Rochester is now a three time winner of the All-American City Award. The National Civic League held a virtual competition that used metrics like civic engagement, collaboration, inclusivity, and innovation to successfully address local issues and determined that the City of Rochester embodies these characteristics. Doug Linkhart, president of the National Civic League made a […]

The KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival just announced that instead of cancelling, they will be holding all its events on a virtual platform this year. The festival will run from Sept. 15 to Sept. 26 and the shows will include free and paid events. During an interview with the Democrat & Chronicle, Fringe Producer Erica Fee […]

Gray started the nonprofit, My Good, earlier this year to support families and loved ones of victims of police violence. Offering support emotionally, mental health and financially as well as connecting people to support groups with grief experts and ministers. Those are only a few examples of the work that My Good does. She is […]

Dr. Lesli Myers-Small, the RCSD superintendent kicks off the month-long series focusing on elevation and advancement for the Black community. Held every Sunday in August from 9-9:30 a.m. on the front lawn of Aenon Missionary Baptist Church on Genesee Street. Meetings are to promote public engagement, create a space to work on institutional transformation led […]

On May 31st a SpaceX crew named Dragon–the spacecraft’s name is Endeavour–took off in a Falcon 9 rocket located at the Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Whether or not they land today comes down to, the weather. What I want to know is–who is in charge of naming these things? […]

On Sunday, a demonstration led by an activist group called Save Rochester – Black Lives Matter organized a shutdown of a section of I-490 to protest against police brutality and inequalities for communities of color. The rally began at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park and proceeded to march down East Broadway Street and then […]