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Per a Tuesday, April 7, CNN article, people of color are facing a challenging and fearful decision when they hear recommendations from officials to wear face masks made out of handkerchiefs. Large handkerchiefs and certain colors and patterns are associated with violent gangs that require that their members wear bandanas in specific colors to show […]

On Wednesday, April 15, Taraji P. Henson announced that the Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation will now offer five free therapy sessions to individuals in the black community. The foundation will provide the services strictly to members of the black community who have suffered in some way because of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, especially those who have […]

On Thursday, April 16, the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation announced that it’s providing an additional $500,000 to Rochester hospitals and community organizations out of a $1.5 million donation to 18 separate facilities. Rochester Regional Health and the University of Rochester Medical Center are on the recipient’s list. The foundation will distribute the rest of […]

A lot of people are searching for silver linings during the SARS-CoV-2 crisis. This earth day, one silver lining that everyone can appreciate is the air and sky quality changes. With fewer cars on the road and fewer factories pumping out the byproducts of fossil fuels and other pollutants, people in many areas of the […]

3d rendering, America - Usa. Photorealistic globe with lots of details.(3D terrain and clouds, city lights, reflective oceans...)Source maps are courtesy of NASA Earth Observatory Blue Marble project, for geographical boundaries:http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=73776Credit: Reto Stöckli, NASA Earth Observatoryhttp://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=79765Credit: NASA Earth Observatory image by Robert Simmonhttp://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=73934Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Image by Reto Stöckli (land surface, shallow [...]

On Tuesday, April 7, Mayor Lovely Warren announced via a press release that Rochester citizens have another COVID-19 financial resource available to them within the community. The Financial Empowerment Center has developed plans to help members of the community navigate their financial difficulties during this pandemic. Anyone who reaches out to the FEC can receive […]

The Better Business Bureau has revealed that hackers can use social media posts about graduating from high school or other academic institutions to gain access to people’s various online accounts. Schools throughout the country have closed to stop the spread of SARS-CoV-2, resulting in many students who were supposed to graduate this year posting their […]

On Tuesday, April 14, organizers of the San Francisco Pride announced that the COVID-19 pandemic and associated social distancing forced them to cancel the 50th Anniversary SF Pride that had the theme Generations of Hope. Although organizers initially hoped to merely suspend the event until later this year, there is still so much unknown about […]

At the top of the year, I promised myself to be more focused and disciplined because I find myself getting easily distracted hopping from one thing to another. Then boom CORONAVIRUS. It has been a true test of discipline for me over the last month. Working from home plus the world is shut down? I […]

Anecdotal reports that African Americans are being infected by COVID-19 and dying from the virus in disproportionate numbers have been circulating for over a week. As data accumulates, proof for this claim is forthcoming and adding weight to calls for congressional intervention. According to Chicago’s WBEZ radio channel’s initial analysis of early data, 29 percent […]