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Celebrating diversity on the Fourth of July at Meridian Centre Park in Brighton

July 10, 2015 As a member of the Unite Rochester blog, I know well of the “Two Rochesters.” By that, I think of our too segregated community in which different racial, ethnic and socioeconomic

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Education Social Issues

Altrusa of Rochester brings the love of reading to RCSD students

• May 10, 2015 One finds the unexpected at garage sales. This Saturday, while looking for a kitchen table, I discovered one sale whose proceeds benefited Altrusa of Rochester. To my

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When Baltimore burned 47 years ago

Posted by David Kramer • May 1, 2015 • 10:08 am This week was not the first time Rochester anxiously watched Baltimore engulfed in riots. In April 1968—four years after our own turmoil—the

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Education History Social Issues

Anticipating the Ferguson verdict

• November 18, 2014 This evening in my Keuka College Criminal Justice class at Damon Center in the Sibley building we had a heated, high emotional discussion regarding the untold truths about

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When NBA history was made at Edgerton Park

• March 2, 2015 Many of my RCSD students are huge NBA fans. Social Studies teacher that I am, I sometimes bemoan their lack of historical knowledge about the game’s past, reminding them that

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Education Social Issues

Northeast and Northwest respond to community behavioral health crisis

NOTE: this article first appeared in the Democrat and Chronicle. Due to a server change, some of the pictures are missing. • July 1, 2014 In recent years, unfortunately, community behavioral

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Expand and Reform: SNAP should focus on children’s nutrition

September 30, 2013 Saturday’s editorial, “SNAP sustains area families” shows how SNAP (Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program) can be win-win-win. Good for recipients, local farmers, and the

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