This Saturday from noon to 2 PM, we’re doing something a little different. No big sculpture, no public installation—just a house full of balloons and a few friends who believe in building something better. Rajesh & Erica Barnabas, fellow artists with a bold spirits and a wild imaginations, with help from the incredible Jeanne Strazzabosco, …
Right now, many in our community are living in fear—fear of being detained, deported, or simply disappeared without due process. At the same time, the Police Accountability Board has been stripped of powers voters overwhelmingly supported, and the influence of federal immigration enforcement is growing stronger inside our own city. We’ve seen RPD officers aid …
Chants rang out across the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport as residents, advocates, and faith leaders gathered to protest Avelo Airlines’ contract with ICE. The Houston-based airline has agreed to provide aircraft for deportation flights, prompting fierce backlash from local leaders and immigrant rights organizations. The Western New York Coalition condemned the move, calling …
We cannot resign ourselves to the “darkest timeline” For decades, resources have been pulled away from the poor, the working class, and even the middle class—funneled upward while our communities were told to make do with less. Wages have stayed flat, costs have soared (especially in the last five years), and public supports and programs …
We’re in the final stretch of gathering signatures to officially get on the ballot for Rochester City Council. This is how grassroots campaigns like mine move forward—by working together, neighbor to neighbor. To get on the ballot, I need at least 1000 valid signatures from registered Democrats in the city, but the goal is to collect way …
