Runaway Slave showing
The Frederick Douglass Foundation of NY will be hosting two showings of C. L. Bryant’s timely and challenging full-length feature documentary, Runaway Slave, about modern-day slavery right here in the United States. This is a film you will want to preview and then invite all your friends back to see with you. First showing (limited seating): Saturday, October 27th – 7 pm at the Cross Culture Youth Center on the corner of Bay and Goodman Streets. Second showing (open to general public): Friday, November 2nd – 6:30 pm at Joy Community Church, 890 North Goodman Street. There...
Read MoreRoberts Honors Judge King
HBI President Honored The President of our Board of Directors, Judge Roy Wheatley King, and his wife Lucille were recently honored in the Summer 2012 issue of Roberts Today, the alumni magazine of Roberts Wesleyan College where Roy serves on the Board of Trustees. As the article notes, “Giving is an ethic that was instilled in Judge King during his time as an attorney, as he was encouraged to take on pro-bono cases and to use his skills as an attorney to give back to his community. Today, the structure of non-profit organizations appeals to King: when he invests in a non-profit, he is...
Read MoreChief on the Street
Last night RPD Chief Sheppard and several of his officers met at His Branches with concerned citizens in the Arnett Boulevard neighborhood and listened carefully to their concerns. Afterwards the group walked the boulevard visiting stores and neighbors and finding out more about how they can help us keep our neighborhood strong. This month’s “Chief on the Street” program was sponsored by the Rochester Police Department in collaboration with the Arnett Block Association and Rochester Youth Outreach....
Read MoreGFM Gets Help
Medical center gets support after thefts In the first two weeks of this month, the Grace Family Medicine center on Arnett Boulevard was the inexplicable target of repeated thievery and vandalism. Since then, staff at the medical center, which has served underprivileged families in the 19th Ward for the past 32 years, has been the target of the community’s generosity and support. The center was broken into at least four times in 12 days in early April, and was vandalized at least two other times during that time period, said Dr. William Morehouse, Grace’s medical director…...
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