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Protests continue to rock Rochester
Before the march began, call and response chants of “We are elders” and “We support our youth” echoed through the street.
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Rochester residents and activists respond to the retirement of police Chief Singletary amid calls for change
Rochester residents and demonstrators met the news of Police Chief La'Ron Singletary’s retirement positively, and cited Singletary’s retirement and the convening of a grand Jury as two major victories of the movement.
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BLM protesters share message with UR at escalating Daniel Prude demonstrations
Black Panther Party member Asa Adams, who lost his voice shouting himself hoarse on Saturday night, encouraged students to take their activism one step further. “University of Rochester, if you really want to make change – come out here to the real classroom, you’ll learn a lot more,” he told the Campus Times on Thursday.
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Rochester community members hold forum to explore healthier food policies
Members of the Rochester community shared their dreams of local community gardens and fresh produce last Wednesday in a Zoom call hosted by the City of Rochester, Common Ground Health, and Foodlink.
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Rochester’s Mayor Warren sued over limiting gatherings in recent emergency order
Both Free the People Roc and NLG Rochester are taking action against Mayor Warren’s emergency order enacted on July 15.
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Frederick Douglass statue torn down on the anniversary of famous speech
The speech, given in Rochester in 1852 to a predominantly white audience, asked white Americans how they could celebrate freedom from oppression while simultaneously owning slaves.
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Black Lives Matter protestors gather in Rochester
In the wake of George Floyd's murder, people have taken to the streets demanding an end to police brutality. Over the past few weeks, the Campus Times attended some of these protests.
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Rochester joins national protests for racial justice
Speakers included a 10-year-old girl who, two weeks prior to the event, was handcuffed during a routine traffic stop.
COVID-19
8 at UR, 1,296 in Monroe County have had confirmed cases of COVID-19
None of these people are still on campus. This number also doesn’t include University community members who were diagnosed with COVID-19 after being home for two or more weeks.
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5 at UR have coronavirus. Monroe County has 246 cases.
UR now has five confirmed cases of COVID-19, while Monroe County has reported 246 confirmed cases, six of which have…
