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 …
The Rochester Downtown Development Corporation is not a social services agency. The RDDC is a real estate interest group dominated by big developers. In July of this year, the RDDC and several of the biggest property owners downtown approached COMIDA, to help them fund a $600 THOUSAND DOLLAR Ambassador program for downtown. You heard me $600,000. …
Democracy is dangerous… to the wealthy and powerful. Because there is strength in numbers. And when we show up, we win. City Council and the Mayor are empowered by OUR vote. They work for us, their power comes from our consent. Or at least it’s supposed to… Because in order to give consent, we’d actually have to know what …
