Local youth are turning protests into action with the Rochester Community Initiative
Today on the Rochester Rundown, we check in with the students behind the Rochester Community Initiative. The group came together in the wake of the George Floyd protests last June, and has since grown in size and stature, adding roughly three dozen new members and creating programs for students and the general public alike. Their work revolves around advocating for youth representation and uplifting marginalized voices, and in recent months, their outreach has expanded into RPS classrooms beyond their own. In some cases, these students are becoming the teachers.
Their accomplishments over a school year like no other — plus the top stories from our site — all included in this week's edition of the show.
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🎧 As a reminder, new episodes of the Rochester Rundown can also be found on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and other leading podcast services.Cover photos: Dominic Sinicrope, senior at Mayo (top left), Jaida Crowson, senior at ALC (top right), Yasmin Ali, junior at Mayo (bottom left) & Kesarin Mehta, senior at Mayo (bottom right) / submitted by Rochester Community Initiative
