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Some 60-70 bicyclists rolled out Sunday morning October 20 2013 for the 4th annual Tweed Ride. Tweed rides are a tradition that started in London, England about twenty years ago.  Riders get dressed in 1920's or older vintage clothing and board their vintage bikes if they have them for a leisurely cruise around town.  The tradition came to the US a few years ago with rides in Philadelphia, New York, Boston and San Francisco.  The Rochester ride started and ended at High Falls near the Genesee Brewery.  It headed through several neighborhoods including Mayor's Heights, Corn Hill and the South Wedge.  Riders also stopped in Mt Hope Cemetery. The weather started out perfect with bright sunshine and clear blue skies.  But clouds began gathering about midway through the trip.  Fortunately rain held off until everyone was back indoors.

original site: http://exploringtheburnedoverdistrict.com/colgate-rochester-crozer-divinity-school-rochester-ny/

Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School – Rochester, NY

As some of you may know, every time we go and visit a place on our list, we usually leave with 2-3 new places we now have to go and see.  Through our travels, we have met a lot of great people and it is because of these people that we have been able to travel across the State of New York exploring places we originally had never heard of.  Somewhat of a new phenomenon for us though, is that at this point in our blog adventures, we have actually been sought out and invited to go on tours of places of worship.  This is kind of weird for us because we never thought we would be in a position where someone liked what we were doing enough that they thought their place of worship could benefit from exposure on our blog.  But at the time of this writing, it has even happened to us more than once!  It was at the beginning of this past July that we received a comment on a random thread on our blog from a Ms. Melissa Morral, who simply asked, “Have you considered including Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School on your tour?  I’d be happy to give you a tour.” Chris and I were very surprised at this and also very flattered, but because we usually book tours weeks in advance, it took us until now to actually go.

Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School

Following her extended stay in Afghanistan, peace activist Kathy Kelly returned to Rochester on Oct. 4 to relay the lessons from her time in the Middle East.  

She was joined by fellow activists Buddy Bell and Cathy Breen. Bell recently returned from Afghanistan. Breen spent last winter in Iraq and Syria, where she spoke with refugees who fled to Syria from the war in Iraq, only to return to Iraq to escape civil war in Syria.

At Flying Squirrel Community Space, Rochester NY

September 29  2013

On September 20, 2013, the United Christian Leadership Ministry held a press conference denouncing the astonishing bail increase for Brenda Hardaway as well as announcing their demands.

The press conference was held at Peace Baptist Church at 6 Oregon Street.

[This piece was written in early August. We know this isn't timely, but Adams speaks volumes against the privatization of education. Enjoy. Ed-]

original article: http://maryadamsrcsd.org/my-statement-against-the-gates-mckinsey-and-co-consulting-resolution-august-2013/

I oppose Resolution 32 because the funneling of a combination of Gates Foundation money and tax payer dollars into a large for-profit business advising firm located outside of our community epitomizes the surrender of local school districts to privatization. I believe that the two recently added high level management efficiency positions in the district are occupied by competent and well paid individuals who can succeed in finding relevant efficiencies and savings.  In terms of long term budgeting, I have confidence that our CFO and budget professionals can do this work.