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City Council legislation presented by Wade S. Norwood for the creation of a Civilian Review Board (1992)

Submitted by R-IMC on Mon, 2015-01-05 19:47

Here is the Civilian Review Board legislation currently used in the City of Rochester passed in October of 1992 and brought to Council by City Councilmember-at-Large Wade S. Norwood. More than 22 years after the legislation was implemented, Mr. Norwood had no comment when asked how effective he thought he legislation was.

Affidavits from witnesses of the police assault on Benny Warr

Submitted by R-IMC on Mon, 2015-01-05 13:06

Affidavits from La'Shanda Flowers, Tache Young, and Derrick Latham regarding what they saw when Benny Warr was attacked by Rochester Police Department officers Joseph “Joey” M. Ferrigno II, Anthony “Rock” R. Liberatore, and Mitchell “Big Face” R. Stewart II on May 1, 2013.

Homeless displaced again as City destroys tent city (in photos)

Submitted by T. Forsyth on Sat, 2014-12-20 19:55

Today, December 20, 2014, the City of Rochester, NY destroyed Sanctuary Village. This was the last stop for people with no place to go. Tents, sleeping bags, tarps, and, personal items were bulldozed into a dumpster. No city official present, including the RPD, would take responsibility for this atrocity, five days before Christmas.

photos from Eviction Defense at Joseph Martinez's home

Submitted by T. Forsyth on Wed, 2014-12-10 18:30

Take Back The Land and allies gathered at Joseph Martinez's home on Alameda St., on December 9th, 2014, demanding that Wells Fargo call off its eviction order. The marshal and the movers failed to appear. At the end of the day, Wells Fargo agreed to negotiate. We'll see what tomorrow brings.

photos from White Coats for Black Lives @ URMC

Submitted by T. Forsyth on Wed, 2014-12-10 17:49

White Coats for Black Lives actions at over 70 Med Schools & Hospitals today, December 10, 2014. University of Rochester Medical School was no exception. This afternoon over 70 students participated in a die-in. ‪#‎WhiteCoats4BlackLives‬ ‪#‎BlackLivesMatter‬ ‪#‎RochesterIndymedia‬ ‪#‎DieIn‬ ‪#‎UniversityofRochester‬

#EnoughIsEnough #BlackLivesMatter march and rally in response to non-indictment of Eric Garner's killer

Submitted by T. Forsyth on Fri, 2014-12-05 17:33

On December 4th, an emergency rally and snake march in response to the non-indictment of Eric Garner's killer, officer Daniel Pantaleo was called for by B.L.A.C.K. (Building Leadership And Community Knowledge). The rally started at Genesee St. and Brooks Ave. at 2pm. From there, the march went down Genesee, cut over to Jefferson, and went up to Main St., where a die-in occurred in the middle of the intersection. After that, demonstrators continued in the street down Main in an eastbound direction eventually rallying at city hall before dispersing.

Photos: ROC for 15--Support Striking Fast Food Workers!

Submitted by T. Forsyth on Fri, 2014-12-05 15:28
On December 4, 2014 at the corner of South Ave. and Elmwood Ave., fast food workers, community, and allies came out to bring the fight against low wages home. These companies profit in the billions while leaving hundreds of thousands of people across the US in poverty.

Danielle Ponder sings after organizers from Ferguson, MO share experiences with Rochester

Submitted by T. Forsyth on Tue, 2014-11-11 23:12

Danielle Ponder sings at the end of...

"They Think It's a Game, They Think It's a Joke!" with
Dhoruba Toure Shakur & Sixela Yoccm--organizers from Ferguson, MO.

Danielle Ponder sings after organizers from Ferguson, MO share experiences with Rochester

Clean Water? a report from Wellsville, NY

Submitted by Elaine Hardman @ www.keylesspiano.blogspot.com on Sun, 2014-09-21 19:04

Original article: http://www.keylesspiano.blogspot.com/2014/09/clean-water.html

 

WELLSVILLE:  Flush a toilet, wash a dish, enjoy your shower and forget what goes down the drain. That’s what many do every day while a crew of 3 waits “downhill” ready to turn our nasty sewage into river-ready water.
            This past week I stood on some sturdy grates looking down on Wellsville’s daily 1.4 million gallons of sewage as it rushed into the Wellsville Sewer Department
             I toured the facility with Joanne Allen and Barry Miller of Concerned Citizens of Allegany County while Michael Smith and Brad Mattison explained the sewage treatment processes that relieves Wellsville’s sewage of some of our daily muck.
 
 


            We started at the headworks, the unit where water from about 2400 users enters the system. This is the place plagued by baby wipes and the occasional diaper. The water passes through a grinder and a screen but things like baby wipes don’t grind well and can block the screen so sometimes someone has to pull out what looks like stiff, white fiber.



            The water that rushed under our feet was raw sewage at its worst but it didn’t smell much. Smith said that’s because there is a lot of water in the system just now. He said that waste water comes from homes, stores and businesses but there is also water that seeps into the system through broken pipes. Pipes, he said, always leak somewhere.
            This water is only domestic sewage. Storm water doesn’t mix in. The Village worked aggressively in the 70s, in response to Nixon’s Clean Water Act, to separate sewage and storm water. At the time there was grant money to upgrade systems and Wellsville took advantage of that money to separate the two water streams.

Open Letter: Rochester Indymedia Splits with TV Dinner & Metro Justice (circa 2007)

Submitted by Rochester Indymedia on Thu, 2014-09-04 20:34

At a recent meeting, the Rochester Independent Media Center (also known as R-IMC or Rochester Indymedia) decided to begin working independently from the Metro Justice's Task Force TV Dinner. After many years of fruitful collaboration, we believe it's in the best interests of both groups to begin working separately.

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