City of Rochester
News Release
Community Members
Invited to Join Community Advancing Recommendation Teams
(Friday, Dec. 2, 2022) – Community members are invited to join the Urban League of Rochester,
City of Rochester, and Monroe County for an open meeting to learn about
progress made on Racial and Structural Equity (RASE) recommendations, plans to
continue the RASE work, and how community members can get involved to help make
Rochester a more equitable city.
The meeting will be
held on Monday, Dec. 5 at 6:30 p.m., via Zoom. Registration is required at https://RASE.EventBrite.com.
The Urban League
will introduce specific opportunities for community members to get involved in
one of the new RASE Community Advancing Recommendation Teams (CARTs). Each team
will focus on one topic, following the RASE recommendation areas of focus:
- Business
Development
- Criminal
Justice and Policing
- Education
- Healthcare
- Housing
- Human/Social
Services
- Job
Creation
- Mental
Health/Addiction Services
- Older
Adults
The Commission on
Racial and Structural Equity (RASE) was appointed in 2020 as a joint effort
between the City of Rochester and Monroe County to identify areas of structural
inequity across the community and recommend specific change to achieve equity
for all citizens. Three Co-Chairs, 21 Commissioners, and more than 200
community members reviewed, discussed, and put forth more than 200
recommendations aimed at dismantling structural inequities across nine sectors
of our city and county.
In March 2022,
County Executive Adam Bello and Mayor Malik Evans announced that Urban League
would be taking the helm on implementing RASE recommendations region-wide.
To learn more about
the RASE Commission, visit www.rocrase.com/.
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