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Rochester Alliance of Communities Transforming Society, Inc. (RocACTS) is building a multi-racial, county-wide, faith-based coalition of urban and suburban congregations and organizations which will use its collective power to address critical issues in Rochester. RocACTS includes member congregations, neighborhood associations, unions, and other groups that are committed to systemic change. The heart of community organization lies in individuals, congregations, and other organizations working together to address issues that affect their daily lives and build community power. Community members identify problems and seek solutions to these problems by organizing people power and resources.

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March 30, 2023

Gun Violence

Faith on the Ground in Buffalo: Voice Buffalo Executive Director Denise Walden

(RNS) — Soon after a white 18-year-old shooter targeted Black customers of a community grocery store in Buffalo, New York, on Saturday (May 14),…

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Gun Violence

Crystal Peoples-Stokes: Buffalo community ‘hurt’ after mass shooting, ‘not just for the loss,’ but ‘for the fact that racism is real.’

Crystal Peoples-Stokes, Majority Leader of the NY State Assembly, and Reverend Denise Walden-Glenn, Executive Director of Voice Buffalo, join Yasmin Vossoughian to…

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February 1, 2022

Gun Violence, Mass Incarceration

Children of arrested parents are focus of new Buffalo partnership

Nationwide and locally, there are many initiatives right now working to repair the relationship between the community and law enforcement. A new…

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