The YWCA of the Rochester and Monroe County’s annual Empowering Women Luncheon will take place on Wednesday, October 7, at the oseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Conven on Center. This year the Guest Speaker will be Lucille O’Neal, the...
It is not hard to find people in the 21st century who find Christian rap to be the ultimate oxymoron- an uncomfortable mixture of sacred and secular that leads people into covert apostasy. But in a genre that has...
The A.B.O.V.E. Organization officially announces the festival date and entertainment line-up for the 8th Annual Afrikan American Festival. Please join us for a day of live, music, health screenings and information, food, activities, cultural/history displays and much more.
“Taking Care...
All-American 400m runner, 3x All-State, 7-time All-County, 3-time All-Greater Rochester, 9-time Sectional Champion, 4-time track team MVP, 2-time Section V Meet Class MVP, NYPSSHA Scholar Athlete, US National Army Reserve Scholar Athlete Award Recipient, 200m and 400m (2x) Monroe...
So often we don’t take the time to get to know the professionals that we entrust with our health. Dr. Rodney O’Connor, DDS, is originally from Sharon, PA, but has called the 19th Ward neighborhood of the city of...
On Wednesday June 19th at around 9pm, during Bible Study, a lone gunman walked into the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church and opened fire, killing nine members. Some have labeled this a hate crime, while others consider his...
Dr. Cindy Trimm is a best-selling author, motivational speaker and one of the most sought-after female gospel preachers in the 21st century. Her story is like that of so many- overcoming a challenging childhood to put herself through college...
Rochester will be a classical music mecca August 11 through August 16 when 100 musicians of African descent from the United States, Canada and South America participate in the 2015 Gateways Music Festival.
That is the largest number of musicians...
I love to fish. Sometimes, my all day fishing adventures often fail to yield fish. If hungry, food searching fish are in abundance, why is my net empty? I have the wrong approach and bait which makes what I...
Clergymen in the city of Rochester are answering a new call, and it’s putting them on the streets with city cops.
In the wake of deadly shootings at the hands of police officers in Missouri, Maryland and New York, new...
