What is the Opioid Epidemic?
--By Dr. Lisa Harris, MD
The CDC reports that drug overdose deaths continue to rise in the United States. The report from 1999-2017 more than 700,00 people have died from a drug overdose.1 The NIH estimates...
Is music the key to students’ academic success? A conversation with Saxophonist Judah Sealy.
--By Mary Tina Bisbee-Burrows PhD
As the controversy over the forced teacher exodus looms over Rochester, New York like a dark stratus cloud, the quality of urban...
“I’m tired”...”I don’t like to go alone”…”I be bored”…”The results take too long”… ”I don’t have that kind of money to pay for membership”…”I need some motivation”…”I just don’t have the energy”…”I got a bad this, a bad that”…blah...
From Civil Rights Leader to Congressman
--Elijah Cummings
There are many people who just recently came to know the recently passed Congressman Elijah Cummings due to his position as Chair of the House Oversight Committee during these exceptionally turbulent times in...
RABJ National Award Winner
By Cookie Waller
This nut house business of selling assorted nuts started 20 years ago, with the hard work and dedication of Kevin and Jennifer Angus. The Angus family came to Rochester with 500 lbs. of raw...
RABJ National Award Winner
By RABJ Members
The National Association of Black Journalists announced recently at its 44th Annual Convention and Career Fair that the Rochester Association of Black Journalists is the 2019 NABJ Professional Chapter of the Year.
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A Conversation with Pastor James Cooper
Founder of rSpirit.online
A few months ago, Upstate NY Gospel Magazine had the pleasure of meeting a fellow sponsor of the City of Rochester’s Gospel Jubilee, Pastor James Copper, founder of rSpirit.online. For more than...
A New Church Home: An Answered Prayer for Ark of Jesus Ministries
YWCA is on a mission.
YWCA has empowered women to raise their voices since 1883. YWCA is 300 housing units strong for women and families who need a safe...
A New Church Home: An Answered Prayer for Ark of Jesus Ministries
By Tracie Isaac
Bishop David J. Singleton, the Senior Pastor of Ark of Jesus Ministries in Rochester, NY, recalls the desire and journey for a specific new church home....
Memorial Day: Honoring our Fallen Soldiers
By Tracie Isaac
Throughout America Memorial Day is a holiday, observed on the last Monday in May, honoring the men and women who died while serving in a branch of the U.S. military. Over the...
