ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The Rochester Urban League held its annual community update at the Educational Opportunity Center on Chestnut Street on Monday. League officials said more than half of their recommendations have been adopted by the city as official policy. These recommendations originated directly from community voices.
“So the fact that they were able to put through recommendations and their elected officials listened and heard them and started working on that, it truly speaks to the fact that community voice is important, and when you speak you can get results,” Dr. Candice Lucas, senior vice president of the Urban League, said…