ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The Rochester Black Heritage Committee honored ten influential local Black women at City Hall on Tuesday night. The event celebrated their efforts in breaking boundaries and helping their communities thrive.
Organizers emphasized the importance of such events to ensure the contributions of Black women are recognized and not overshadowed.
“We have to encounter things sometimes our male counterparts do not. We fight the glass ceiling, we fight sexism. And so to celebrate this in a safe space is so wonderful,” said Lesli Myers-Small, co-chair of the women of distinction award program…