ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Community members and leaders gathered on Tuesday to advocate for a higher living wage, housing security, and the establishment of a public bank in Rochester. The Community Outreach Forum aimed to create a concrete plan to address poverty in the city.
“Power concedes nothing without demand. Never has and never will. We have to make a demand that we want to end poverty in Rochester,” said Jalil Muntaqim of Citizen Action of New York, quoting Frederick Douglass.
Muntaqim’s organization is focused on tackling poverty in Rochester, which he described as the third worst city for poverty in New York state…