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  • Raising Rochester Podcast – S2:E3 – Aqua Porter on Anti-Poverty Efforts in Rochester and Monroe County
    Raising Rochester Podcast – S2:E3 – Aqua Porter on Anti-Poverty Efforts in Rochester and Monroe County
    March 21, 2023

    In this episode, Raising Rochester welcomes Aqua Porter, Executive Director of the Rochester-Monroe Anti-Poverty Initiative (RMAPI). Aqua speaks with TCA CEO, Larry Marx about the…

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  • September 2022 E-News
    September 2022 E-News
    September 30, 2022

    Preview – September 2022 E-News September 2022 Members of the Very Invested Parents (VIPs) group along with Parent Advocacy Coordinator Carmen Torres At The Children’s…

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  • August 2022 E-News
    August 2022 E-News
    August 31, 2022

      August 2022 As New York’s children head back to school, each and every one of us has the responsibility to ensure every child receives…

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  • July 2022 E-News
    July 2022 E-News
    July 29, 2022

      July 2022 The Children’s Agenda is unique in that we advocate at the local, state and national levels. National policies have profound impacts for…

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  • Raising Rochester Podcast – Episode 16 – Sara Taylor and the State of Mental Health Care for Children in our Community
    Raising Rochester Podcast – Episode 16 – Sara Taylor and the State of Mental Health Care for Children in our Community
    June 14, 2022

    Sara Taylor is this week’s guest on the Raising Rochester podcast. Sara is a parent of a child with mental health issues, an advocate for…

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  • Raising Rochester Podcast – Episode 15 – Danielle Jones on Maternal Wellness
    Raising Rochester Podcast – Episode 15 – Danielle Jones on Maternal Wellness
    May 31, 2022

    This week’s podcast guest is Danielle Jones. Danielle is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, doula, and a highly involved member of the Rochester community. This…

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  • Raising Rochester Podcast – Episode 14 – TCA Education Policy Director Eamonn Scanlon on the Rochester City School District Budget
    Raising Rochester Podcast – Episode 14 – TCA Education Policy Director Eamonn Scanlon on the Rochester City School District Budget
    May 12, 2022

    This week’s guest on the Raising Rochester podcast is Eamonn Scanlon. Eamonn is the Education Policy Director at The Children’s Agenda, and focuses a great…

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  • Raising Rochester Podcast – Episode 13 – Justin Murphy, Author on the History of School Segregation in Rochester
    Raising Rochester Podcast – Episode 13 – Justin Murphy, Author on the History of School Segregation in Rochester
    April 12, 2022

    Justin Murphy joins the Raising Rochester podcast to discuss his new book, “Your Children are Very Greatly in Danger.” That book is a history of…

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  • January 2022 E-News
    January 2022 E-News
    January 27, 2022

    January 2022 Bold Action for Children New York children had many policy wins last year. So what’s next? A lot! In 2022, The Children’s Agenda,…

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  • December 2021 E-News
    December 2021 E-News
    December 21, 2021

    Preview – Our Wish List … And Much More in the December Edition of TCA’s E-News December 2021 2022 Wish List from The Children’s Agenda…

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  • Connections: ROC the Future’s 2021 State of Our Children report
    Connections: ROC the Future’s 2021 State of Our Children report
    November 15, 2021

    ROC the Future is gearing up to release its annual State of Our Children report. This year's document is a nine-year summary showing areas of…

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  • Rochester City School unions ask district to address safety concerns with police, parents balk
    Rochester City School unions ask district to address safety concerns with police, parents balk
    October 21, 2021

    Days after leaders from four Rochester City School unions asked the district to address growing security concerns – including an incident when someone fired a…

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  • Parents, children’s organizations question RCSD’s plan to address violence at schools
    Parents, children’s organizations question RCSD’s plan to address violence at schools
    October 20, 2021

    Talks between Rochester school and city officials continued on Wednesday to address violence among students at Rochester City schools.

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  • Raising Rochester Podcast – Episode 5 – Jessica Lewis on Experiences in Urban-Suburban Program
    Raising Rochester Podcast – Episode 5 – Jessica Lewis on Experiences in Urban-Suburban Program
    October 19, 2021

    Jessica Lewis, ROC the Future’s Communications Specialist and Urban-Suburban program graduate, joins the show this week. She and host Pete Nabozny discuss her experiences in…

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  • July 2021 E-News
    July 2021 E-News
    July 28, 2021

    Preview – Tapping National Networks to Amplify Local Parent Power … And Much More in the July Edition of TCA’s E-News July 2021 Tapping National…

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  • June 2021 E-News
    June 2021 E-News
    June 22, 2021

    Preview – June 2021 E-News June 2021 Progress for Kids at State Level Thanks to you, 6,000 members of our online Advocacy Network, and coalitions…

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  • Happy Juneteenth
    Happy Juneteenth
    June 16, 2021

    As Emma Lazarus, the poet who’s other writing (“The New Colossus”) adorns our Statue of Liberty wrote, “Until we are all free, we are none…

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  • May 2021 E-News
    May 2021 E-News
    May 25, 2021

    Preview – RCSD Budget Once in a Lifetime Opportunity … And Much More in the May Edition of TCA’s E-News May 2021 RCSD Budget Once…

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  • April 2021 E-News
    April 2021 E-News
    April 27, 2021

    Preview – April 2021 E-News April 2021 Big Wins for Children – But More Needs to Be Done     View Our Full Summary The…

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  • Relief. Now, Onto Justice
    Relief. Now, Onto Justice
    April 27, 2021

    We must imagine – and build – a world where public safety upholds the lives and dignity of all Black people, prenatally to old age. 

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  • April 2021 Federal Update from The Partnership for America’s Children
    April 2021 Federal Update from The Partnership for America’s Children
    April 19, 2021

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  • March 2021 E-News
    March 2021 E-News
    March 24, 2021

    Preview – The American Rescue Plan and Children … And Much More in the March Edition of TCA’s E-News March 2021 What The American Rescue…

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  • February 2021 E-News
    February 2021 E-News
    February 23, 2021

    February 2021 Federal COVID Relief – What it Means for Children House & Senate to Take Action on “Once In A Lifetime” Legislation in Coming…

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  • High School Students Return to School Without SRO’s
    High School Students Return to School Without SRO’s
    February 22, 2021

    Thursday, February 25th will be the first time in over twenty years that Rochester City School District (RCSD) high school students will be returning to…

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  • Federal COVID Relief – What it Means for Children
    Federal COVID Relief – What it Means for Children
    February 22, 2021

    The Biden Administration and Congress have targeted early March as the completion date for the next round of federal COVID relief funding. The Children’s Agenda…

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  • Connections: Debating the presence of police in schools
    Connections: Debating the presence of police in schools
    February 17, 2021

    Students in the Rochester City School District no longer see police officers in their schools. As part of the approval of the city’s budget in…

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  • Pepper spray incident prompts discussion about ‘adultification’ of Black youth
    Pepper spray incident prompts discussion about ‘adultification’ of Black youth
    February 17, 2021

    The recent pepper spraying of a 9-year-old girl at the hands of Rochester police is leading to a conversation about the "adultification" of Black youth.

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  • Essay: Hospital community committed to the wellness, humanity of children
    Essay: Hospital community committed to the wellness, humanity of children
    February 11, 2021

    In January 2021, a nine-year-old girl in our community was handcuffed and pepper sprayed by police. As a community that cares for children and sees their…

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  • #shes9
    #shes9
    February 2, 2021

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  • Parents have the Power
    Parents have the Power
    November 17, 2020

    In episode 11 of Together for Change, our host Christian Motley talks with community leaders from Rochester, New York, and StriveTogether President and CEO Jennifer…

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  • ROC the Future releases report card
    ROC the Future releases report card
    November 11, 2020

    ROC the Future, which focuses on bettering the lives of children, gave an update on the impact of the pandemic.

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  • ROC the Future report card highlights successes, support needs for Rochester teens
    ROC the Future report card highlights successes, support needs for Rochester teens
    November 10, 2020

    Children’s advocates say there are stories of success in the Rochester City School District, however there exist wide differences in outcomes within the district’s various…

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  • Save Rochester Calls Child Poverty an Issue of Black Lives Matter
    Save Rochester Calls Child Poverty an Issue of Black Lives Matter
    October 30, 2020

    Saying that he is fortunate to go to a warm home where there is dinner every night, 16-year-old Isaiah Santiago expressed the desire to help…

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  • Advocacy Groups Hold Candidate Forum for Monroe Co. State, Senate Districts
    Advocacy Groups Hold Candidate Forum for Monroe Co. State, Senate Districts
    October 7, 2020

    With the election just a month away, a few local advocacy groups held a forum where candidates running for office in the state Assembly and…

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  • Justice for Daniel Prude
    Justice for Daniel Prude
    September 6, 2020

    The Children’s Agenda adds our voice to the thousands of others expressing our deepest sympathy with Daniel Prude’s family. Hearing his daughter Tashyra speak out…

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  • ‘Catastrophic’: RCSD suffers most among county districts from looming state funding cuts
    ‘Catastrophic’: RCSD suffers most among county districts from looming state funding cuts
    August 22, 2020

    The looming threat of a 20% cut in state education funding has school districts across New York anxious — but, as is often the case, it…

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  • Report shows huge racial divides in Rochester, pandemic could make things worse
    Report shows huge racial divides in Rochester, pandemic could make things worse
    August 21, 2020

    ACT Rochester is sending out a call to action, after publishing a new report that finds that minorities in Rochester are facing huge challenges in…

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  • June 2020 E-News
    June 2020 E-News
    June 30, 2020

    E-News Archive

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  • Racism as a public health crisis
    Racism as a public health crisis
    June 30, 2020

    The board of directors of The Children’s Agenda formally endorsed the Rochester Black Agenda Group’s declaration that “Racism is a Public Health Crisis” in its…

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  • RACF grants for online learning
    RACF grants for online learning
    May 11, 2020

    The Rochester Area Community Foundation has established a COVID Education Fund to urgently support the purchase of technology and home internet access for students who…

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  • Stand Against Racism
    Stand Against Racism
    April 24, 2020

    There’s a Grand Canyon of difference between using phrases like “woke” for self-congratulatory advertising or for applause from the already-converted (like so many social media…

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  • The Children’s Agenda Presents Report Card on Monroe County’s 2020 Budget
    The Children’s Agenda Presents Report Card on Monroe County’s 2020 Budget
    December 6, 2019

    A Rochester non-profit, dedicated to speaking for some of Monroe County's most vulnerable residents, went before the legislature Thursday evening to present a "report card"…

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  • Connections: Discussing the “school-to-prison pipeline”
    Connections: Discussing the “school-to-prison pipeline”
    November 5, 2019

    What is the so-called “school-to-prison pipeline”? Local organizations are planning a town hall event to educate the community about their concerns. It starts with school…

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  • Concentrations Of Child Poverty Persist In New York
    Concentrations Of Child Poverty Persist In New York
    September 30, 2019

    A new report says the percentage of children living in areas of concentrated poverty has dropped in 29 states, but here in New York the…

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  • Connections: Discussing the impact of an overhaul of the SNAP program
    Connections: Discussing the impact of an overhaul of the SNAP program
    August 29, 2019

    Our policy director, Pete Nabozny, discusses the impact of possible Trump administration changes to the SNAP benefit program. The result, according to the administration, will…

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  • Black, Latina women: How to fix NY’s wage gap that pays them cents to each dollar a man makes
    Black, Latina women: How to fix NY’s wage gap that pays them cents to each dollar a man makes
    August 23, 2019

    Women of color make significantly less than white, non-Latino men over the course of their careers

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  • Connections: Discussing the impact of pay disparities for African American women
    Connections: Discussing the impact of pay disparities for African American women
    August 13, 2019

    In New York State, black women earn 65 cents for every dollar a non-Hispanic white male makes doing similar work. A local group is trying…

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  • July 2019 E-News
    July 2019 E-News
    July 31, 2019

    E-News Archive

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  • 2019 Kid’s Count Data Book – WBAI Living for the City
    2019 Kid’s Count Data Book – WBAI Living for the City
    July 15, 2019

    TCA Director of Policy, Pete Nabozny, guests on the WBAI radio show, Living for the City, to discuss the release of the 2019 Kid’s Count…

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  • Connections: Understanding segregation in America
    Connections: Understanding segregation in America
    July 2, 2019

    Eamonn Scanlon, education and policy analyst for The Children’s Agenda, is a guest on the Connections program, discussing segregation, which has become a charged national…

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