City Newspaper Archives - 4/2007

CIVIC ACTION 4/11-4/26

Published by Tim Louis Macaluso on Apr 17, 2007
This week's calls to citizenship include the following events and activities. (All are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.)
  • Three events in the next few weeks will focus on the preservation of Hemlock and CanadiceLakes. It's the topic of an Environmental Forum, sponsored by the Sierra Club and First Unitarian Church, on Thursday, April 19, at First Unitarian, 220 South Winton Road. There'll be networking at 6 p.m., and at 7:30, Paul Holahan, Rochester's commissioner for environmental services, and Andy Beers, executive commissioner for the state Office of Parks, will speak.

    • The Coalition for Hemlock and CanadiceLakes will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 24, at the Canadice Town Hall, 5949 County Road 37, and again at 7 p.m. Monday, May 7, at the Center for Environmental Information, 55 St. Paul Street, downtown Rochester.

  • An April 20 conference will explore how religion and science overlap or conflict. Sponsored by the University of Rochester as part of its Humanities Project, the program, "Religious Transgressions of Modernity," will be held from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the Halkins-Carlson Room of Rush-Rhees Library.
  • Mentors are needed for people on parole and probation, and the Judicial Process Commission will conduct training on Monday, April 23, and Tuesday, April 24, from 5 to 9 p.m. Mentors must be at least 18, attend both training sessions, and commit to serving two hours per week for one year. To register, call 325-7727 before 3 p.m. Friday, April 20.
  • Social-work students at SUNY Brockport will host a Silent Witness Exhibit on Thursday, April 26, to commemorate victims of domestic violence. The event will be held at the Civic Center Plaza, Monroe County Hall of Justice, downtown, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. At 11 a.m., Senator Joseph Robach, Assemblymember David Koon, Roberts Wesleyan professor David Skiff, and two domestic-violence survivors will speak. The event is sponsored by SUNY Brockport, Roberts Wesleyan, Alternatives for Battered Women, and the Rochester Chapter of NOW.
  • The technical, social, and ethical aspects of cochlear implants will be the focus of the Lyon Daughterslecture on Thursday, April 19. Gallaudet University Professors Irene Leigh and John Christiansen will present "Cochlear Implants: Cool or Not so Cool," at 7 p.m. at the Rochester Academy of Medicine, 1441 East Avenue. Sign language interpreters will be provided.
  • "Religion and Politics in Christian and Muslim Traditions" is the topic of a lecture to be presented by Etin Anwer, professor of religious studies at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, and Chris Evans, a community activist, at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 19, at the Friends Meeting House, 84 Scio Street, downtown. The event is sponsored by the Islamic Center of Rochester.
  • How labor and community groups are partnering for progressive change in other parts of the country is the theme of an April 21 Labor Lyceum presentation, "Promises and Challenges of the Labor-Community Coalition." South Carolina State University Professor Willie Legette will speak at 10 a.m. at 30 North Union Street, downtown.