Activism

Groups that want to make positive change in Rochester. Some political groups may be considered 'activist', but unless they are getting their hands dirty, and directly serving the people themselves, we list them on the Political Groups page.

• ACLU has a local Genesee Valley chapter GVCLU.
  

• Activists Against Racism Movement (AARM) focuses on confronting and eliminating racism.
  

• Affordable Policing of Webster (APOW) A community group promoting more financially sound police coverage for Webster, NY.
  

• Campaign to End the Death Penalty - has a Rochester chapter social change organization.
  

• Civil Rights Front An LGBTQ rights group that meets at the Equal Grounds coffee shop in the South Wedge.
  

• Compassionate Consumers - produced the documentary about Wegman's egg farms
  

• Flying Squirrel Community Space at Clarissa Street and Troup Street is an independent community space that "exists to provide a welcoming space that will cultivate and sustain long lasting relationships between artists, activists, and community members in Rochester so that we may work together to create positive social change." website Facebook
  

• Rochester Food Not Bombs - Food Not Bombs is a global movement that recovers food that would otherwise go to waste through the creation of free, vegan/vegetarian meals that expose the hypocrisy of corporate and government priorities. There is a chapter in Rochester. YahooGroup MySpace Facebook
  

• Friends Helping Friends, focused on food and housing.
  

• Green Party of Monroe County aka GPoMC website
  

• Greenovation aims to unite local residents and businesses with the common goal of promoting sustainable practices, healthy living and social equality to the mainstream.
  

• International Socialist Organization website has a Rochester branch.
  

• M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence
  

• Metro Justice website With hundreds of members, Metro Justice is Rochester's largest progressive, grassroots organization!
  

• National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws, The has a chapter in Rochester, the Rochester Cannabis Coalition
  

• National Organization for Women - Rochester Chapter website
  

• Occupy Rochester
  

• People For A Better Bus Station
  

• Reduce Remove Campaign - A community partnership promoting the elimination of tobacco advertisements and promotions in retail stores as a way to decrease the attractiveness of smoking to young people and protect them from the harmful and often fatal effects of tobacco use.
  

• Reconnect Rochester supports the expansion of Rochester New York's transit services and facilities, including rail, into a truly multimodal transportation network. Their all-volunteer crew work to drum up public support for Rochester's existing transit system and to help shape regional policies to improve upon it.
  

• Rochester Greenovation - Nonprofit organization devoted to waste diversion and sustainability.
  

• Rochester Rail Transit Committee RRTC Website has proposals to bring light rail transit to greater Rochester.
  

• Rochester Against War A community antiwar coalition. website
  

• Rochester Indymedia is your non-commercial, all-volunteer, consensus-based answer to the news! website
  

• Rochester Police Accountability Coalition A community coalition campaigning for an independent police review board as well as holding law enforcement accountable through many different projects. facebook
  

• Rochester Raging Grannies, website.
  

• Rochester Red and Black - an anarchist organization. website
  

• Rochesterville Skeptics' Club website - Local group committed to supporting critical thinking and reason in the Greater Rochester area.
  

• Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) has a branch at the University of Rochester. facebook
  

• Subway Erie Canal Revitalization (SECR) who want to "chill the fill" and stop the city from filling the subway tunnel with dirt.
  

• Sample Soap website We help Rochester's neediest citizens by distributing the toiletries you don't want.
  

• Transitions - Renewing Rochester Together - A group of young adults who create ways to enhance and promote Rochester.
  

• Veterans - see list of organizations and site supporting our Veterans.
  

• Youth As Resources - Provides funding for youth run programs.

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