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Geneva NAACP rally draws hundreds

By • Jun 4, 2020
Protesters fill Geneva's Bicentennial Park Wedneday.
Kelly Walker / Finger Lakes Public Radio


For the fourth day in a row, Genevans gathered peacefully in response to the killing of George Floyd and other black Americans at the hands of police.

Geneva Commemorates MLK

By • Apr 11, 2018


A commemoration to mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. happens this evening in Geneva. The event is organized by the Upsilon Pi Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and the Geneva African American Men’s Association. It’s hosted by the Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church. The Reverend Donald Golden is pastor at Mt. Olive.

Group Helps Undocumented Students with Options for their Futures

By • Apr 11, 2018
Adelante Student Voices logo


On Saturday, March 30th, FLX Live in downtown Geneva hosted a fundraiser for Adelante Student Voices. Adelante was founded in 2015 by Gabriela Quintanilla to provide a space and an opportunity for undocumented students, especially those in rural areas, to gather and to share resources on their legal status and options for the future. Quintanilla based the program on her own experience as an undocumented high school student figuring out her own route to college.

Geneva Students Stage Walkout

By • Mar 29, 2018
Geneva High School and Middle School students stage a walkout in protest of gun violence and Congressional inaction
Kelly Walker / Finger Lakes Public Radio

 

High school students across the Finger Lakes joined students across the nation for a school walkout Wednesday morning to protest gun violence and Congressional inaction. Hundreds of students filed silently into the school auditorium, which was the designated destination on a snowy and windy morning. Morgan Wright is one of the students who organized the walkout.

Second Women's March in Seneca Falls Draws Thousands

By & Greg Cotterill • Jan 22, 2018
Participants in the Women's March in the streets of Seneca Falls
Greg Cotterill / Finger Lakes Public Radio


Thousands of marchers descended on Seneca Falls Saturday morning for the second annual Women’s March. They gathered in and around the National Women’s Rights Historical Park despite the fact that the park was officially closed due to the government shutdown.