Today was a gut punch. Came home after work to open the computer and read about another sickening murder by these ICE thugs. I wanted to do something, anything, but didn't know what. So I made a cardboard sign, and bundled up against zero-degree temperatures, and walked a few blocks to the nearest busy traffic corner with a street light. Stood there from 7pm to 8pm, just holding my lonely sign over my head for an hour.

Don't know what earthly good that did. Cars just drove by. Why was I there? It was mourning, it was respect, it was anger, it was witness, it was something I can't put a name to. This can't be allowed to go on. This must stop.

From a cold lonesome street corner here in #RochesterNY, to the unwaveringly courageous front lines of the fight in #Minneapolis, we all need to find the determination to #Resist in #Solidarity.

Today was a gut punch. Came home after work to open the computer and read about another sickening murder by these ICE thugs. I wanted to do something, anything, but didn't know what. So I made a cardboard sign, and bundled up against zero-degree temperatures, and walked a few blocks to the nearest busy traffic corner with a street light. Stood there from 7pm to 8pm, just holding my lonely sign over my head for an hour.

Don't know what earthly good that did. Cars just drove by. Why was I there? It was mourning, it was respect, it was anger, it was witness, it was something I can't put a name to. This can't be allowed to go on. This must stop.

From a cold lonesome street corner here in #RochesterNY, to the unwaveringly courageous front lines of the fight in #Minneapolis, we all need to find the determination to #Resist in #Solidarity.

Boy could I go for a Genny now...

#Genesee #beer #AbolishIce #ROC #IceCanEnd #RochesterNY #Genny #ice

A follow-up to my post about the Rochester NY "Good Trouble" rally on Thursday evening -

Today's Rochester Democrat & Chronicle had an article about the event, and also a good photo gallery with a few dozen photos of the rally and the march, much better pictures than the few I had taken. Here's the link to the article -
(from archive, so no paywall) -

https://web.archive.org/web/20250720014111/https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/local/2025/07/18/good-trouble-protest-brings-crowd-in-rochester-ny/85259216007/

And a link to the photo gallery -

https://web.archive.org/web/20250720010332/https://www.democratandchronicle.com/picture-gallery/news/local/2025/07/17/hundreds-take-part-in-good-trouble-lives-on-protest-in-rochester/85265915007/

#GoodTrouble #RochesterNY

A follow-up to my post about the Rochester NY "Good Trouble" rally on Thursday evening -

Today's Rochester Democrat & Chronicle had an article about the event, and also a good photo gallery with a few dozen photos of the rally and the march, much better pictures than the few I had taken. Here's the link to the article -
(from archive, so no paywall) -

https://web.archive.org/web/20250720014111/https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/local/2025/07/18/good-trouble-protest-brings-crowd-in-rochester-ny/85259216007/

And a link to the photo gallery -

https://web.archive.org/web/20250720010332/https://www.democratandchronicle.com/picture-gallery/news/local/2025/07/17/hundreds-take-part-in-good-trouble-lives-on-protest-in-rochester/85265915007/

#GoodTrouble #RochesterNY

In Rochester, NY, a good-sized crowd marched through downtown this evening as part of the John Lewis Day "Good Trouble" rallies. We met at Parcel 5, where some speakers launched the event. Then we marched via Main Street and State Street to the big John Lewis mural near the Sister Cities garage, where we paused to listen to more speakers. Then we continued via Exchange Street, Broad Street, and South Avenue, back to Parcel 5. I couldn't get a good idea of the size of the crowd, because I am short, and there were a lot of tall people around me. But at one point, when the march made a turn onto another street, I could look from the corner in both directions, and saw that the line of marchers stretched for several blocks both ways.

#GoodTrouble #RochesterNY