Reclaiming the Narrative

Reclaiming the Narrative recently teamed up with artist Rashaad Parker for a new Vox pop series called ROC City Speaks: The Anti-Media Narrative. For our first edition, we spoke with participants in the Black Lives Matter rally that took place at Rochester's Martin Luther King Jr. Park on June 13, 2020. Among other things, we asked: what does public safety mean to you? and what would your ideal city budget look like?

Original air date: 6/19/20

This year's budgeting process has been challenged by revenue shortfalls due to COVID-19 and calls for police reform. City Council passed the budget Tuesday, but not unanimously. WXIR's Jason Taylor reports.

Original air date 6/19/20

Cities across the country are taking down monuments to conquistadors, confederates, and cops. Could the local Nathaniel Rochester statue be next?

Original air date: 6/19/20

-City Council Passes Mayor's Budget After Contentious Debate

-ROC City Speaks: The People's Budget

-The Deadline: Centering Melanated Voices

-Is It Time to Retire Statue Honoring Rochester's Slave-Trading Founder?

Produced by Darien Lamen for WXIR 100.9 FM Rochester and rebroadcast on WAYO 104.3

With co-host Vanessa Ryland-Buntley, headlines writer Ritti Singh, and reporter Jason Taylor.

WXIR's Jason Taylor reports

Original air date 6/12/20

Produced by Darien Lamen for WXIR 100.9FM

With co-host Vanessa Ryland-Buntley

Headlines writer Ritti Singh

Reporter Jason Taylor

Original air date 6/12/20

This week Rochester City Council held its first hearings on the mayor's proposed budget for 2020-2021. Jason Taylor reports on the proposed cuts to the Department of Recreation and Youth Services.

Original air date 6/5/20

We speak with some of the people who participated in last Saturday's Black Lives Matter protest in Rochester NY.

Original air date: 6/5/20

The push to repeal NYS Civil Rights Law 50-a is gathering new steam. But if police departments can legally destroy disciplinary records after as little as one year, will that be enough to ensure transparency?

We speak with Ted Forsyth, journalist with Rochester Indymedia, and a member of the Police Accountability Board Alliance.

Produced by Darien Lamen with co-host Vanessa Ryland-Buntley and reporter Jason Taylor for WXIR 100.9 FM Rochester

Original air date: 6/5/20