Uniting & Healing Through

Hope of Monroe County

Working Towards a Safe and United Community

Our Current Community Mission

Stop the Violence Campaign

"You should love your neighbor as yourself" 

Romans 13:9

Uniting and Healing Through Hope of Monroe County conducts press conference June 2 announcing plans for June 5 March and Rally

SATURDAY JULY 17th and 31st
PLEASE CONTACT US WITH ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE TO VOLUNTEER, MARCH OR JOIN THE CONVERSATION

Purchase a Stop The Violence Sign
Option#1 24"W x 18"H Yard Sign/$25
Option#2 36"W x 24"H March Sign/$35

Please check back for regular updates for our community engagement events

All members of our community are cordially invited to attend events

OUR EVENTS

Our Committee Openings

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• Steering Committee (comprised of chairs of committees and select community leaders)

Primary Responsibilities: To oversee all campaign committees to ensure consistent messaging; coordinating with other committees, plan campaign events and information sessions; coordinating with other committees, determine where resources will be allocated; maintain a registry of all local organizations and persons involved in campaign efforts.

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• Church Committee

Primary Responsibilities: To engage the faith community in anti-violence initiatives organized through the Stop the Violence Campaign (hereinafter “campaign”); recruit faith organizations to join the campaign; coordinate with other committees on informing faith community of opportunities to contribute to campaign; coordinate with other committees on informing faith community of campaign events and needed resources. Create in as many Churches as possible Community Outreach Ministries to go into the neighborhoods and House to House in order to help families and induvial with resources. 

• Community Outreach/Volunteer Committee

Primary Responsibilities: To engage the Monroe/Rochester community on the needs and goals of the campaign; identify local leaders who can contribute to the goals of the campaign; identify local organization that can contribute to the goals of the campaign; coordinate with other committees on developing campaign messaging.

• Educational Committee

Primary Responsibilities: Develop educational sessions addressed to target audiences; develop informational sessions for Monroe/Rochester community on goals of campaign; develop informational sessions for Monroe/Rochester community and governmental leaders on other communities’ successful efforts in reducing violence; coordinate with other committees on implementing educational and informational sessions. Develop relationships to with RCSD, all other Monroe County School Districts and any other educational institution to help mitigate and hopefully eliminate violence in schools as well as our community.  

• Governmental/ Law Enforcement/ Courts Committee

Primary Responsibilities: Identify governmental leaders who can best implement anti-violence initiatives and recruit them to join campaign; coordinate with other committees to identify best strategies for combatting violence; coordinate with other committees to determine resources needed to implement best strategies for reducing violence; provide committees needed information on causes of local violence.

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• Community Resources Committee

Primary Responsibilities: To determine needed resources to implement campaign goals; coordinate with other committees on resource needs; develop grant and other funding opportunities for campaign.  Identify an exhaustive list of community resources that will be able to address every need of families and induvial to help mitigate and eliminate senseless violence.   

• Communication, Social Media, Marketing, Advertising and Promotion Committee

Primary Responsibilities: To inform the Monroe/Rochester community of the goals of the campaign; inform the Monroe/Rochester community of campaign events, informational sessions, and resource needs; coordinate with local media on press conferences and other media events; coordinate with other committees to ensure interaction with community advances campaign goals; coordinate with other committees to ensure that campaign events and information sessions reach intended audience; develop and update social media sites and other needed advertising.

• Transportation and Logistics Committee:

Primary Responsibilities: To organize the logistical aspect of events, starting with June 5. This committee will work with the other committees to identify meeting locations and pathways for rallies. This committee will also help with future locations and events.

• Research & Statistical Committee

The committee will develop as many relationships as possible with community, educational or governmental entities that can help and assist with research and statistical data. The

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Hope Christian Fellowship

3495 Lake Ave

Rochester, NY 14612

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Purchase a Stop The Violence Sign
Option#1 24"W x 18"H Yard Sign/$25
Option#2 36"W x 24"H March Sign/$35

Who We Are

Here at Uniting and Healing through Hope of Monroe County, we know that recent circumstances within our community have driven the need to unify and provide a variety of supporting efforts for our residents. Sometimes all it takes to change is just a little support.

We are a group made up of Monroe County Legislators, City Council members, RPD officers, MCSD officers, many suburban police agencies, spiritual leaders from both the city and suburbs, many community organization leaders and dedicated volunteers.

Since our inception last year in 2020, we have been determined to make an impact. Last year we conducted our Thanksgiving Food Basket drive which supported nearly 2000 local families in need. Next was our highly successful blanket drive that took place during the Holiday Season that provided over 3000 warm blankets. to first responders and community members in need. Taking place during the Easter Holiday was our Easter Basket Food Drive and Distribution which provided hundreds of food baskets to our community members. Currently we are engaged in our most challenging mission to date and that is ending the violence on our streets. Our continuing community conversations, marches, rally's represent our efforts to involve or bring awareness to every member of our community that we will rise and defeat the senseless acts of violence once and for all.

So as you can see, the core of our efforts are to bring our organizations fresh ideas and passion to a range of community needs and outreach activities.

“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see”

~Mark Twain

If you would like help stop the violence........Please contact us

Contact us to:

• Volunteer to March July 17 or 31

• Serve on a standing committee

• Attend a press conference

• Any other inquiries

Uniting & Healing Through Hope of Monroe County

C/O Hope Christian Fellowship

3495 Lake Ave

Rochester, NY 14612

585-789-1495