As this year’s Pride Month comes to a close, LGBTQ+ rights activists in Bellmore-Merrick are reflecting on the community’s progress and shortcomings in creating a safer, more welcoming …
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By Victoria Caruso
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6/23/20
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About 60 protesters marched down Long Beach Road in Oceanside on June 17, hoping to raise awareness about systemic racism and promote unity among those advocating for racial justice.
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By Briana Bonfiglio
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6/19/20
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Justice for George Floyd came swiftly in New York. During two weeks of intense protests at hundreds of locales across the state . . .
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6/19/20
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Protesters joined in front of State Sen. Todd Kaminsky’s office in Rockville Centre on June 18 to demand that he refuse campaign contributions from police unions.
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By Briana Bonfiglio
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6/18/20
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After weeks of nationwide protests following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a 10-bill package of police reforms passed earlier in the week by the State Legislature.
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By Briana Bonfiglio
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6/16/20
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In a protest against police brutality and systemic racism on Sunday night, more than 100 Sewanhaka Central High School District parents, students and alumni marched through the residential streets …
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By Melissa Koenig
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6/16/20
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Nassau County wound down a whirlwind week of Black Lives Matter protests through local neighborhoods last week that were, with one exception, peaceful and uplifting. Tens of thousands marched . . .
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6/12/20
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What was expected to be a small protest involving perhaps 50 people swelled to a crowd of nearly 400 last Sunday as children, adults, Jews and non-Jews, blacks, whites and Latinos marched from Andrew J. Parise Park in Cedarhurst to Lawrence and back to show their support for the Black Lives Matter movement and their opposition to racism, chanting “No justice, no peace!” and “Black lives matter!”
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By Jeff Bessen
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6/10/20
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Among the communities across the country that were outraged and wanted to address issues relating to race relations and law enforcement is Glen Cove. The city’s spiritual leaders, in an effort to prevent what happened in Minneapolis from happening at home, said they are looking to have open and honest conversations with community leaders and residents.
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By Jennifer Corr
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6/10/20
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