Our Voices Project

Activists and Allies

Activists andAllies  commemoratesthe activists of YWCA's Clarissa Street Branch for Colored Women and theirhistoric stand against racism along with YWCA's leaders over the years who continuedto push for racial and social justice in the Greater Rochester Area. Thisproject was a collaboration between Our Voices Project and YWCA Rochester &Monroe County.


PRODUCER
Jackie McGriff

DIRECTOR
Mary McConnell

DIRECTOR OFPHOTOGRAPHY AND EDITOR
Deborah Alvarez

INTERVIEWEES
Ms. Rochelle McDaniels
Mother Evelena Lee
Jean Carroll
Dr. Myra P. Henry

​NARRATION by
Dr. Myra P. Henry

SOUND DESIGNER
Deb Alvarez

Archival images courtesy of:
Albert Stone Collection, Rochester Museum and Science Center
Monroe County photo collection
YWCA Rochester& Monroe County Archives
Patrick H. McNeill, Rochester Institute of Technology
United States Library of Congress

RESEARCHERS
Cheryl Sampson
Mary McConnell

SONGS
“Internal Clock”
Written and Performed by: Stephen Keech

"Heart WideOpen"
Written by Sander Kalmeijer
Performed by Sounds Like Sander
Music Licensing Courtesy of Soundstripe

SPECIAL THANKS to
Holly Beaston
Christine Ridarsky

This film was made possibly by the Rochester Area Community Foundation.

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