
12:00: After the Maplewood mass shooting*
1:00: What makes your neighborhood special?**
*Due to NPR's breaking news coverage out of Washington, this hour is being rescheduled to 1 p.m.
The Rochester community is still reeling from a mass shooting over the weekend at Maplewood Park. Police are working to identify one or more suspects who they say fired shots at a party in the park. Two women have died and five other people are injured. Where do we go from here? We talk to anti-gun violence activist Justin Morris about how to help the community heal. In studio:
- Justin Morris, founder and CEO of Untrapped Ministries Gun Violence Prevention and Community Empowerment Organization
- Clayton Lyons, mediator for Untrapped Ministries Gun Violence Prevention and Community Empowerment Organization
**The second hour ("What makes your neighborhood special") will be rescheduled to a different day.
Then in our second hour, what makes your neighborhood different from others? In Rochester, a set of local business associations and neighborhood groups have teamed up to celebrate what makes their parts of the city special. We talk to members of the Business Association for the South East about their efforts and an upcoming event. In studio:
- Mary Bassett, owner/operator of MAE Beads, and vice president of the Park Ave Merchants Association
- Chris Fanning, deputy director at Writers & Books, and president of the Neighborhood of the Arts Business Association
- Marina Nothnagle, owner/ operator of Nine Spot Brewing, and president of the Monroe Avenue Merchants Association
- Elyssa Rossi, small business liaison for the South East Quadrant