How is the redlining of the past still affecting families in the Rochester area today?

By Evan Dawson,

Published September 26, 2023 at 3:13 PM EDT

(foreground) Shane Wiegand, and (background) Johnita Anthony and Carvin Eison on "Connections" — (foreground) Shane Wiegand, and (background) Johnita Anthony and Carvin Eison on "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Tuesday, September 26, 2023

A smiling man with short dark hair wearing a blue button-down shirt and a grey blazer. He is holding a pair of eyeglasses. The word "Connections" appears on the left side of the photo in vertical letters.

How is the redlining of the past still affecting families in the Rochester area today? A short film intended for audiences grade six and up answers that question. “Home: Access Denied” will be screened this week at the Little Theatre.

This hour, we discuss what our guests want viewers to learn from the film, and we get an update on how local communities are working to revoke the racial covenants of previous decades. Our guests:

Shane Wiegand, co-director of the Antiracist Curriculum Project at Coordinated Care Services, Inc.
Kesha James, co-director of the Antiracist Curriculum Project at Coordinated Care Services, Inc.
Carvin Eison, director of “Home: Access Denied” and “July ‘64”
Johnita Anthony, resident of the Meadowbrook neighborhood in Brighton, and member of the “Confronting Our Racist Deeds” (CORD) group