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  • What Is A Changemaker?
  • Meet The Changemakers
  • ChangeNOW Exhibit
  • Map of Change
  • Community Curators & Partners
  • DEI Consultants
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The Changemakers
  • What Is A Changemaker?
  • Meet The Changemakers
  • ChangeNOW Exhibit
  • Map of Change
  • Community Curators & Partners
  • DEI Consultants

Meet The Changemakers

Discover more than 200 inspiring stories of past and present Rochester, Indigenous, and Haudenosaunee women visionaries, trailblazers, inventors, activists, and entrepreneurs who changed Rochester and the world. Get a glimpse of some of the featured Changemakers through these highlights.

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Aesha Ash
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Jikonsaseh
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Anna Murray Douglass
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Mara Ahmed
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Tekatsi:tsia’kwa “Katsi” Cook
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Rebeca Gerschman
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Martha Matilda Harper
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Mercedes Vazquez-Simmons
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KaeLyn Elizabeth Lee Rich
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Danielle Ponder Esq.
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Share The Change

#BECHANGEMAKERS

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Do you know anyone with a birthday today? 🎂  Well, you can tell them they share a birthday with America’s first retail franchise owner, Martha Matilda Harper! Featured in our past exhibit, The Changemakers, Harper truly revolutionized the heritage of women in business with her Harper Method. Her story inspires us to follow our dreams and #BeChangemakers for our community. #HappyBirthdayMartha 🎉

Thank You To Our Sponsors


  • Marketing Sponsor
    James Bruen
    & Jane Plitt
  • Advocating Sponsor
    Harris Beach
  • Media Sponsor
    Optic Sky
    WXXI
  • Content Area Sponsors
    Optimax
    Rochester
    Clinical Research
    Morgan
    Stanley

This project was funded in part by awards from:

  • NE Arts
  • HNY
  • NYSCA
  • New York State WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE Commission
  • The Community Foundation

 
Interested in sponsoring The Changemakers?
Contact Katie Mackey at kmackey@rmsc.org or 585.697.1973.


Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this exhibition do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities or those of the National Endowment for the Arts.

To find out more about how National Endowment for the Arts grants impact individuals and communities, visit www.arts.gov.

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Science Museum

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Rochester NY, 14607
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Saturday: 9:30am–5pm
Sunday: 11am–5pm

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Strasenburgh Planetarium

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Rochester NY, 14607
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For hours, see Show Schedule.

Cumming Nature Center

6472 Gulick Road
Naples, NY 14512
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Wednesday–Friday: 9am - 3:30pm
Saturday–Sunday: 9am - 4:30pm