Justice for Daniel Prude!
How to Help Right Now
Join the Protests
- Follow Free the People Roc for info on daily protests
Fight for the People’s Demands
Contact elected and appointed officials to
- Demand justice for Daniel Prude and his family – arrest and charge the police responsible for his homicide
- Call off militarized, disproportionate policing of protests, including the use of police dogs by state troopers
- Redirect funding from policing to community support
- Pass Daniel’s Law prohibiting police from responding to mental health calls
- Call for the resignation of Mayor Warren and DA Sandra Doorley
- Insist that Mental health professionals should respond to mental health calls.
- Create a Department of Public Safety to house the crisis intervention team, mobile emergency response, Pathways to Peace, and other violence interruption and non-police, community-based safety programs
- Ban the use of chemical weapons by the RPD
- Ban the use of spit hoods by the RPD
- Prohibit mourning bands from covering police badges
Contact Mayor Warren
- Mayor Lovely Warren
- lovely.warren@cityofrochester.gov
- 585-428-7045
Contact City Council
- Loretta Scott, Council President
- Loretta.Scott@cityofrochester.gov or 585-482-0407
- Willie Lightfoot, Council Vice President
- Willie.Lightfoot@cityofrochester.gov or 585-478-4603
- Malik Evans, Member at Large
- Malik.Evans@cityofrochester.gov, or 585-428-7538
- Mitch Gruber, Member at Large
- Mitch.Gruber@cityofrochester.gov or, 585-428-7538
- LaShay Harris, South District
- LaShay.Harris@cityofrochester.gov or 585-235-7538
- Mary Lupien, East District
- Mary.Lupien@cityofrochester.gov or (585) 428-7538
- Michael Patterson, Northeast District
- Michael.Patterson@cityofrochester.gov or 585-451-2024
- Jose Peo, Northwest District
- Jose.Peo@cityofrochester.gov or 585-690-2984
Contact State Level Officials
- Governor Andrew Cuomo
- Email or call (518) 474-8390
- Attorney General Leticia James
- Email or call 1-800-771-7755
- Rochester office: (585) 546-7430
- Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins
- scousins@nysenate.gov or 518-455-2585
- Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie
- speaker@nysassembly.gov or 518-455-3791
- State Senator Rich Funke
- funke@nysenate.gov
- Albany (518) 455-2215, District Office (585) 223-1800
- State Senator Joe Robach
- robach@nysenate.gov
- Albany (518) 455-2909, District Office (585) 225-3650
For those in NY but outside of Rochester, you can find your representatives at Open States.
Contact Federal Representatives
- Congressman Joe Morelle
- DC (202) 225-3615, Rochester (585) 232-4850
- Sen. Chuck Schumer
- DC (202) 224-6542, Rochester (585) 263-5866
- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
- DC (202) 224-445, Rochester (585) 263-6250
Donate!!
- The Prude family’s GoFundMe
- Local Protest Support
- Support Occupy City Hall!
- @keekee12 (Venmo)
- $12keekee12 (CashApp)
- Free The People Roc
- @blmroc (Venmo)
- $blmroc (CashApp)
- Food Not Bombs
- @RocFoodNotBombs (Venmo)
- Rochester Street Medic Collective
- @actaeaalchemia (Venmo, note “medic”)
- Support Occupy City Hall!
- Donate to Organizers’ Self-Care
- Send e-gift cards to rocorganizers2020@gmail.com
- Suggested cards:
- Grocery
- Amazon
- Massage
- Salt Float
- Freshly
- If local, you can also contact rocorganizers2020@gmail.com if you can help out, such as pick up groceries or run other errands
- Suggested cards:
- Send e-gift cards to rocorganizers2020@gmail.com