Hawkins in Rochester for Clarissa Street Reunion

For Immediate release: August 18, 2018

Hawkins Campaign in Rochester for 23rd Annual

Clarissa Street Reunion Parade and Festival

Hawkins and Local Greens participate in celebrating one of Rochester’s most culturally rich neighborhoods.

Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for Governor, is in Rochester, NY today for the 23rd Annual Clarissa Street Reunion Parade and Festival.

Hawkins is marching with a local Green Party contingent in the parade at 11am and will speak to community members at the following street festival.

Hawkins is available to speak to local media during this time.

The Clarissa Street Reunion celebrates a neighborhood known for producing renowned jazz musicians in the 1940's, 1950's, and 1960's. Clarissa Street, which is located in the southwest quadrant of Rochester and in the old 3rd Ward, brought together people of Black, Italian, Irish, and Jewish descent. The annual reunion began in 1996.