Posted on October 31st, 2009 by Justin Murphy
Voters can decide Tuesday, Nov. 3
Charities across the state are hoping for a sizable donation when New Yorkers head to the voting booths on Election Day—access to a previously untapped pool of nearly 90,000 volunteers.
If passed, Proposal Two on the New York state ballot would clear the way for inmates in state and local facilities to work for charitable nonprofits for the first time since 2005. (Editor’s addition on Nov. 4: Proposal Two approved by voters.)
The idea has drawn widespread approval from charities, prisoners’ rights advocates and the state Department of Correctional Services.
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Posted on October 30th, 2009 by admin
Documenting black history starts with laughter, family and memories from a generation that will always be remembered as an invaluable heart to the city of Syracuse.
With a bus tour that traveled through the old 15th Ward starting at the Dunbar Center on South State Street and ending at Washington Irving Elementary School, The South Side Initiative’s Black Historical Preservation Project revisits all of the places that embody the life, culture and assimilation of the black community to the city of Syracuse. The tour took place from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21.
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Posted on October 29th, 2009 by Bryan Hood
The Stand Speaks to candidates Thomas Seals and Howie Hawkins running for the 4th District in Syracuse, which encompasses downtown, University Hill, the near East Side and the South Side. Residents can vote for either candidate and others on Tuesday, Nov. 3, during the general election.
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Posted on October 27th, 2009 by Ame Donkor
In the back of a local youth center on the South Side of Syracuse, a 20-year-old woman is making a positive impact on the lives of girls hoping to entertain the crowd at their next public event.
While talking with Sadiyqah Nixon, head coach of the step team dubbed “Mary Nelson’s Ladies” (M.N.L ), she gives details of her past, present and hopes for the future through her rhythmic, giggling, energetic bunch.
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Posted on October 26th, 2009 by admin
It’s any entrepreneur’s dream to take a business idea, passion or invention and turn it into something great. The Syracuse Community Test Kitchen (COMTEK) located within the South Side Innovation Center building (SSIC) at 2610 S. Salina St., helps food entrepreneurs all over Syracuse do exactly that by teaching the skills and values needed to turn a small business into a profitable, sustainable one.
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Posted on October 23rd, 2009 by Bryan Hood
Syracuse’s three mayoral candidates participated in a question and answer forum Thursday, Oct. 22, at the Most Holy Rosary Church on Bellevue Avenue.
Otis Jennings, Stephanie Miner and Steve Kimatian, were all on hand to answer questions posed by the event’s organizers, Syracuse United Neighbors (SUN).
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Posted on October 23rd, 2009 by Ashley Kang
The 21st annual Peace Studies Conference, a project of the Central New York Peace Studies Consortium, will be held all day Saturday, Nov. 14, at Le Moyne College.
The program theme is “Youth, Drugs, Violence, and Gangs: Global, National and Local Challenges.” The conference will provide a venue for discussion of youth and gang violence and will share peacemaking tools and alternatives to violence.
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Posted on October 20th, 2009 by admin
Posted on October 19th, 2009 by Ashley Kang
This month’s Journalism Workshops on Producing a Personality Piece were taught by Gina Chen, a veteran newspaper journalist who is studying for a communications Ph.D at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.
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Posted on October 15th, 2009 by Bryan Hood
Dozens of South Side residents attended the Common Council Candidate Forum at the Beauchamp Branch Library Tuesday, Oct. 13.
The event, arranged by The Southside Coalition and Syracuse United Neighbors, gave community members a chance to hear the candidates answer questions related to the area. It was also a chance for residents to speak up and have their voices heard.
“The South Side always gets the short end of the stick,” said Louise Thompson, with SUN.
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