Story by Megan Ripley, a senior at Corcoran High School
Two Corcoran High School seniors describe what they love about their education and why they believe students should put hard work first
Archive for February, 2011
Preserving Dunbar
Community members rally to overcome challenges as the Dunbar Center loses funding
Adalsa Latty points out the window of his ground-floor office at the Dunbar Center. A snow-speckled South State Street outside is cracked and rundown, cutting through a struggling neighborhood. He drops his hands in despair. He sighs with the force of someone exhausted after a long battle. Read the rest of this entry »
Radio Show
The Stand was featured on POWER 620 AM radio with Dr. Rick Wright Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011. If you missed the interview, listen here:
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Kids play the part in history lesson
One day recently, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was about four feet tall.
At least, that’s how tall the 7- and 8-year-olds were who represented him as part of an Interactive Black History Museum project at the Dunbar Center. Maya Angelou, Jackie Robinson, and Harriet Tubman were also in the crowd.
Black History Month Program links Students with African-American Community Leaders
In honor of Black History Month, local students will take time the week of Feb. 21 through 25 to discuss higher education, possible career paths and how to improve their community. Leading the discussions at the Mary Nelson Youth Center are prominent Syracuse residents like Police Chief Frank Fowler and Anthony Davis, the first African-American principal of Liverpool High School.
Church Crumbling
Severe winters and mounting budget problems force a congregation to leave its home
The former home of the New Jerusalem Church of God in Christ was victim to two typical Central New York realities — brutal weather and even harsher budgets. The old building at 1641 S. Salina St. is dusted with fluffy snow, decorating a steeple that’s been looking over the South Side since 1884. But that same snow threatens to collapse the steeple, and icicles gathering under the rafters look ready to pull the building to the ground. Loose bricks litter the front bushes.
A Snowy Mess
Record snowfall, unshoveled walks cause safety problems for students
Snow-covered sidewalks in Syracuse are more than just slippery surfaces — they’re a slippery subject.
In 1964 a city ordinance that fined persons or businesses not clearing their snow-covered sidewalks was repealed, essentially leaving the police with tools “with no teeth,” said Syracuse police Sgt. Gary Bulinski. Read the rest of this entry »
Residents Need a ‘Better, Believable Dream’
Latest Community Forum on Youth Violence Addresses Small Crowd
The enduring question of how to find solutions to Syracuse’s social problems dominated a three-hour discussion by members of Mary Nelson’s Parent Teen Community Support Group meeting at Nottingham High School Saturday, Feb. 5. Read the rest of this entry »
South Side Voices
Some community members say profiling doesn’t exist; others call police ‘badge heavy’
Pastor Jonathan Stephens Read the rest of this entry »
Pastor Stephens has been the pastor at Fountain of Life Church at 700 South Ave. for 23 years. He operated his own private security company, the Stephens Security Task Force, for 15 years. He is head of security for western New York’s First Ecclesiastic Jurisdiction, the equivalent of a county within the nondenominational church system.
A Matter of Perception
South Side youth say they’re unfairly judged; police are looking for trust, cooperation in city
Tyquan Cannon and his brother, Tyrell, say they were walking from their YouthBuild orientation — their books under their arms — when they found themselves thrown against the side of a car by two detectives from the Syracuse Police Department.
“Personally, I think it was rude and disrespectful,” said Tyquan Cannon, 21. “We told them where we came from, and I had my books and stuff in my hand so it wasn’t like we was just sitting on the corner selling something.”
