About: Ashley Kang
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- Ashley Kang serves as The Director of The Stand. She graduated with a magazine journalism degree from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in 2004. While at the university, she wrote for several student-run publications and served as editor of the university’s only magazine devoted to diversity, 360 Degrees. She next worked at The Citizen, the daily newspaper based in Auburn, NY. As the paper’s features editor, she worked not only with staff writers but community members to provide local coverage of Cayuga County. Now at The Stand, she works with South Side residents and journalism students to produce community stories highlighting the people and events from the 13205 Zip Code.
Posts by Ashley Kang:
Stay-Home Students
Workshops and networks help parents decide whether to teach their children at home As local students gear up to go back to school, a growing number won’t make it past their front doors. Instead, they will receive their education right at home. Homeschooling is the education of children under their parents’ general care and replaces [...]
Photo Walk Winner Named
The South Side Photo Walk The Stand held in conjunction with Scott Kelby’s Third annual Worldwide Photo Walk Saturday July 24 welcomed several photographers into Syracuse’s South Side. As part of the Scott Kelby Walk, a winner is chosen by each team leader from the day’s walk. Winning photos are chosen from the ones uploaded [...]
Second Showing of 15th Ward Documentary Tonight
The red carpet premiere of “Syracuse’s 15th Ward and Beyond” began with a reception Saturday, May 22, at Syracuse Stage’s Storch Theater. And if you missed the opening, you’ll get a second chance to see the historic film May 27. No reservations will be taken for the Thursday showing; it will be first come first [...]
Preview Documentry ‘A City’s Fight for Peace’
Several made it out to the Friday evening showing of the “Faith and Hope Documentary: A City’s Fight for Peace,” which previewed at Sophistications Cafe in downtown Syracuse. The screening opened with readings of poetry about youth lost to street violence followed by a musical performance. The documentary focused on how violence and drugs dominates [...]
Photography Workshop
The Stand offered two Photography Workshops this month. This sessions were taught by Jeffrey Chapman, a freelance cultural, humanitarian and world photographer.
A Successful Weekend
The Stand’s Advertising Presentation held Dec. 5 was able to introduce the South Side’s newest publication to local business owners and garnered positive feedback. Our first print issue is set to come out over Valentine’s Day Weekend — so get ready to fall in love with The Stand in 2010. For all who were not [...]
Vote for PSA on World AIDS Day
Larry Elin, associate professor in the Television, Radio, Film Department at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School, asked his class to produce six public service video clips for ACR. Visit ARC and vote for your favorite.
Calling All Advertisers
This Saturday, Dec. 5, The Stand will hold an information session to answer any and all questions regarding advertising with the publication. The first print issue is set to come out over Valentine’s Day Weekend 2010.
Director's Blog
Next Journalism Workshop on Video
The Stand’s September 2010 Workshop will cover how to make a video piece.
The full-day workshop will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, with a short classroom session followed by an opportunity for participants to venture out into the South Side to make a short video and put their new skills to the test.
Health
After losing sight, Donna Reese adapts and brings her message to others
Donna Reese said she used to have problems with both her night vision and her peripheral vision, but she didn’t think about it much.
Then, one night, driving home from work, she found she had trouble seeing. Reese, former president of Syracuse’s chapter of the NAACP, blamed it on simply being tired.
Hometown News
Shoe Store Steps Up
Fitting people with proper shoes has been the mission for this South Salina Street store
Amatullah Yamini and her husband, Hassan, owners of Salina Shoe Salon, Inc., witnessed a man walking to the bus in shoes so grungy that the heels flopped with every step.
The couple invited him into their shop, fitted him with a pair of boots and sent him on his way, free of charge.
“Only because that’s the right thing to do,” Amatullah Yamini said. “That’s the thing about a neighborhood store, too, that’s different from any place else. You see something like that, it gives you the opportunity to give a blessing.”
Voices
Cleaning the Scene
After crimes, local business moves in to help restore people’s homes
As a longtime police detective, Virgil Hutchinson has spent countless hours investigating crime scenes. While his current police work keeps him confined to his desk for most of the day, Hutchinson spends even more time at crime scenes handling his second job: trauma scene cleanup.
Youth
Graduating Senior Believes Art is Power
Corcoran High School graduating senior Lennard Streat dreams of using his artistic talent to give back to the community.
The 17-year-old is willing to donate the time and material to paint a mural in the South Side of Syracuse as a form a neighborhood revitalization.
“Art is something people take lightly, but it impacts them in a big way,” Streat said.
