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.
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 [...]
Upcoming Event: Light a Candle for Literacy Parade
The parade will begin at Beauchamp Branch Library located at 2111 S. Salina St. at noon Saturday, June 5. Then parade will march over to Danforth School, 309 W. Brighton Ave., where the festival will run from 1 to 3 p.m.
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 [...]
Director's Blog
Third Issue is Here
The next issue of The Stand is here.
This issue features a story on South Side gardeners who are sharing local garden space with their Somali Bantu neighbors, highlights high school students with engineering on their minds, takes a look at the community group Tomorrow’s Neighbors Today and how it has been restructured and much more.
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
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 full-time attendance in a public classroom. The National Home Education Research Institute notes it might be the fastest-growing form of education in the United States — currently numbering about 2 million home-educated students. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, homeschooling has grown 7 percent per year for each of the past 10 years.
