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'Raising Our Black Boys'
Six-Week Book Discussion Continues through Feb. 25 “Raising Our Black Boys,” a six-week book discussion group for women and men, began Thursday, Jan. 21. Presented by Mothers Offering Youth Opportunity (MOYO), discussions focus on two books by Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu: “Countering the Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys” and “Raising Black Boys.”
Read More »Volunteers Needed at Mary Nelson's Youth Center
Mary Nelson is in need of some help for her youth center. If interested in sparing a few hours to volunteer at the center, please contact Mary at (315) 403-0220 or e-mail NelsonM@upstate.edu. The number of youth and family attendance has greatly increased, according to Nelson. So the center is in need of help for its afterschool programs and Saturday …
Read More »Poetry Workshop
In January, The Stand welcomed the Spoken Word Poetry Group Verbal Blend from Syracuse University’s Office of Multicultural Affairs to teach two Slam Poetry Workshops.
Read More »Mentors of Manhood Help Youth Catch Dreams
Xavier Canty wants to experience the feeling of saving someone’s life. Tremaine Williams, who wrestles, wishes to repay all the physical therapists who repaired his injuries. And Delvon Shepherd, a 200-pound middle linebacker, escapes by writing stories and poetry. In Corcoran High School, there are plenty of students like these three. Some want to be teachers. Others want their own …
Read More »Gear Up Campus Visit Inspiring
Terry Webb Jr. wasn’t interested in SUNY Oswego at all. Last year, the 16-year-old Syracuse native went to the state college hoping to find programs in technical engineering or math science. He came away unimpressed. This year, Webb went on another trip, this time to a campus right down the street: Syracuse University.
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A Grandmother's Voice
R. Deborah Davis, a professor at SUNY Oswego and grandmother of seven, speaks with The Stand’s community reporter and retired teacher Evelyn Williams about her grandchildren, their education through the Syracuse City School District and the obstacles they have had to overcome. Davis continues to “push” her youngest grandchildren to continue their educations despite the failures she see in our …
Read More »Hope is Supermarket will Revitalize South Side
The leaders of an effort to get a grocery store on the South Side were short on answers but long on optimism in a public meeting Thursday night, Nov. 19, at the Southwest Community Center. Walt Dixie, executive director of Jubilee Homes of Syracuse, Inc. and leader of the Neighborhood Supermarket Initiative, stressed that the meeting was only preliminary, but …
Read More »South Side Meeting for new Supermarket
Residents of Syracuse’s South Side meet and share ideas with Jubilee Homes, which is planning on establishing a supermarket for the South Side. – Video shot by John Garcia, master’s student at S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
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