Tre’Coy Boyd takes on new role to help inform renters of their rights By Eddie Velazquez Onondaga County’s Volunteer Lawyers Project Eviction Defense has expanded its roster of community advocates. The nonprofit, which specializes in providing legal aid to residents who are unable to seek paid legal services, recently hired Tre’Coy Boyd as its new legal assistant and community educator …
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Daughter schedules memorial to remember Syracuse street musician
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By Carole Horan Market. Definition: A market is a place where two parties, usually buyers and sellers, can gather to facilitate the exchange of goods and services. Oh but the Brady Market is so much more than that! According to their website “Brady Market is a grocery store with retail, deli/catering, wholesale grocery operations, job training, and wrap-around healing support …
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By Sydney Gold After roughly a year of Zoom school, Toryana Jackson woke up to another day of classes on her computer. Before she logged on to class, she got a call. “I answer it, and it’s my principal, Ms. Dowdell,” Toryana recalled. “She said, ‘I want to tell you this exciting news. You are valedictorian. We’re so proud of …
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By Sydney Gold Families for Lead Freedom Now hosted the “People’s Public Hearing on Lead Poisoning: Environmental Justice for Syracuse Now!” Saturday, June 12, with hope of calling attention to Syracuse’s continued lead crisis. The event featured speakers from across the community, moderated by co-chairs Oceanna Fair, the South Branch Leader of Families for Lead Freedom Now, and Gabriel Mkandama, …
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By Sydney Gold After more than a year of social distancing due to COVID-19 restrictions, finding ways to connect with the community has proven difficult — and crucial. As the nation reopens and vaccinations continue, we’ve never been more eager to celebrate the faces and stories that define our community. To do so, The Stand will once again hold a …
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By Eddie Velazquez Dozens of demonstrators and activists marched toward the Syracuse Police Department building downtown Tuesday, May 25, in commemoration of the one-year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, rallying behind cries for just policing and calling for an end to police brutality. Bishop H. Bernard Alex leads marchers down Willow Street towards downtown Syracuse on May 25, …
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Images from past Photo Walks on view at Beauchamp Library
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