Veterans Day 2014
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Week in Review
Sunday, November 16th, 2014Future President (part 3)
Friday, November 14th, 2014
Syracuse Academy of Science 6th grader Raquan Pride II reminded us that maturity has to do with acceptance of responsibility, not necessarily age. Pride participated in the community dialogue at CFAC last night and his eloquent comments often brought elicited surprise and applause.
Levels of Confession
Friday, November 14th, 2014
OCC’s Drake Harrison (right) talked about the difference between being a male and being a man during last night’s Question Bridge Dialogue event.
Last night the Community Folk Art Center hosted an intimate discussion related to the Question Bridge exhibit. The multi-generational panel of men tackled topics such as racial pride, the N-word, dating, fears, work, code switching and the definition of manhood.
The discussion was moderated by Inspiration for the Nation’s George Kilpatrick.
Syracuse University’s Ernest Dailey talked about his trip to Ferguson, Mo during last night’s discussion.
Question Bridge: Black Males is an innovative transmedia project that facilitates a dialogue between a critical mass of black men from diverse and contending backgrounds
Week in Review
Sunday, November 2nd, 2014
George Kilpatrick, Vera House, Inc. Men’s Outreach Program Coordinator, gave statistics during the 25th Annual Report to the Community.
According to the Vera House Report to the Community, last year The Syracuse Police Department:
- Answered… 10,188 calls for domestic violence;
- Arrested… 1,366 domestic violence perpetrators;
- Answered… 437 sex offense calls; and
- Arrested… 60 sexual offense perpetrators
Willing to Exhale
Thursday, October 16th, 2014
Loretta Divine, Iyanla Vanzant and Lala Anthony participated in the Phi Beta Sigma Women of Distinction program at Syracuse University on Wednesday night.
Syracuse Architectural Digest: DC Studio
Wednesday, October 1st, 2014
Dick Clark Wing of the Newhouse School
Making the cut
Monday, September 29th, 2014
Earlier today media pioneer Oprah Winfrey (center) leads a ribbon-cutting at the Newhouse School of Public Communications with (from left) Dean Lorraine Branham, Kari Clark (widow of Dick Clark), Alan Gerry and Chancellor Kent Syverud.
Street gaze (part 40): The O Effect
Monday, September 29th, 2014
The O Effect: A visit to Syracuse University by Oprah Winfrey stopped traffic along Waverly Avenue and had people trying to get a better view by going atop an adjacent parking garage. Some folk took a longer than usual lunch break to hear Winfrey's remarks about the opening of The Dick Clark Studio wing of Newhouse.
Throwback Thursday: Keep the Footwork
Thursday, September 4th, 2014
Media personality Tavis Smiley spoke at Corcoran High School in 2008.
The “Dancing with the Stars-Season 19” cast was revealed this morning, and one of the celebs is author/media personality Tavis Smiley.
Sign Language @ OCC
Saturday, July 12th, 2014
Randy (left) talked with jazz fans about the recent changes to the format at WAER-FM 88.3 at OCC last night.