Here is a video by N’amdi Shakir-Muhammad that features Syracuse-based activist Clifford Ryan in DC. We wonder if he has a pedometer.
Archive for October, 2015
Justice: Syracuse to DC
Monday, October 12th, 2015Conceptual Metaphor (IX)
Monday, October 12th, 2015
Gold Digger (Fashion show)
Work It
Sunday, October 11th, 2015
Today’s models have attitude and dexterity: Eliza Jeffers walked the runway and worked the hula hoop at the Snarl Runway Event Saturday night.
Style with Strings Attached
Sunday, October 11th, 2015
Musician and journalist Jess Novak played her way down the runway at the Snarl Fashion event.
Week in Review
Sunday, October 11th, 2015
Author General Davis participated in the Stand’s talk back session at the South Side Communications Center.
Week in Review
Sunday, October 11th, 2015
X Ambassadors stopped through Syracuse earlier this week on their VHS tour. Next they will travel to England, Italy, and France before heading back to the East Coast for some more shows.
Picture Perfect
Sunday, October 11th, 2015
Special shout-out to Jules (left) who introduced us to the Boom Babies models at Snarl last night.
When Talk Back Is Real Talk
Saturday, October 10th, 2015
Journalist Ashley Kang (left) listens to Quante Wright during today’s Talk Back session at the South Side Communications Center. Below listen to a brief comment made by Wright about re-entry into the workforce following incarceration. He was the subject of a cover story in this month’s Stand Newspaper. Wright was joined on this mornings panel by author General Davis.
Exposure
Friday, October 9th, 2015
Tribe Society’s Gavin McDevitt introduces himself to the crowd during Wednesday night’s show at Syracuse University. Tribe will return to Syracuse in November to play The Westcott Theater.
Kinship to Connection
Friday, October 9th, 2015“The measure of our health as a community may reside in our ability to stand in awe of what the poor have to carry rather than stand in judgement of how they carry it.”
-Father Boyle (speaking at Le Moyne College)
From Father to Homeboy
Father Gregory Boyd spoke at Le Moyne College last night to about promoting justice and using acts of service to help heal our society. He is the founder and executive director of Homeboy Industries, which is based in California. His talk, which centered on anecdotes from his work with former gang members, was attended by community leaders, philanthropists, academicians, non-profit heads, and elected officials.