Sharon L. Contreras, PhD, (left) is the first female superindendent of the Syracuse City School District and first woman of color to serve in that position for one of New York States Big Five districts, was given a community leader award by Upstate Medical University today. She is joined here by Dr. Danielle Laraque-Arena. Arena became Upstate’s seventh president last month.
A few hours before Groundhog Day (Onondaga Community College).
Between fiery rhetoric on the life of Dr. King and other civil rights giants, Dr. Marc Lamont Hill added just the right amount of whimsy during his talk at the Carrier Dome.
The Doctor and Uncle George: Professor Rick Wright and George Kilpatrick provided live commentary at the Dome for Syracuse University’s Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration.
Bill Perry, Jr., of Oxford MS, played the Black History Month kick-off concert at CFAC with vocalist Tawanna Shaunte on Friday.