Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category
Mr. D. Goes to Albany
Friday, May 1st, 2020New Yorker State of Mind
Tuesday, February 11th, 2020
Dr. Jelani Cobb speaks at Syracuse University
In the current era of 24-hour news cycles and a first-class library at everyone’s fingertips, it’s good to occasionally pause and get a proper perspective. Last night Columbia University Professor and New Yorker writer Jelani Cobb said our political climate has become increasingly filled with pernicious thinking and antagonistic rhetoric. In addition to discussing the advantages and disadvantages of technology as a tool (to organize or to spread disinformation) he gave the SU community a short history lesson to remind us about the founder’s aims and the fragility of consensus.
Week in Review
Sunday, June 30th, 2019
Represeting Somalia at Schiller Park for World Refugee Day
Sign of the Times
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019
Sign of the Times
S.A.L.T. Effect
Friday, October 26th, 2018
Author and educator Dr. Emad Rahim was the latest to present for the Strathmore Speaker Series in Onondaga Park. He talked about his journey of resilience from Cambodia to Brooklyn and Syracuse.
Throwback Thursday
Thursday, September 20th, 2018
Joanie Mahoney (candidate)
Power Game
Friday, September 14th, 2018
Sen. John DeFrancisco, along with other politicians and journalists, got in a match of Bocce at Festa Italiana on Friday evening.
Opening Scene
Tuesday, May 8th, 2018
Shadia Tadros, attorney and candidate for City Court Judge, met with potential voters at an event on the South side.
Searching for a Chief
Friday, April 20th, 2018
Sharon F. Owens, Deputy Mayor of the City of Syracuse discussed the national search for a police chief at today’s F.O.C.U.S. meeting. The process continues in May with profiling candidates and retaining a search firm. By September finalists will be selected, and the new chief is scheduled to start on the job in December.
Feed the City, the City will Feed You
Tuesday, March 20th, 2018
Humanitarian Al-amin Muhammad told a portion of his story and what has become his life’s work during the Dan & Mary Lou Rubenstein Social Justice Award Program last night at Syracuse University. He is the founder of We Rise Above the Streets Recovery Outreach and Sandwich Saturday. Muhammad was given a proclamation by Mayor Ben Walsh as well.