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Lamees Dhaif
October 15th, 2012Profiles in Courage (part 2)
October 15th, 2012
Journalist Lamees Dhaif (Bahrain) speaks at Syracuse’s Newhouse School of Public Communication.
Dhaif is an award-winning reporter and writer. She covers protests and highlights human rights abuses in the Middle East. She was interviewed by Tully Center Director Roy Gutterman, a professor at SU.
Visioneering
October 12th, 2012
SU Chancellor Nancy Cantor informed the University Board of Trustees that she will step down in 2014.
No Justice, No Peace
October 9th, 2012
The Past is Not Past: The Continuing Quest for Racial Justice and Peace panel at was held before a capacity crowd at Syracuse University’s Newhouse III this morning (pictured l to r: Janis McDonald, Andrew Young, Linda Carty, Martin Luther King, III, and moderator Paula Johnson).
SU’s Linda Carty (Dept of African American Studies) cited several statistics and said there are several obstacles to the notion of peace, including: substandard education, poverty, and the misapplication of justice that spawned the prison industrial complex.
Former Ambassador Andrew Young said freedom is a constant struggle. He also advised students not to get mad, but to get smart.
SU alum and SIF Advisory Board Member John Giles, Jr. (pictured in the audience near event co-organizer Scott McDowell of SU-NYC and media personality George Kilpatrick) dialouges with the panel about coalition building as it relates to seeking justice in the modern day Civil Rights Movement.
Martin Luther King, III, the son of the legendary civil rights leader, said true justice is justice across the board (for everyone).
Don’t sleep
October 6th, 2012
Sign (under Route 81)
Folkways (part 2)
October 2nd, 2012Folkways
October 2nd, 2012
Sculptor Sharon BuMann and former Syracuse Parks Commissioner Otis Jennings pose during the dedication for the Libba Cotten Monument, which was held Tuesday morning.
Then & Now (Hawley Avenue)
October 1st, 2012
Rose Viviano, director Art Rage Gallery. Art Rage is currently located on Hawley Avenue. She is pictured her during the Salt City Slam Poetry Finals, held at the Gallery on Thursday.
Salt City Finals (Rollercoaster)
September 28th, 2012
Poet JoJo brings the pain last night at Art Rage for the Salt City Slam!
Jojo shares a laugh before her second round performance.
Fellow slam poet Kelly congratulates Jojo after her first poem, which she wrote for her father.
Salt City Finals (Spoken Word Specialist)
September 28th, 2012
Jared Paul performed at the Salt City Slam event at Art Rage.