The Athenian Oath (at the Maxwell School of Public Citizenship)
If it is true that all politics is local, then so are all the solutions to problems. During a visit by (former Philly Mayor) Hon. Michael Nutter on Friday we found out that civic leadership is all about connecting people and making decisions with integrity (especially at the grass roots level).
Nutter visited to give a lecture called The Athenian Oath and Political Leadership in America for the Maxwell School’s Tanner Lecture.
Timothy Noble Jennings-Bey talked about how to change attitudes and perceptions during Wednesday’s Conversations in Conflict Studies event.
During a lunchtime lecture at SU’s Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs, Timothy Noble Jennings-Bey and Arnett Haygood-El described the workings of their organization, Street Addition Institute, Inc. The SAII could be described as a combination think tank/social service organization committed to bridging generational divides by rehabilitating individuals and families who suffer from trauma such as gun violence being confined to historically disadvantaged neighborhoods.
The presentation provided vital statistics and showed how violent trauma often breeds fear in those living within the affected areas and neglect from public institutions. One graph showed an interesting relationship between gun fire in neighborhoods and school disciplinary practices, and how a ADD diagnosis may actually be a form PTSD in some cases.
Jennings-Bey recognized these problems are not new (many like housing segregation are the result of public policy), but SAII’s goal is to identify those affected, and help provide solutions from a grass-roots perspective.
Professor, activist, public intellectual and TV-personality Marc Lamont Hill spent some time talking with students in a question- answer session before his speech for the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration on campus on Sunday.
Photographer Matt Herron made some of the most iconic images of the Selma to Montgomery march in 1965. He talked about his work in the South and about his decision to document the Civil Rights Movement during a visit to Syracuse University on Monday. Tonight he will give a lecture at Art Rage Gallery.
Writer and activist Kevin Powell spoke at Syracuse’s Maxwell School in 2009.
Media personality George Kilpatrick says that we can lead from here.
To show he’s living up to his word, he recently reached out to BK Nation’s Kevin Powell for a conversation about ending domestic violence from a male perspective.
Powell is a familiar, progressive voice on the national networks and in magazines. He is working on a memoir about his journey into manhood. In 2015 he will also publish a biography of Tupac.
BK Nation is a 21st Century Civil Rights organization.
Kilpatrick also serves as a coordinator with Vera House Inc. here in Central New York.
Urban advocate, author and professor Edward Glaeser spoke yesterday at the Maxwell School on the campus of Syracuse University.
City living advocate Edward Glaeser visited yesterday and spoke about the joys and pains of cities. He advocated that cities are great places to be poor and great places to be rich at the same time. During his book signing, he was overheard telling one member of the Syracuse community that despite the success of Triumph of the City, his next book will probably be more of an academic versus a popular text.
OCC graduates Tela Hamm, Melissa Guiles and Patrice Cage at the War Memorial
Congratulations to the graduates of area colleges and universities, including SIF Advisory Board member John H. Giles, who earned his master’s degree from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University today.
SIF Board Member John H. Giles, Jr.
April Gascon (right), who earned a Masters degree in International Relations, celebrates with her mother Yvonne at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School.
