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Join Us for a COVID 19 Community Dialogue on April 23, 2020, 5:30 p.m.
Join the Syracuse NAACP for a COVID 19 Conversation hosted by Syracuse NAACP President, Linda Brown-Robinson and Gary Williams, Health Chair. The conversation will be moderated by Ms. Gwendolyn Webber-McLeod, M.S., President/CEO of Gwen, Inc. Register here: Our Featured Panelists: Assemblywoman Pamela Hunter Dr. David Davin, MD, FCCP, PLLC, Attending Physician, Crouse Hospital Dr. Michael Schiano, Chief Medical Officer at Syracuse Community Health Center Dr. Sharon Brangman, MD, FACP, AGSF, Professor of Medicine and Head of the Geriatric Department, Director of the Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program and CNY Alzheimer’s Disease Assistance Center Joan Buckley White, Director of Behavioral Health Services at Syracuse Community Health Center and; Lorraine…
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Purchase Tickets for our 40th Anniversary Freedom Fund Gala!
You are cordially invited to join us for an evening of recognition and celebration at our 40th Anniversary Freedom Fund Gala on Friday, May 31, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. at the Holiday Inn located at 441 Electronics Parkway, Liverpool, N.Y. This very special evening will include our keynote speaker, Michael Eric Dyson and Mistress of Ceremonies, Natasha Alford from theGrio. Crouse Health is our Emerald Sponsor, Pathfinder Bank is our Onyx Sponsor and Galaxy Communications is our media sponsor for our 40th Anniversary Freedom Fund Gala. We will also honor our 2019 “NAACP Freedom Fund Award“ Winners. The categories and respective winners are as follows: The “Harriet Tubman Freedom” Award…
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Congrats to Our 38th Annual NAACP Awards Ceremony Honorees
We are pleased to announce the awardees who will be celebrated at our 38th annual NAACP awards ceremony, Thursday, May 18th 5:00pm Holiday Inn, Liverpool. Hon. Gov. David Patterson is our keynote speaker. FREEDOM AWARD Rev. Phil Turner SMALL BUSINESS H.O.M.E. – Shirley & Tyrone Goddard EDUCATOR Superintendent Jamie Alicea CORPORATE AWARD Pricerite Markets UNION AWARDEES Ann Marie Taliercio Mark Barbee SPORTS ICON Floyd Little
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Chairman Roslyn M. Brock speaking at the Women’s March in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, January 21, 2017
NAACP Chairman Brock Speaks at Women’s March in DC “I’m Roslyn Brock, and I chair the National Board of Directors of the NAACP, an organization whose principal founder was a white woman named Mary White Ovington. The NAACP stands with you today in solidarity, as a nonpartisan organization of over half a million members across the length and breadth of this nation, in 50 states, Germany and Japan, to declare that women’s rights are human rights. We send a message to our new government that we will not stop until women enjoy equal status. Throughout the history of this nation, women have worked to achieve full civil rights and have…
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Historical Photos of Syracuse’s African American Community
Photos capture, tell the story of Syracuse’s African American Community Syracuse Post Standard — The contributions of African-Americans to Syracuse goes back many years. They lived here, worked here, prayed here, played here and died here. Photographs from collections at the Onondaga Historical Association and Coulter Library, Onondaga Community College capture the African-American community in Syracuse. The photographs include everyday occurrences. The local barber shop, where everybody went. The club sports, the bowling teams. The social events of the year. The older married couple on the porch.
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Syracuse NAACP Speaks Out Against Possible U.S. Attorney Appointment in interview with WRVO Radio
Syracuse NAACP Speaks Out WRVO Radio – The Syracuse chapter of the NAACP has concerns about the potential appointment of Onondaga County Comptroller Bob Antonacci as a U.S attorney. Much of the concern from the NAACP toes back almost two years, according to chapter President Linda Brown-Robinson. That’s when three minority-owned contractors that work with Onondaga County sued Antonacci, accusing him of harassment. That lawsuit is still in the courts, and Antonacci is attempting to get it thrown out.
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NAACP of Syracuse General Membership Meeting February 23rd
The next general membership meeting will be Thursday, February 23rd at 5:30pm at the Educational Opportunity Center at 100 New Street in Syracuse. The guest speaker will be Susan Hunter from the Center for Community Alternatives. Her presentation is entitled, Locked in the System: When Prison Does Not Reform. For more information, please contact Branch President Linda Brown-Robinson at 315.439.3680
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NAACP to Senators: “Deep Concern” Over Bob Antonacci’s Possible U.S. Attorney Appointment
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Syracuse NAACP Speaks Out Against Candidate for U.S. Attorney
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