Yesterday, Syracuse Truce had another call-in notification with Syracuse Gang members. The media was permitted to record part of the notification. Dolce Collette Lloyd, the president of Mothers Against Gun Violence, discusses the lingering pain of her son’s murder. It is gut-wrenching and tragic, but worth hearing (1:51).
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Dominos Pizza, Identity Theft, and Spring Break
Dominos Pizza, Identity Theft, and Spring Break
As we head into spring break, I figured I’d bring a little levity to the blog. This episode of The Moth’s storytelling podcast features a hapless college student whose spring break plans are dashed by identity theft. Desperate and with a lot of time on his hands, the protagonist decides to investigate the crime, which he realizes was committed by the hands of a Diminos pizza employee.
Syracuse Truce Press Conference
If you support Syracuse Truce and its message (The Killing Must Stop!): “like it” on Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Syracuse-Truce/523354851048377
Noble Jennings-Bey’s message (starting nine minutes in) is especially powerful.
The Ivory Tower Half Hour: The New Post Standard and Fourth Amendment
The Ivory Tower Half Hour: The New Post Standard and Fourth Amendment
Hosted by David Rubin, Dean of the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, this powerhouse panel of Lisa Dolak (Syracuse University College of Law), Tim Byrnes (Colgate University), Bob Greene (Cazenovia College), Tara Ross (Onondaga County Community College), and Kristi Andersen (Syracuse University) discuss the new face of the Syracuse Post Standard, Maryland v. King, the pending Supreme Court case concerning DNA swabbing and the Fourth Amendment, and FEMA dollars going to religious institutions that are rebuilding after Hurricane Sandy.
This video runs approximately 27 minutes.
This American Life: Where Guns and Gangs Come From
This American Life: Where Guns and Gangs Come From
Part II of This American Life‘s look at Harper High School.
This story has six acts.
- Act One: “The Eyewitnesses” (discusses the psychological toll of witnesses gun violence first hand, 10 mins)
- Act Two: “Your Name Written On Me” (explores the origin of a Chicago gang, 15 mins)
- Act Three: “Get Your Gun” (teenagers explain where the get their guns, 6 mins)
- Act Four: “Devonte, Part Two” (aftermath of 14 year old who accidentally shoots his brother, 8 mins)
- Act Five: “Reverse Turnaround Backflip” (principal discusses balancing budget cuts in inner-city school, 7 mins)
- Act Six: “We Are Harper High School” (chronicles how schools in other cities struggle with gun violence, 3 mins)
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/488/harper-high-school-part-two (63 mins total)