Her push for change began in the boys’ locker room. Now Syracuse mom eyes city council
Updated Apr 14, 2021;
Posted Apr 14, 2021
Syracuse activist Rasheada Caldwell has taken a new job with Allyn Foundation coordinating youth services in Syracuse and is running for Syracuse Common Council.
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Syracuse, N.Y. When Rasheada Caldwell was 7, her dad would throw his coat over her and her sister as he led them through the locker room at the Boys’ Club in Syracuse. They were there to play basketball, but there was no girls’ teams or girls’ locker room.
Not yet.
Later, Caldwell became part of the push to make the recreation clubs for everyone. She remembers walking with Nancy Lorraine Hoffman to get signatures.