On this episode of The Daily Orange podcast, host Marnie Muñoz sits down with the D.O.’s spring 2020 news team to discuss how the last year has impacted the SU community.
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Blueprint 15 aims to protect East Adams residents after I-81 overhaul
Elizabeth Billman | Senior Staff Photographer
The nonprofit recently received a $1 million dollar grant, which it will use to kickstart several anti-displacement strategies in the neighborhood.
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To Arlaina Harris, the best way to effect change in the East Adams Street neighborhood is by empowering its residents.
Harris, who grew up on Syracuse’s Southside, is the director of community partnerships at Blueprint 15, a Syracuse nonprofit aiming to revitalize East Adams. The area is a portion of the former 15th Ward, a predominantly Black neighborhood destroyed by the construction of the Interstate 81 highway in the mid-20th century.
2020’s most defining stories in Syracuse
Emily Steinberger | Photo Editor
Some of the defining moments of 2020 include Joe Biden s election into the White House and protests against racial inequality throughout the year.
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In a year with a never-ending news cycle, it can be hard to recall the important moments that defined Syracuse in 2020.
COVID-19 made its way onto campus and into Onondaga County. Protests expanded on and around Syracuse University’s campus to advocate against racial inequality. An SU alumnus was even elected to the White House. Those are the big ones. But what else impacted Syracuse in a year of uncertainty and unrest?
In this episode, fall 2020 staff writer Marnie Muñoz discussed the story of Angel Gonzalez’s two perspectives of the city of Syracuse as a student and a resident of the city’s Westside. The episode provides detail on the neglect low-income neighborhoods in the city of Syracuse face while the university area develops.
This episode also features fall 2020 assistant news editor Sarah Alessandrini discussing how the Cuse Youth Black Lives Matter movement grew online and fought over policing in schools. Fall 2020 assistant culture editor Sydney Bergan also ended the episode detailing Syracuse’s newest cat cafe.
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