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LATEST SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER NEWS (6/30/09) NEW STAFF NOTICE For the past month you may have noticed a new friendly face within the Southside Community Center. The Center would like to welcome Ms. Kirtrina Baxter to our staff as the new Program Coordinator. Ms. Baxter brings to the Center a wealth of experience recently coming from a position within Challenge Industries in Ithaca, as well as other youth oriented programs in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Look for this New Jersey native to bring some fresh and exciting programs and activities to the Southside Community Center in the near future. SUMMER IS HERE.....SO IS CHANGE!! The Southside Community Center is proud to once again offer our Summer Program for youth ages 6-13. The Summer Program, called "Mabadiliko: Summer Of Change", will be offering plenty of fun and wide ranging activities from arts and crafts to computers to field trips. The registration deadline is July 2nd, 2009. If you are interested in finding out more information or to register your child, call the Southside Community Center @ (607) 273-4190, visit us at 305 S. Plain St., Ithaca, NY or e-mail Ms. Kirtrina Baxter directly via kbaxter@sscc-ithaca.org. "URBAN THEORY" BENEFIT FASHION SHOW A SUCCESS: On June 26th 2009, the Southside Community Center hosted the first even "Urban Theory Benefit Fashion Show", a fundraising event with the proceeds going to the 7th & 8th Wards of New Orleans to assist in the reconstructions. The roughly 20 models were comprised mostly of youth from around the area, some of the designs came from local designers such as SOSHEL by LA.Bron, CANDY by Chavonte Perkins, and VEGA by Amelia Rosenthal. Local Stores such as SOME GIRLS located in Collegetown and TUFF SOUL located on W. State St. Local talent also graced the stage as AVE MACK brought his Brooklyn hip hop to the masses, and ACE KINGDOM ASSAILANTS kept the crowd rocking with their combinations of hip hop and caribbean flavors. DJ Split Image provided the music between the performances with a variety of music styles. Congrats to Chavonte Perkins, Laticia Perkins, Caprice Malone, and others for putting together such a unique and entertaining experience.
"305 LIVE RADIO SHOW" NOW RECRUITING FOR IT'S 3RD SEASON BEGINNING AUGUST 31ST: The "305 Live Radio Show" is looking for students with a desire to learn more about broadcast communications and get some hands on experience in producing a live, online, web-radio show. A time committment of 3 hours per week will be required of those interested in participating. For more information contact Vinnie Sierra @ (607)273-4190, visit him at 305 S. Plain St., Ithaca, NY, or e-mail him via vsierra@sscc-ithaca.org The "305 Live" staff would also like to send out our congratulations to Daiquana Rhody who graduates from Ithaca High School this year and plans to attend TC3 in the fall for 2 years before moving on to college down in New York City where she plans to major in Fashion. "MOVIE NIGHT" SERIES KEEPS ON KEEPING ON: Based off of the success of the first two "Movie Nights", this will now become a monthly event happening on the first Friday of each month from 6pm-Midnight. Open to teens ages 13-19, there will be a showing of one old school (pre-1998) movie and two new (post-2000) movies per-month. All movies shown are rated PG-13 or lower. Check the Google Calendar to the right for information on what movies will be shown for the upcoming month. For more information, contact Vinnie Sierra at 273-4190 or vsierra@sscc-ithaca.org
Since its incorporation in 1934, the Southside Community Center, Inc., continues to affirm, empower, and foster the development of self pride among the African-American citizens of greater Ithaca. Through forums and activities in education, recreation, political and social awareness, the Southside Community Center is a community resource center. We serve as a vehicle to develop an appreciation for the contributions and presence of those peoples of African descent in the greater Ithaca community and in the larger world community. |
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The Community Unity Music, Media, and Arts Education Program is an afterschool and summer program that provides low to no cost multicultural instruction in music, video production, and other art forms. The music program is primarily aimed at youth ages 6-12, and the video production program is for middle school students. The music program offers group and individual instruction in piano/keyboard, African percussion, singing, violin, cello, guitar and more.
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