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Black Town Hall – January 29 @ 4 p.m.
It is time to honor, center, & listen to the critical stories, strategies, and overall WISDOM of Black Educators and Elders from our community! A group of local Black Educators and Elders from Ithaca will serve on the panel to talk and answer this question… What would it take for Black Lives to truly Matter…
Read MoreSouthside Community Center is NOT Closing!
Southside Community Center is NOT Closing! A Letter from Dr. Nia Nunn- Southside Community Center Board of Directors Chair I’m writing in response to the extraordinary public outcry surrounding the brief PAUSING of Southside Community Center’s programs and operations. Let me clarify. Southside is NOT closing. We are on PAUSE. We are not in an extreme fiscal…
Read MoreIthaca community welcomes new director of Southside at Kwanzaa Celebration
ITHACA, N.Y. — Dr. Tammy Butler, of Rochester, N.Y., was formally welcomed as the new executive director of Southside on Saturday, Dec. 28 at the community center’s annual Kwanzaa Celebration. https://ithacavoice.com/2020/01/ithacas-southside-community-center-welcomes-new-executive-director-at-kwanzaa-celebration/
Read MoreIntroducing our new executive director, Dr. Tammy Butler
Southside Community Center Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Tammy Butler to serve as the next executive director of Southside Community Center. Dr. Butler brings more than 10 years of nonprofit experience, a strong leadership track record, extensive expertise in organizational development, donor relations, operations and fiscal management to the executive director…
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Read MoreSouthside Community Center Responds to Ithaca Times Attempt at Degradation
The current Ithaca Times article is filled with inaccuracies, for starters, Dr. Nia Nunn’s appropriate title as a tenured Associate Professor at Ithaca College and Board Chair at Southside Community Center was not communicated in the paper. We, the members of the Southside Community Center Board of Directors, vehemently dispute the claims under investigation that…
Read More104 Community Members to See Black Panther
On February 18th we bought out an entire theatre at Regal Cinema and took 104 community members to see Black Panther. Initiated by our DJ friends Spirit Posse we led an amazing fundraising campaign and secured enough funds to purchase movie tickets, pizza, costume making supplies and a school bus. In preparation for this amazing…
Read MoreThe Girls Who Spun Gold
In January of 2017 Nydia Blas was named the Acting Executive Director of Southside Community Center. Nydia is mother, lifelong Ithaca resident, and a visual artist who works primarily with photography. She holds a B.S. from Ithaca College, and received her M.F.A. from Syracuse University in the school of Visual and Performing Arts. With her photographic…
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