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Public safety personnel from all over Central New York met for a unique training seminar at Syracuse University to tackle the issues of unconscious bias.

The training was led by minister, researcher, master teacher and human developmentalist Bryant T. Marks.

Marks, an associate professor of psychology at Morehouse College and director of the Program for Research on Black Male Achievement, has been working closely with the White House and serves on President Obama’s board of advisors for the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans. Read more at SU News.

Recognizing decades of work in the community and commitment to the people of Syracuse, the board of directors of F.O.C.U.S. Greater Syracuse will honor Bethaida “Bea” González, Dean of University College of Syracuse University, as the 2017 Wisdom Keeper. Read more at SU News.

As part of an ongoing effort to increase cultural competency, improve understanding of issues related to diversity and inclusion, and provide professional growth opportunities for campus and community law enforcement officers, the Division of Campus Safety and Emergency Services will host “implicit bias” training on Tuesday, Nov. 22, for all officers and supervisors within the Department of Public Safety as well as Central New York law enforcement agencies. This training will be conducted by Bryant T. Marks Sr., minister, researcher, master teacher and human developmentalist. Read the full article at SU News.

In honor of Trans Day of Remembrance, the LGBT Resource Center is hosting the first-ever Trans Week of Remembrance on campus from Nov. 14-18.  Trans Day of Remembrance is Nov. 20, and memorializes the lives of those lost due to acts of anti-transgender violence. In addition to honoring those lost, the week also aims to raise visibility and awareness of trans identities. Read the full story at SU News.

The Syracuse University Art Galleries presents “It’s A Wrap! West African Textiles,” an exhibition featuring over 40 examples of textiles and their accompanying tools. Drawn from geographically proximate locales in West Africa, including Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria and Cameroon, the textiles on display exemplify woven, stamped, appliqued and resist-dyed techniques. Read more about the exhibit at SU News.

Rev. Pedro Castro had a moment of inspiration when he saw produce that was destined for the dumpster—not because the food had gone bad, but because it wasn’t market worthy.

Castro, chaplain for the Historically Black Church ministry at Hendricks Chapel, is now leading a program in collaboration with the AME Fellowship Church in Syracuse, where he is also the minister, to distribute excess produce to the neediest families in Syracuse. Read the full article at SU News.

Throughout the month of November, the Office of Multicultural Affairs, in collaboration with student organizations and campus partners, hosts Native Heritage Month.  Native Heritage Month offers a variety of speakers, performances, film screenings and other events that celebrate and raise awareness of indigenous cultures and history. Read more at SU News.

Lucia Perillo G’86, an award-winning poet whose work was shaped by her struggle with multiple sclerosis (M.S.), died last month at her home in Olympia, Washington. She was 58.

A graduate of the M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing in the College of Arts and Sciences, Perillo often wrote about her own mortality. Her death was announced by her publisher, Copper Canyon Press, and was confirmed by her husband, Jim Rudy ’86, a dual major in A&S and the Newhouse School, whom she married in 1993.  Read more at SU News.