The Big Conversation

How Racially Segregated Neighborhoods Were Intentionally Created In Rome, Utica, and the Surrounding Suburbs Presented by Jeff Miller, Professor of Communication & Media at Utica University Professor Miller will present evidence of the history and legacy of redlining in Utica, and the use of racially restrictive covenants in property deeds to prevent people of color […]

On July 22, 2002, "two old hippies," possessing a dream and not much more than a dime, started a coffeeshop business in Uptown Utica. It was to offer a feast for tongue, eyes, ears and imaginations, an inclusive, urban place where strangers could become friends face-to-face, a space for the artist and the dreamer in […]