Social Justice and Strategic Planning at OFO This year, Opportunities for Otsego (OFO) committed to building a strategic plan that is centered on social justice. The process with any strategic plan involves analyzing data, setting measurable goals and putting those goals into action. Setting goals to impact conditions of society is more challenging. “We begin by looking inside our own house with Diversity, Equity and Inclusion assessments for the board of directors, management and all 140 employees. Then, based on…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16 Presenting Local Folk Artist COMMUNITY PROGRAM – 2 p.m. Marjorie Landers and Her Folk Art. Learn how Marjorie Landers began her career in folk art, see examples of her work, enjoy refreshments after presentation. Woodside Hall, 1 Main St., Cooperstown. 607-547-0600 or visit www.facebook.com/Woodside.Hall/ BOOK CLUB – 6 p.m. Social Justice Book Club discusses “Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption’ by Bryan Stevenson, who also presented this years Mills Distinguished Lecture at SUNY Oneonta.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, JULY 19 Jazz Concert In Neahwa CONCERT SERIES – 7 – 8 p.m. Chris Wolf-Gould Jazz Ensemble performs in Neahwa Park, Oneonta. Visit www.destinationoneonta.com/events/ FIREMANS CARNIVAL – 6 p.m. – Midnight. Features rides, Elk Creek Sky Divers at 6:30 to kick off the festivities, live music by the Jason Wicks Band. Free Parking/admission. Rt. 7, Schenevus. Visit www.thisiscooperstown.com/events/schenevus-firemans-carnival-2018…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25 History On The Colonial Frontier HISTORY MEETING – 7 p.m. “Ethnicity, Family, Alliance and War: Scots-Irish Immigration and Defense of the Colonial New York Frontier, 1740 to 1778” presented by Terry McMaster at the April Meeting of the Fly Creek Area Historical Society. The Old Grange Building, Cemetery Rd., Fly Creek. Call 607-547-9334 or e-mail inthevalley@oecblue.com THEATER – 7:30 p.m. Enjoy “The Magic Play” featuring magician/actor Brett Schneider incorporating magic into the play. The audience will…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, AUG. 24 Star Wars At Doubleday STAR WARS – 8:30 p.m. The Village of Cooperstown presents free showing of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Doubleday Field, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-2411 BOOK CLUB – 5:30-7:30 p.m. The second meeting of the social justice book club will discuss “Between The World And Me” by Ta-Nehisi Coates who confronts the notion of race in America. The Green Toad Bookstore, 198 Main St., Oneonta. Call (607) 433-8898 or visit www.facebook.com/TheGreenToadBookstore/…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, JULY 13 5K Thru Downtown Oneonta ONEONTA 5K – 5:30-6:30 p.m. Support the Oneonta YMCA and historic Damaschke field in this race through downtown Oneonta. Runners can stay for the Oneonta Outlaw game at 7 p.m. Ends at Damaschke Field, Oneonta. www.itsyourrace.com/event.aspx?id=9547 MUSIC AT THE MANSION – 6:30-8 p.m. Free monthly event features open mic for solo and small ensemble musicians followed by an intermission and then the featured performance by one-man-show, Fritz Henry. Community Arts Network…