Community Wide Dialogue, a program of InterFaith Works, in a 13-year partnership with Syracuse Stage, would like to thank all in attendance in celebration of the 2012 Racial Justice Awards. We would like to express our deep gratitude to Syracuse Stage for continuing to host this annual event honoring community members working toward racial justice.

The 2012 Racial Justice Award recipients:

Ms. Sheryl Aiello – Lifetime Achievement

Mr. Michael Crinnin

Mr. Abdullahi Ibrahim

Ms. Aiello, Mr. Crinnin and Mr. Ibrahim were honored with a reception and award ceremony in the Syracuse Stage Sutton Pavilion, with the Caroline, or Change presentation following.

Many thanks to the sponsors, donors and volunteers who made the 2012 event yet another well attended success:

Applebee’s

Artwear

Bead It’z by Gwen

Bluetree & Better Brittle

Brighton Liquors

Beth Broadway

Chilis

Fung-Chan Chin

Denise Cole

Delmonico’s Italian Steak House

Eddie’s Unisex Salon

Hub Liquor Store

Jan’s Beads & Artisans’ Gallery

Vanessa Johnson

Ellyn Lentz

David MacDonald

Marcella Takes the Cake

Olive Garden

Outback Steakhouse

Peter’s Discount Liquors

Pizza Hut

Red Lobster

Linda Brown Robinson – In The Event Of…

Ruby Tuesday

The Spanish Action League

Starbucks Marshall Street

Suits You Now

Sweetie Pies Bakery & Café

Texas Roadhouse

Kim Wolfe

The year is 1963 - civil rights and Kennedy - and in the Gellman household in Lake Charles, Louisiana, change is coming for everyone, in big ways and small.  An eight-year-old Jewish boy named Noah Gellman struggles with the loss of his mother and the arrival of a new stepmother. One constant in his life is a set of small daily rituals he shares with Caroline, the family’s African-American maid…

Follow this link to the Syracuse Stage web site preview of Caroline, Or Change