Trinity Alliance in the News

• Sex Education Gets Directly to Youths, via Text
  the video the ERC girls made last summer with the AIDS Council made national news. It was on BET Health.com and mentioned in the New York Times.
• Is teaching Sex Ed Via Text Messaging the Future?
  the video the ERC girls made last summer with the AIDS Council made national news. It was on BET Health.com and mentioned in the New York Times.
• Sport that Rain Coat
  the video the ERC girls made last summer with the AIDS Council made national news. It was on BET Health.com and mentioned in the New York Times.
• At Last it Could be Here (5/2012)
  A community college in Albany—an idea whose time has come? Article from Metroland about Capital South Campus Center
• Wille White featured on NPR about Morton Ave. Bus!
  NPR - National recognition for Willie White, South End activist.
• $14,100 raised for Trinity Alliance from Siena College Student Events Board
  At the first official Student Events Board meeting of the semester, the former Charity Week Co-Chairs, Emily Curro ’13 and Kelly Patterson ’12 proudly presented a $14,100 check to Trinity Alliance of the Capital Region.
• $5Million Dollar HUD grant awarded to Trinity Alliance to build college in South End of Albany NY
  "It's a game-changer for this neighborhood" said Darren Scott director of planning and development for the Albany Housing Authority. The agency is overseeing construction of a three -story, 17,000-square-foot, multi-use educational complex...
• A Sermon from Reverend Samuel A. Trumbore, "From Civil Rights to Human Rights"
  A Sermon from Reverend Samuel A. Trumbore, "From Civil Rights to Human Rights", which includes comments about SNUG. His congregation has raised approximately $1800 in support of SNUG.
• SNUG update 2/2012
  Earliest possible re-launch date for SNUG would be Feb. 15, said Harris Oberlander, CEO of Trinity Alliance.
• Times Union Hope Fund Contribution for Trinity Alliance makes holidays merry!
  Times Union Hope Fund contribution arrives in time to make Holidays merry for Children at Trinity Alliance!
• Albany's Promise - An interview with Chancellor of SUNY, Nancy Zimpher (11/30/2011)
  With more and more first-year students at community colleges unprepared for college-level classes, State University of New York chancellor Nancy Zimpher is touting a proposal to influence education from the bottom up, so students come college-ready.
• Trinity Church reconstructed, in LEGOS (11/22/2011)
  Bill Leue's efforts with Lego bring back Albany's Trinity Church, torn down in July
• State to help restart SNUG (11/17/2011)
  State criminal justice officials have pledged $150,000 to restart the SNUG anti-violence program, new life for the well-regarded program that closed last month amid public outcry over state budget cuts.
• City of Albany plans spring start for $5M educational center (11/08/2011)
  Some of Albany’s poorest neighborhoods will have access to college-level courses and skills training as part of a $5 million educational center scheduled to open in 2013.
• Wins for anti-gun group, protest (11/08/2011)
  Council votes to look for funds for anti-gun effort and won't enforce curfew
• Can City lawmakers save SNUG? What would that mean? (11/08/2011)
• A Bus powered by people (11/08/2011)
  For the South End's predominantly poor, CDTA's new bus line is proof that a patient public can get results
• Anti Violence Program Defunded (10/28/2011)
  Anti-Violence Program Defunded Legislators from ten New York cities ask Gov. Cuomo to restore funding to Operation SNUG ('guns' spelled backwards), which advocates say makes a positive impact by enlisting ex-convicts in prventing gun violence...
• Albany nonprofits layout strategy for corporate money (10/27/2011)
  Harris Oberlander, CEO of Trinity Alliance participated in a panel discussion at The Business Review’s Philanthropy breakfast
• Trinity Alliance receives grant from National Grid Foundation (10/27/2011)
  National Grid Foundation is aiding our CARE (after-school) program
• Anti-violence program will stay alive (10/7/2011)
  Mayor Jennings, without giving details, says he's working out a way to keep Albany's SNUG running
• SNUG deserves a chance to work (9/27/2011)
  Editorial from Times Union - Keep SNUG!
• Data offers new view of Albany's gun violence problem (9/25/2011)
  SNUG to shut down mid-October
• The Aim is Faith in Action (8/20/2011)
  Words from the people involved with SNUG and Trinity Alliance in the Times Union
• The Final Days of the Trinity Church
  Blogger Chuck Miller details the demolition of the Trinity Church
• Delicate Demolition Job (07/12/2011)
  Trinity Church, which founded Trinity Institution a century ago, collapses
• $5M grant benefits South End (07/12/2011)
  The housing authority will build the 12,000-square-foot educational complex and the facility will be run by the Trinity Alliance
• Trinity Alliance and Housing Authority awarded almost five million dollars
  The Albany Housing Authority has been awarded a grant worth five million dollars to build a training/educational facility in the South End. Trinity Alliance helped author the grant and is partnering with the Housing Authority to operate the facility.
• Dorothy Ann Kite Obituary
  We mourn the passing of Mrs. Kite, one of the first women to serve on Trinity's Board of Directors
• Jefferson Award Honor 18 for Their Volunteer Service (04/03/2011)
  Trinity volunteer Dahlia Herring wins community award
• Anti-violence program gasps for life (03/30/2011)
  Trinity's SNUG program faces elimination despite support of law enforcement
• In Chicago, Stopping Crime Before It Happens (03/25/2011)
  Trinity Alliance's SNUG program is based on Chicago's CeaseFire model
• Neighborhood Center Braces for Funding Cuts (03/21/2011)
  As Trinity faces drastic budget cuts, commnuity members speak out in solidarity
• A Mandate From Constituents: Preserve Human Services (03/08/2011)
  A petition against the proposed cuts to social services
• A Morton Avenue bus will roll in the South End (02/24/2011)
  South End residents celebrate a victory twenty years in the making
• Running on Empty (12/26/2010)
  Key Bank assists Trinity food pantry in tough economy
• Job Lands Parolee in Jail (12/27/2010)
  Trinity Alliance's new anti-violence program utilizes non-traditional methods
• ACTIVIST RAISES AVILLAGE IN PLACE OF REAL NEED (12/25/2010)
  AVILLAGE seeks to bring grass roots changes to Albany
• Trinity Alliance Expands Mission (11/2010)
• Trinity Alliance Merger (11/18/2010)
• South End residents seek a lift (10/29/2010)
• Our own Beatriz Velez tells YNN about her life and triumph over adversity (09/2010)
• Trinity Alliance and Allies advocate for new bus line (08/2010)
• Program helping ex-inmates (10/2009)
• Trinity Mural Painted (06/2009)
• Five Teens Talk About Life After Tragedy (05/2009)
• Newly Improved Center Opens its Doors (01/2006)
• APM at Giffen Elementary
  A Blog about the Holiday Concert co-sponsored by Trinity Alliance