“His lessons weren’t just based on theory,” she adds. Jackson adds that Sawyer brought more than just academic research into the classroom he Skyped musical artists and brought in classroom guests. Though Jackson had taken a number of undergraduate sociology classes, she notes that Sawyer “changed the game” when he came to Quinnipiac- bringing “passion, perspective, expertise, and difference.” Don Sawyer changed her life in a number of ways, after she first encountered Sawyer in his “Sociology of Hip Hop” class. Sawyer offers these young men a way to use hip-hop as a medium of expression to discuss “their pain, faith, hopes and dreams and provide an outlet for the things they were going through.” Sociology of Hip Hopįormer Quinnipiac student Carol Ann Jackson explains that meeting Dr. Don Sawyer developed the Crossroads Collective program to meet with Wilbur High School African- American and Latino males who are not attending school and who are overly represented in the discipline process. When she's not writing, interviewing or mom-ing, Molly teaches tarot card classes, gardens, sits in bars drinking Miller products and dreams of being in a punk band again.In addition to making "Sociology of Hip Hop" the most popular offering in Quinnipiac University's Sociology department, associate professor Dr. She is also a story slam-winning storyteller who has performed with The Moth, Ex Fabula and Risk! She served as the Narrator / writer-in-residence at the Pfister Hotel from 2013-2014. In 2009, Molly won a Milwaukee Press Club Award. She has a collection of poetry, "Topless," and is slowly writing a memoir. Molly's poetry, essays and articles appeared in many publications including USA Today, The Writer, The Sun Magazine and more. She also once got a colonic just to report on it, but that's enough on that.Īlways told she had a "radio voice," Molly found herself as a regular contributor on FM102, 97WMYX and 1130WISN with her childhood radio favorite, Gene Mueller. Molly Snyder grew up on Milwaukee's East Side and today, she lives in the Walker's Point neighborhood with her partner and two sons.Īs a full time senior writer, editorial manager and self-described experience junkie, Molly has written thousands of articles about Milwaukee (and a few about New Orleans, Detroit, Indianapolis, Boston and various vacation spots in Wisconsin) that range in subject from where to get the best cup of coffee to an in-depth profile on the survivors of the iconic Norman apartment building that burned down in the '90s. "We would like to have a mix of interesting proven and unproven concepts." "As for restaurants, we are open to ideas," says Gokhman. It is projected to open in the fall of 2018 and will be managed by Cordial Consulting, run by Justin Carlisle and Dan Frame. The food hall will be aptly named Crossroads Collective and will feature six very different local restaurants in one large space. As a result, I realized that a single concept cannot be what Oriental Drugs was – a place that was so many things to so many people, offering a place for the community to engage." "We believe only a food hall can come close to replicating the energy and vibe of Oriental Drugs," says Gokhman, "In researching the history of Oriental Drugs, I truly understood the visceral importance of that institution to the neighborhood. For decades it was home to Oriental Drugs, complete with a quirky Asian-themed lunch counter, but it has struggled to find the right new tenant ever since the Oriental shuttered in 1995.Īfter an incredible amount of research and traveling to New York, Chicago and Seattle, Tim Gokhman, owner of New Land Enterprises, has a solution. The building on the corner of Farwell and North Avenues is a beloved but complicated space.
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