At this year’s Champions of Diversity, the PEACE, Inc. team worked hard to show its guests the diversity and impact of the agency’s programs. Whether through interactive displays, speeches and poems, or volunteering, the agency is proud of its staff and its work to make the night a successful one.
On May 22, 2024, PEACE, Inc. held its first Champions of Diversity Celebration since the pandemic at Syracuse University’s Nation Veterans Resource Center. It was a beautiful celebration of PEACE, Inc.’s programs, true champions of diversity, and the community at large. Over the next couple of days, we’ll be sharing with you many of the highlights. Today, we want to express our gratitude for our sponsors and our honorees, Joseph E. O’Hara, Rasheada Caldwell, and Tamika Otis. They are all wonderful advocates of our community whose calls inspire us all to do better.
Latasha Wilson was hired as a Community Based Mentor Manager in our Big Brothers Big Sisters program in November 2018, and was elevated to the Senior Mentor Manager role exactly one year later. One year ago this month, she took on the role of Assistant Program Director in addition to maintaining her caseload of volunteer matches as a Mentor Manager, and earlier this year she also maintained a second caseload for several months while another Mentor Manager position was vacant.
Latasha has sought and received greater responsibilities within her program by excelling at working with volunteer mentors and the families of enrolled children, planning special program events, seeking additional sponsors and community partners and donations, and promoting Big Brothers Big Sisters throughout the community. In recognition of all of her hard work and achievements, we are pleased to honor Latasha Wilson as our Employee of the Month for May!
Photo: Employee of the Month Latasha Wilson, with (L to R) Executive Director Carolyn Brown, BBBS Mentor Manager James Lawson, and BBBS Director John Bruzdzinski.
Amina Sharif graduated from OCC this weekend with her Health Studies Certificate! Amina has spent over a year working on her Certificate at OCC.
Before this, Amina earned her Child Development Associate Credential in 2022. Her career goal is to become a neonatal nurse. Her future plans include traveling this spring and then back to OCC for her first Anatomy and Physiology course this summer!
PEACE, Inc. is very proud of Amina and everything she has accomplished! We look forward to seeing what the future holds for this bright young lady!
On Saturday, PEACE, Inc.’s Head Start, Community Engagement, and Transportation Departments all had a blast at Syracuse Parks & Rec Big Rig Day in Burnet Park. Families had a blast exploring our school bus. Even Otto the Orange got into the fun with us!
