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Community Newsletter & Events
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August 27, 2024 – September 3, 2024
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From CNY Solidarity Coalition
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Upcoming CNY Solidarity Coalition Meetings:
Sept. 29 and Oct. 13.
Stop by our booth at the Westcott Fair on Sept 22
Please use and share these valuable resources on our website!
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Voting in the General Election: From the League of Women Voters HERE
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The November General Election is approaching! Here are 4 ways you can vote this Fall:
Early Voting In-Person
When? October 26th-November 3, 6 am to 9pm.
Where? Find your early voting poll site at voterlookup.elections.ny.gov
Who? Any registered voter!
Election Day In-Person
When? November 5th, 6am-9pm.
Where? Find your Election Day poll site at voterlookup.elections.ny.gov
Who? Any registered voter!
You can also vote by mail through absentee or early mail:
For both:
How? Apply for a ballot, receive ballot and send back to the Board of Elections.
When? Applications must be received by October 26th or competed in person at the Board of Elections up to November 5th.
Where? Ballots must be sent back/dropped off at the Board of Elections by November 5th.
For absentee, only
Who? Any registered voter with an excuse to not come in-person to the polls, such as absence from the state.
How? Apply for a ballot at ballotapplication.elections.ny.gov/home/absentee, download and mail from elections.ny.gov/request-ballot, or go in-person to the Board of Elections.
Ideal for? Those with permanent illnesses/disabilities that will keep them from the polls, since absentee applications can be marked as recurring.
For Early Mail, only
Who? Any registered voter!
How? Apply for a ballot at https://ballotapplication.elections.ny.gov/home/earlymail, download and mail from elections.ny.gov/request-ballot, or go in-person to the Board of Elections.
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Syracuse Housing & Neighborhood Survey
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The Housing & Neighborhood Surveys have been released by the City’s Department of Neighborhood and Business Development. Every 5 years, a comprehensive plan is crafted for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, analyzing current conditions, identifying needs, and determining funding for affordable housing and community development for the next 5 years.
The survey, which takes less than 10 minutes to complete, addresses housing needs, neighborhood quality, and available supportive services. Your feedback will play a crucial role in shaping funding priorities from 2025 to 2029. For any inquiries about the survey, please contact NBD@syr.gov. Remember, the survey deadline is September 6th at 5 pm.
Access the survey here: https://buff.ly/4fXlwjZ.
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From our Allies at the CNY Workers’ Center:
Support Crispín’s Healing Journey
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For 10 years, our dear friend, neighbor, and compañero in the struggle, Crispín, has fought for our communities. He worked in the field, in the dairy industry and he has also worked in construction. During his free time, he worked with our communities, organizing farmworkers and teaching them to make their rights into reality. Shortly after joining the Workers Center of CNY as a volunteer, he took on the responsibility of working full time for the organization. He was the primary farmworker plaintiff suing New York State and ex-governor Andrew Cuomo for the right of farmworkers to organize and engage in collective bargaining. Thanks to Crispín’s efforts, that lawsuit was won in May 2019 and the decision in favor of farmworkers’ rights pushed forward a law that had been pending for over 20 years. Now, farmworkers have a law that backs them, which is called the Farm Laborers Fair Practices Act.
For many months, he has been living with a very difficult health situation, suffering constant migraines. Many medical appointments, tests, and treatment options did not succeed in resolving his pain, and in conversation with friends and colleagues, he decided to return to Mexico to be with his family, rest, and heal. …If you are able to contribute any amount to help Crispín heal, we would be deeply grateful.
Donate/Read more Here
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Watch the Speech the DNC Wouldn’t Allow on Stage
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Georgia state Rep. Ruwa Romman would have been the first Palestinian to ever address the Democratic National Convention.
Watch it Here on Truthout
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Six takeaways from the DNC & what comes next
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By Ezra Levin, Indivisible Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director
We’re in “win the election” mode for the next 70 days. Then we get to shift into “get shit done” advocacy mode once we secure the White House and Congress.
Read it Here
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Sanders Urges Ban on Super PACs in Democratic Primaries
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The Vermont senator says money in politics is out of control, Democratic Party should limit expenditures when choosing nominees.
Sanders campaigned earlier this summer for Squad members Reps. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) and Cori Bush (D-MO). They lost their primaries amid massive amounts of super PAC spending, particularly from pro-Israel forces ties to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). The two races were among the most expensive Democratic primaries in history.
Read it on The American Prospect
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The Battery Mineral Loop: The path from extraction to circularity
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RMI lays out a comprehensive strategy to address the rising demand for battery minerals. Battery minerals are not the new oil. Even as battery demand surges, the combined forces of efficiency, innovation, and circularity will drive peak demand for mined minerals within a decade — and may even avoid mineral extraction altogether by 2050. These advancements enable us to transition from linear extraction to a circular loop, with compounding benefits for our climate, security, equity, health, and wealth….
Accelerating the trend along six key solutions — deploying new battery chemistries, making batteries more energy-dense, recycling their mineral content, extending their lifetime, improving vehicle efficiency, and improving mobility efficiency — means we can reach net-zero mineral demand in the 2040s.
Read it at The Rocky Mountain Institute
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Join the Syracuse Onondaga County NAACP to help “Get the Vote Out” !
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Wednesday, August, 21 – Monday, Sept 2
Van Robinson Pan African Village at the New York State Fair
This year will be pivotal. When it comes to civil rights and social justice, we have the unique ability to secure more wins than anyone else. The issues that affect our community will make or break how we continue to thrive in this country.
Together, let’s amplify the voice of Black America to make sure solutions to our most pressing issues are equitable by activating our collective voting power!
Sign Up Here
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National Voter Registration Day Informational Meeting
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Tuesday, Aug. 27 4-5 PM
September 17 is National Voter Registration Day.
Join Transformative Justice Coalition, Public Citizen, the League of Women Voters, League of Conservation Voters, the Workers Circle and the organizers of National Voter Registration Day as we learn how we can participate in this significant day as a next step from our powerful John Lewis Day.
Together we can ensure- in the face of voter suppression – that voters are registered and able to vote in this year’s essential election.
Register Here
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Join with us to watch HURDLE
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Wed Aug 28 @ 1 pm – Syracuse Peace Council – 2013 E. Genesee St.
Hurdle offers a powerful glimpse into life under military occupation. Through the eyes of Palestinian youth, the film showcases how they confront a world of walls, checkpoints, and arrests.
Hurdle’s protagonists, Sami and Mohammad, begin teaching the creative practices of parkour and photography to young people in their communities as a means to overcome personal and political obstacles. Though these young men are separated by a wall, they are united in leading the next generation toward freedom and self-determination through creative practices.
Bring a brown bag lunch if you like
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Join the Care Can’t Wait Bus Tour!
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Wednesday, Aug. 28 3 PM
Clinton Square, Syracuse
Join National Domestic Workers Alliance President Ai-jen Poo, NY State Senators Rachel May and John Mannion, the Syracuse Community Choir,CirqOvation and local leaders from Caring Majority Rising, Citizen Action New York, 1199SEIU, CSEA VOICE ARISE Syracuse and more!
Recognizing and celebrating the importance of care – aging and disability care, paid leave, child care, support for family caregivers, and good jobs for care workers.
Care Can’t Wait partners are traveling across the country to share the experiences of families struggling with finding and affording care, including hearing directly from families.
Information Here
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Shine A Light On Liberation From Incarceration
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Wed. Aug. 28 – 6-8 Pm
Syracuse Center For Peace & Social Justice –
2013 E Genesee St. Syracuse, NY
Tickets: $0-$25 At The Door
Unchained and the Syracuse Center for Peace & Social Justice invite you to join us for an evening of liberation education centered around Black August–what it is, where it came from, and how we’re continuing the legacy.
This event is a great opportunity to learn about the history of prison abolition organizing and what it looks like now! Panel Discussion Featuring Formerly Incarcerated And Directly Impacted Activists
We are collecting donations at the door to support our essential work.
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Sierra Club Summer Webinar Series
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Starting August 29th at 6 PM
A new report from New York’s energy policy makers shows we are NOT on track to get 70% of our electricity from renewables by 2040.Fossil fuel companies and their cronies are trying to use this new report to get Governor Hochul to weaken the mandates of the law.
Join one of our upcoming webinars to learn how we’re getting New York on track to meet our climate goals, and how you can help.
We’re hosting 5 webinars: every week at 6 pm starting August 29th:
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Thursday, August 29th — Clearing the Air: Gas Utilities’ False Solutions for Fighting Climate Change
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Tuesday, September 3rd — Eye on the Prize: Implementing the Climate Law
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Thursday, September 12th — Offshore Wind Energy: A Crucial Climate Solution in New York State
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Thursday, September 19th — Cleaner Air with Clean Transportation
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Tuesday, September 24th — Toxics: Dealing with PFAS and More in New York State
Please sign up for as many as you would like!
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Rally against the fascist Project 2025
Saturday, August 31st at 12:00pm
James M. Hanley Federal Building, 100 S Clinton St. Syracuse, NY
Details on Facebook
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What You Need to Know About…PROJECT 2025 – A Community Conversation
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Wed, Sept 04 • 6pm to 8pm
Jervis Public Library, Rome NY
Special Guest: Dr. Clemmie Harris, Utica University Professor
What You Need To Know And How Project 2025 Affects Your Community
NAACP
Rome NY Democratic Committee
Public Invited to Attend This Free Event
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Planet in Peril! A National Actionar
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Wednesday, September 4 @ 8pm EDT
NO to Nuclear Weapons and NO to Fossil Fuels!
Register
Why we should be talking about nuclear weapons and fossil fuels – and what you can do about them.
Learn about the September Days of Action for a nuclear weapons and fossil fuel free world.
Expose the companies producing new nuclear weapons and promoting increased production of fossil fuels.
Find out about the many ways your group can commit to and participate in this international call against producers of nuclear weapons and fossil fuel pollution.
September 2024: Two Weeks to Pressure the Corporations putting Profit ahead of People and Planet
Continued burning of fossil fuels will make this world uninhabitable within a few decades. A nuclear war would make this world uninhabitable in a few minutes. We must end our addiction to fossil fuels and nuclear weapons before it’s too late.
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Future Energy Economy Summit – NYSERDA
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September 4-5, 2024
Syracuse Marriott Downtown – 100 East Onondaga St. Syr 13202
The Future Energy Economy Summit will convene relevant state agencies and authorities, global and federal leaders, power producers, technical experts, labor groups, environmental groups, business groups and other interested stakeholders to discuss the role of next generation clean energy technologies and strategies to accelerate renewable energy deployment while collectively supporting economic development in New York.
Register Here
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Join us to fight back on September 5th!
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September 4-5, 2024
Syracuse Marriott Downtown – 100 East Onondaga St. Syr 13202
Thursday, September 5th
12pm: Gather outside the Marriott downtown
100 E Onondaga St. in Syracuse
12:30pm: press conference and picket
New York State can lead the way to a clean energy future by building renewable energy, yet recent announcements from state agencies make it clear our climate justice plan is in trouble.
A report from the Governor’s office signals the state may be poised to push back the first major milestone of the landmark Climate Law–70% renewable electricity by 2030–accompanied by the announcement of a NYSERDA “Future Energy Economy” summit promoting nuclear power development and other false solutions to the climate crisis.
But all is not lost! It was the hard work of grassroots movements and ordinary people like you that got our climate law passed in the first place–and now it’s our hard work that will protect it.
So join us outside this summit to protect the clean AND safe energy future everyone deserves: one where we commit to climate justice, reject nuclear and all false fixes (including “renewable” natural gas and hydrogen), and create the future that we want for generations of people yet to come.
TBA: check back here for additional parts of the day’s program
Need a ride? Sign up for a carpool at our event page!
Read more and Sign up Here!
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Documentary Premiere Event: Voices Rising Syracuse’s Fight Against Lead Poisoning
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Friday, September 6, 2024 6 – 9pm EDT
Everson Museum of Art Plaza, 401 Harrison Street Syracuse, 13202
Join us for the documentary premiere of “Voices Rising: Syracuse’s Fight Against Lead Poisoning”. The premiere will be shown outside and under the stars on the Everson Museum of Art Plaza. The first 300 people to register will receive a $10 credit towards the purchase of food from various local food trucks! #CNYCFVoicesRising
Learn More & Register Here
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Another World Is Possible: Posters by Ricardo Levins Morales
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Saturday, September 7th, 6-8pm
ArtRage Gallery, 505 Hawley Ave, Syr.
Join us for the first opening reception
Meet the Artist! View our new look! And wish us well!
Ricardo Levins Morales is an artist and organizer based in Minneapolis.
He uses his art as a form of political medicine to support individual and collective healing from the injuries and ongoing reality of oppression.
His work is widely used by grassroots movements, organizations and communities.
This exhibition will examine the breathe and depth of Ricardo’s art over the past 55 years!n of the season! Free and open to the public.
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Art & Craft Fair for Gaza
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Sunday, September 8th, 11:30 Am – 3:30 PM
ArtRage Gallery, 505 Hawley Ave, Syr.
Join us for an art and craft sale to benefit Palestinian families in need of aid. Snacks, music, and a variety of handmade wares by dozens of local artists will be provided.
If you are an artist who would like to donate your work:
https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSeDam…/viewform...
ArtRage is a wheelchair-accessible space on the ground level. It has HEPA filters operating in the gallery. All volunteers will wear masks, and we strongly encourage all artists and visitors to wear them as well. There is one single-user, all-gender restroom on the premises.
More Here
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26th Annual 2024 Kateri Tekakwitha Peace Conference What’s Love Got to Do With It? Our Survival Depends on It!
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Friday, September 13th, 2024 Beginning at 5:30 pm)
Saturday, September 14th, 2024
Saint Kateri National Shrine and Historic Site – Fonda, NY
Over the years the Kateri Peace Conference has worked to confront the waste and destruction of militarism and war, the suffering and injustice wrought by systemic racism; the devastation and desolation our embrace of unbridled materialism has wreaked on the planet. The hope has been to sow the healing seeds of light and love, seeds germinated from the core belief that we journey on this vulnerable planet as sisters and brothers understanding fully our need to care for each other with patience and kindness.
Info/Registration Here
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September FOCUS FORUM: MICRON Community Engagement Committee
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Friday, September 20, 12:05 pm to 1:00 pm
via Zoom. Free and open to everyone.
Register Here
This forum will present the findings of the extensive public engagement process led by the CNY Community Engagement Committee (CEC) to identify priorities that will help ensure that opportunities presented by Micron’s investment in our region benefit all. Formed by Governor Hochul, the CEC engaged nearly 13,000 individuals through listening sessions, focus groups, surveys, and more. The findings of their recently released report, “Harnessing Opportunity, Community Priorities for Central New York,” now serve as the framework for the distribution of $500 million in awards over 20 years through the Green Chips Community Fund, a partnership between Empire State Development and Micron Technology, Inc. Panelists will speak to the depth of the engagement process, the priorities that emerged, and next steps for moving these priorities forward. The CEC report: https://www.cnycec.org/community-priorities-document
Panelists::
Daniel Kolinski, Regional Director, CNY Empire State Development
Melanie Littlejohn, President & CEO CNY Community Foundation
Tim Penix, Vice President SUNY Syracuse Educational Opportunity Center
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Sunday, September 29, 2024
Start/Finish: Everson Plaza, 401 Harrison St, Syracuse 13202
A 5K Run and 3K Roll/Stroll event that traces a portion of the infamous ‘redline’ that helped segregate Syracuse. During the Great Depression, the Federal Government worked with local officials and real estate professionals to draw maps that placed red lines around neighborhoods deemed too risky to receive federal housing assistance. These ‘redlining’ maps deprived Syracuse’s most racially integrated neighborhoods of opportunity, and their effects can still be felt today. Run the Redline to experience the physical spaces shaped by these federal policies.
Sign Up Here
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Syracuse Street Heat is just one, very unencumbered way to work for peace and social justice. We’re part of a decades-long grassroots tradition here, in Ithaca and elsewhere. We stand out and stand up for what we stand for.
A handful of us stand at busy intersections, for 45 minutes at rush hour, pivoting to the traffic with hand-held signs. We want to get the public thinking about issues often underrepresented in the media. We’re there weekly in almost all of Syracuse’s weather (we seldom cancel). Bring your own sign – or use one of ours. No meetings or committees, so participation time is minimal (yay!) Our Team: Ann, Dick, Ed, Geoff, Jim, Julienne, Les, Leslie, Peter….
To learn more, call Ann or Ed: (315) 478 4571.
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FIRST & THIRD TUESDAYS OF THE MONTH…4 TO 4:45 P.M. (Killer Drones)
Across from the main gate of Hancock AFB, home of the 174th Attack Wing of the NYS National Guard training Reaper drone operators. 6000 East Molloy Road.
EVERY FRIDAY…4 to 4:45 p.m. (“CEASE FIRE NOW”, etc./ Palestine solidarity)
A handful of us disperse along the sidewalk with our signs at the very busy intersection of Erie Blvd East and East Genesee St. (across from the DeWitt fire station; park in the nearby mini mall lot.)
EVERY SATURDAY…9 to 9:45 a.m.
(range of issues: racism, Palestine solidarity anti-war, anti-war, etc.)
Across from the Syracuse Regional Market, 2100 Park St. at the 81N Liverpool/Park St. exit. Park in the Market lot on the north side of Park. You can use one of our signs or bring your own.
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Donate to the CNY Solidarity Coalition
CNY Solidarity Coalition contributes regularly to local progressive organizations: Syracuse Peace Council, National Action Network, & Urban Jobs Coalition. We also make occasional donations as needed to other local groups. We depend on your donations for this.
Donate Online through PayPal
Mail donations to:
CNY Solidarity Coalition
P.O. Box 6137, Teall Post Office, 226 Teall Ave., Syracuse NY 13217
Our Committees
To sign up for each of the committee mailing lists, contact the person listed.
Indivisible Onondaga County: Contact: Tom Keck
Climate Justice: Contact: Dick Kornbluth
SLAT (State/Local Action Team) Contact: Peter McCarthy
Beyond War and Militarism: A joint committee of CNY Solidarity Coalition and the Syracuse Peace Council. Contact: Ron Van Norstrand
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Elaine Denton
Peter McCarthy
Coordinating Committee
CNY Solidarity Coalition
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