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Community Newsletter & Events
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October 29, 2024 – November 5, 2024
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For those who struggle with voting when we have serious reservations, consider Chomsky’s advice: “You vote against the worst. Then you go back to work.You keep the pressure and activism going.”
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CNY Solidarity Coalition Next Meeting
We are finalizing plans for a post-election gathering. Watch here for updates.
During Daylight Savings Time, our meetings will begin at 2 PM.
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ArtRage Gallery “Building for the Future” Renovation Project ends on October 31. ArtRage Gallery at 505 Hawley Avenue in Syracuse has been showing works of art which exhibit themes of justice in many different contexts. ArtRage Gallery is also a community gathering spot for the progressive community for talks, movies, other artistic endeavors and a meeting place. Help them reach their goal!
To donate by check: Make check out to Community Foundation of Central New York
Memo Line should be ArtRage Gallery Fund
Mail to: Community Foundation of Central New York
431 East Fayette St, Suite #100, Syracuse, NY 13202
Or Donate Online Here
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Indivisible: Sign up for Neighbor2Neighbor!
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Neighbor2Neighbor is the most impactful and easiest way to make a difference this election – by talking to your own neighbors! Indivisible is deploying this innovative, relational doorknocking program to knock 200,000 doors in battleground races in 2024. It’s going to take neighbors talking to neighbors to fight back against MAGA extremism and secure our rights. Let’s do this!
Sign up now to receive your first 10 doors! Within minutes, we’ll send you your list of names, a short script, best practices, and a printout with voting information to bring with you to the doors. Then you’re all set to start having conversations with your neighbors, whenever is convenient for you. You can sign up for as many doors as you want after your first 10.
Sign up for Neighbor to Neighbor
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CNY Solidarity Coalition is seeking help with social media.
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We need some help with our website and Facebook, and we would like to expand our presence on other platforms. We can provide training and support. Please email Elaine if you would like to know more.
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“We Have Lost All Credibility”: Hala Rharrit on Quitting State Dept. & Ending U.S. Complicity in Gaza
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Secretary Blinken said Israel has achieved the strategic objectives in Gaza. No, it hasn’t. That is quite a lie. Its objective was the release of the hostages. That has not been achieved. Its objective was also the destruction of Hamas. That has not been achieved.
The reality is that we, as the United States government, are in violation of U.S. law, of multiple of laws that your viewers can Google for themselves: the Leahy Law, the Foreign Assistance Act, the Arms Export Control Act. We continue to willfully violate laws so that we surge U.S. military assistance to Israel
Read it on DemocracyNow!
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Billionaire Investors Are ‘Supercharging’ Housing Crisis: Report
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“Billionaires see housing as a way to boost their bottom line, instead of a necessity to survive.”
… a small number of wealthy individuals and their investment arms, who control “huge pools of wealth,” have spent some of their vast resources on “predatory investment and wealth-parking in luxury housing”—contributing significantly to the crises of unaffordable rents, out-of-reach homeownership, and homelessness.
“…corporate landlords have concentrated their predatory investment practices—flipping, rent gouging, habitability violations, and evictions—in lower-income communities of color.”
Read it on Portside
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Justifying Slaughter: How the Cult of Messianic Zionism Conquered the West
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Acclaimed author and researcher Thomas Suárez, a former West-Bank resident and faculty member of Palestine’s National Conservatory of Music, appeared at UMass-Amherst on April 16 to talk about the historical roots of Israel’s ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestine, the complicity of Western governments in manufacturing consent to the continuing horrors unfolding in Gaza and the West Bank, and what it will take to fundamentally transform Israel’s current apartheid policies and liberate the Palestinian people.
Watch onYouTube
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The Election Story Nobody Wants to Talk About
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A Q&A with David Neiwert, America’s foremost writer and thinker on far-right extremism, on what might happen if Trump wins—or loses
…Trump and his minions basically hope that they can work the electoral count to a point where they can force the outcome of the election to either go through the Republican Congress or the Republican Supreme Court. But either way, it will be a de facto installment of a dictator.
Read it on The American Prospect
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New White Paper: Driving Toward Equitable Traffic Enforcement
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Policing strategies that emphasize traffic stops for low-level violations are sometimes lost within the broader – and urgent – calls for greater police accountability and justice reform. Digging into the numbers of police stops for low-level traffic offenses, however, tells a powerful story about inequity – and about how lawmakers are using abusive preemption to undermine locally led efforts to put policies in place that make traffic stops safer and more equitable for all.
A new white paper from Local Progress and Local Solutions Support Center (LSSC), Driving Toward Equitable Traffic Enforcement, offers local advocates and policymakers a roadmap for advancing traffic safety policies that promote driving equity – while highlighting preemption-related concerns to keep in mind.
Read White Paper on SupportDemocracy.org
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Early Voting Through Nov 3rd!
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Citizen Action Climate Justice Committee Meeting
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Tuesday, Oct. 29, 6 p.m.
Zoom, RSVP today
Join our Statewide Climate Justice Committee meeting over Zoom and help make important change happen. We’ll focus on: holding utilities like National Grid accountable and stopping outrageous bill increases; advocating for Climate Justice going into the next legislative session, including working with our statewide coalition, New York Renews, to launch bold actions and events in 2025.
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Friends of Dorothy Benefit Dinner
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Wednesday, Oct. 30 at 5:00pm – 7:00pm
Bishop Harrison Center, 1342 Lancaster Ave, Syracuse
Friends of Dorothy is our initiative to be supportive of people with AIDS. Since October of 1992 we have offered home-based care to people with AIDS in a variety of ways, including recuperative or hospice care, supportive housing and emergency assistance.
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Syracuse Open Data Day 2024
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Saturday, November 2, 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
OCPL Central Library, 447 S. Salina St.
Explore the City’s Open Data Portal, engage with industry-standard tools for accessing and visualizing open data, collaborate on projects, and compete in a data challenge for a first-place prize of $1,000 supported by an event sponsor.
The 2024 challenge theme is “Healthy Housing: Quality, Safety & Accessibility.” Participants will have the chance to create projects that address critical housing issues in Syracuse using real-world data from both internal and external sources. Participants will have access to various datasets, including Syracuse’s Rental Registry, Code Violations, Vacant Properties, and more. External resources such as the NYS Unified Court System’s Statewide Landlord Tenant Eviction Dashboard and CNY Vitals Pro are also available.
The free event will include presentations, breakout sessions and development sessions for participants to work on their datasets. Attendees may participate in any or all sessions. Interested participants can go to the City’s Meetup page to register.
Learn more about Open Data Day here
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Arms Embargo Now! Rally & March
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Saturday, November 2, 2024 at 2:00pm
Syracuse Federal Building, 100 S. Clinton St, Syracuse
The Syracuse community will be gathering in front of the James M Hanley Federal Building for a rally and march, joining other communities across the country in a National Day of Action to protest Israel’s genocidal campaign against Palestine, Lebanon, and a growing number of countries in the region.
On Saturday, we need our fellow community members to join us, to demand that our American politicians hear the calls of a majority of their constituents who support an arms embargo NOW and a complete halt to weapons sales to Israel.
More Details on Facebook
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Saturday, November 2 at 7:00pm
All Saints Church, 1340 Lancaster Ave, Syracuse
Join us for a first-hand report on the health impact of Israel’s war on Gaza with Dr. Mohamed Elfar, who led a humanitarian mission in Palestine with Doctors Without Borders.
This event is co-sponsored by Middle East Voices and Syracuse Peace Council’s Justice for Palestine program.
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Election Day Rally to Get Out the Vote
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Election Day, November 5, 12pm to 1pm.
May Memorial UU Society, 3800 E. Genesee St. Lots of parking available.
The rally is designed to encourage passers-by to vote. We will meet on the front lawn of the church and hold up signs encouraging voting.
Messages on our signs could be: Every Vote Counts, Choose Democracy, VOTE!, Get Out and Vote!, Vote For the Future, Your Vote Matters, Vote TODAY, Don’t Forget to Vote…..etc.
We are inviting all of our friends and neighbors to come and rally with us.
Please Note: This rally is strictly non-partisan.
For additional information, contact Judy Jerome (judy_jerome@hotmail.com). Hope to see you on Election Day.
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Imagining Freedom: Developing Communities, Coalitions, and Digital Literacies in Prison
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November 7, 2024 at 12:30pm – 1:50pm EST
Schine Student Center, 228
Brandon Erby (University of Kentucky)
Although mainstream narratives often depict people in jails and prisons as dangerous, violent, illiterate, and disposable, Erby’s public talk will reveal how incarcerated people build communities inside jails and prisons that counter these dominant portrayals of incarcerated individuals. Erby leads a podcasting workshop later in the afternoon.
This event is part of the Humanities Center’s 2024-2025 Syracuse Symposium series on “Community.”
Info Here
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Micron and the City: How can Syracuse fully share in the benefits from the Micron investment
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Friday, November 8, free, virtual FOCUS Forum!
12:05 – 1 PM
At this year’s Democratic National Convention, Governor Hochul said that Micron’s $100 billion microchip factory in Clay, NY will be “the largest private investment in American history.”
Meanwhile, twelve miles away, the city of Syracuse has the third highest poverty rate in the nation and the highest child poverty among cities with populations over 100,000.
How can Syracuse tap into the wealth arriving with Micron to improve the lives of those who live in the ciMicron and the City
How can Syracuse fully share in the benefits from the Micron investment
ty?
Join us for our November Forum to learn more!
Register Here
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Election 2024: Post-Election Analysis
The implications of power, policy, and the American people
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Friday, Nov. 08 |4 PM EDT | Maxwell Auditorium
Register Here
Michael Minta – Professor for Political Science at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Emily Thorson – Assistant Professor of Political Science, Maxwell School,
Syracuse University
Grant Reeher – Professor of Political Science, Maxwell School, Syracuse University
Jenn Jackson – Assistant Professor of Political Science, Maxwell School, Syracuse University
Chris Faricy – Moderator – Director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute,
Hicker Family Professor of Renewing Democratic Community, Associate Professor, Political Science Department, Maxwell School, Syracuse University
Reception following the lecture.
A live stream link will be available from our website on the day of the event at Campbell Public Affairs Institute.
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Recycle Electronics FREE Drop-off Event
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Rally for Syracuse Families: Crisis Action NOW on Lead Pipes and Lead Paint!
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Tuesday, November 12th, Noon
Steps of Syracuse City Hall, 333 East Washington Street, Syracuse
Families for Lead Freedom Now, NYCLU, Legal Services of CNY
All our children deserve a fair chance at the start of life. Syracuse children are already burdened by decades of lead paint poisoning. Now, new data and media reports reveal a new source of danger for our children: contamination from many of the 14,000 water service lines made of lead itself. Lines that bring the drinking water into Syracuse homes. It is time to decide that burdening our children with more sources of lead poisoning is unacceptable!
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Renewable Energy, Efficiency, Sustainability: How Strategies for Economic Sustainability & National Security Can Also Cure Our Climate Ills
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Tuesday, November 12th
6:00 – 7:30 pm
Fayetteville Library 300 Orchard St. Fayetteville NY or Zoom
Come join us at the CCAA November Member Meeting!
Presentation By: Dale Sherman, EnergyWright
Register Here for in-person attendance or Zoom link
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Indigenous Values and the Doctrine of Christian Discovery
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November 14, 2024 | 11:45 AM-1 PM | Zoom
Sandra Bigtree (Mohawk), Indigenous Values Initiative, and
Philip P. Arnold, Syracuse University
The Joan & Ralph Lane Center for Catholic Social Thought & the Ignatian Tradition
Bigtree (Mohawk Nation) and Arneld are founders of the non-profit organization, The Indigenous Values Imitative. Using a “values approach,” their work with the Onondaga Nation leadership over the last 45 years has resulted in the creation of the Skä-non-Great Law of Peace Center in 2015. Skä-nonh means ‘peace’ that can only be achieved when human beings are in a proper relationship with all living beings. including non-human persens. Since 2005, Arnold and Bigtree have been werking en the Doctrine of Christian Discovery (DoCD). In 2010 they founded the Doctrine of Discovery Project and are now working for the education of the general public as well as the academic community.
Register Here
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BORDERLAND | A Line Within
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November 15th Time TBA
CNY Workers’ Center will be hosting a film screening of the film with ArtRage Gallery.
It lies within every undocumented immigrant family with the threat that at any moment they can be captured, incarcerated, deported; their lives destroyed. BORDERLAND | The Line Within not only exposes the profitable business of immigration and its human cost, but weaves together the stories of immigrant heroines and heroes resisting and showing a way forward, intent on building a movement in the shadow of the border industrial complex, recognizing the human rights of all.
Watch the trailer here and stay tuned for more details.
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Smart Growth in CNY Conference
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Friday, November 15
Syracuse Urbanism Collective
Central New York is on the cusp of growth and change. Join the conversation to help plan for the kind of growth that will best serve the community we call home. Learn more and buy your ticket or at this link! The ticket price covers a full day of programming, plus two meals and a swag bag.
We have $1000 worth of need-based scholarship tickets to give out, first come first serve. If you’re in need of assistance and would like to attend any or all sessions, please reach out to contact@syracuseurbanism.org with the subject “SG2024 Scholarship”.
More information at syracuseurbanism.org/sgcny.
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Monday, November 18th from 5 – 6:30 pm.
The Dunbar Center. 453 S. State Street, Syracuse
Join Central Current for an interactive conversation about the state of local news.
Admission is free, and refreshments will be served.
We want to hear your thoughts about local news in Syracuse and Central New York:
Do you pay attention to local news?
What subjects do you wish were reported on more?
Do you think local news is accessible? How do you access it?
What role should local news play in your community, and is it living up to that standard?
We ask these questions for a simple reason: as a newly formed, independent, and nonprofit newspaper – we want to make sure that our reporting is meeting your needs. This session will help us improve our own work, while also providing a space to educate participants about the decline of local news resources and the work being done to rebuild them here in CNY.
Reserve a seat
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Sharing The Harvest: Winter Solstice Concert
Syracuse Community Choir
Sunday, December 15 – 4 PM
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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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EVERY FRIDAY…4 to 4:45 p.m. (“CEASE FIRE NOW”, etc./ Palestine solidarity)
Focused on the war in the middle East…Israel’s military genocide of Gaza and invasion of Lebanon. We 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.) When the temperature is below 29 degrees, we cancel!
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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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