CNY Solidarity Coalition

United in defense of our community and our neighbors

Services

Access CNY
Organization
About

AccessCNY offers person-centered services that empower individuals of all ages and abilities to reach their full potential as part of our shared community. Services are provided with dedication, compassion, innovation, and commitment.

The agency supports people with developmental disabilities, acquired brain injuries (ABI) and mental health issues.

Phone Number
(315) 455-7591
Address
1603 Court Street
13208
City
Syracuse
ACR Health
Organization
About

ACR Health is a not-for-profit, community-based organization providing a range of support services to individuals with chronic diseases, including HIV/AIDS, diabetes, heart disease, obesity, asthma, substance use disorders, and serious mental illnesses, with the goal of positive health outcomes.

ACR Health provides a wide variety of targeted prevention and sexual health services to individuals, from youth through adulthood, as well as to community groups and organizations, with the goal of informed and responsible decision making.

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Phone Number
(315)475-2430
Languages
English (translation services available)
ADA Accessible
Yes
Address
627 West Genesee St.
13204
City
Syracuse
Founded
1983
Alternatives to Violence Project
About

Alternatives to Violence Project works to empower participants to find creative solutions to conflict by developing skills in building healthy relationships through good communication, cooperation and conflict transformation.

Offers three-day experiential workshops at three levels: the Basic, the Advanced and the Training for Facilitators.

Phone Number
(315)-604-7940
Languages
English Spanish
ADA Accessible
No
Address
P.O. Box 6851
14851-6851
City
Ithaca
Founded
1975
Arise
Organization
About

As a non-profit, community-based organization we work to ensure that everyone, regardless of disability, has the power to make life choices and achieve their dreams. Navigating the world of disability services can often be confusing and overwhelming for many families. Whether you have a simple question or have no idea where to start, we’re here to help.

For information on ARISE volunteer or employment opportunities: hr@ariseinc.org

Phone Number
(315) 472-3171
Fax
TTY (315) 479-6363
Address
635 James St.
13203
City
Syracuse
Founded
1979
Black Cuse Pride
Organization
About

We (B.C.P.) are focused on providing a safe and confidential environment to the inner-city LGBTQ community as well as offering networking opportunities, health information and peer support. We are the voice of the LGBTQ inner-city community.

Phone Number
(315) 863-4539
Address
PO Box 6608
13217
City
Syracuse
Founded
2011
Catholic Charities of Onondaga County
About

Catholic Charities of Onondaga County helps people in need regardless of their religion, race, ethnicity, or nationality. We assist nearly 19,000 people annually through programs for people of all ages and stages of life. We believe that all people have infinite value and are worthy of our respect and compassion. Above all, we are committed to creating hope and transforming lives.

For immediate assistance after hours, please call: 2-1-1 or visit: 211CNY.com

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Phone Number
(315) 424-1800
Fax
(315) 424-8262
ADA Accessible
Yes
Address
1654 West Onondaga Street
13204
City
Syracuse
Center for Community Alternatives
About


Building a world where everyone has what they need to thrive.


The Center for Community Alternatives (CCA), founded in 1981, is a leader in community-based alternatives to incarceration and policy advocacy to reduce reliance on incarceration. We provide direct services to communities in New York City, Syracuse, and Rochester, engaging approximately 3,500 youth and adults annually who would otherwise be incarcerated.


Services include gender-based substance treatment and recovery communities, sentence mitigation, court advocacy, workforce readiness, civic restoration services, emergency/transitional housing, student advocacy, violence prevention, and youth mentoring as well as afterschool programming and career exploration for justice-involved youth. The majority of our participants are Black or Latino/a and come from poor or low-income communities.

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Phone Number
(315) 422-5638
Fax
(315) 471-4924
Languages
English, Spanish
ADA Accessible
Yes
Address
115 E Jefferson St, Suite 300
13202
City
Syracuse
Founded
1981
Center for New Americans (InterFaith Works)
About

InterFaith Works’ Center for New Americans provides resettlement and post-resettlement services to help refugee families reestablish their lives and overcome the barriers to successful integration in their new communities. The program typically resettles 500-600 new refugees each year, and annually serves an additional 1,200 families who have been in the U.S. for less than five years.

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Phone Number
(315) 449-3552
Fax
(315) 449-3103
Address
503 Prospect Ave
13208
City
Syracuse
CNY Fair Housing
Organization
About


We work to eliminate housing discrimination, promote open communities, and ensure equal access to housing opportunities for all people in Central and Northern New York.

Other Website
Phone Number
(315) 471-0420
Languages
CNY Fair Housing provides language services including interpretation and translation to ensure access.
ADA Accessible
Yes
Address
731 James Street, Suite 200
13203
City
Syracuse
Founded
1991
Cooperative Federal Credit Union
About

Founded in 1982 by activists seeking an alternative to fat-cat corporate bankers, we are a non-profit, financial service cooperative dedicated to fairness, equality, and social & economic justice.

Phone Number
(315) 471-1116
Fax
(315) 476-0567
Languages
English, Spanish
Address
Visit website for locations.
13210
City
Syracuse
Founded
1982
Empowering People’s Independence
About


We empower people with disabilities, neurological and chronic health conditions to pursue the life of their choosing.


For more than forty years, EPI has provided personalized care, education, training, advocacy, and support solutions to meet the needs of people with developmental disabilities, epilepsy, and brain injury. We have an enduring legacy of partnering with those we serve and with their families.


EPI was founded by parents who could not find the services they needed for their children.  With dedication, courage, and creativity, these families built a better world for their loved ones.


We share our founders’ indomitable drive to put first the needs and the dreams of the people we support.


What distinguishes EPI is our focus on offering progressive, tailored care solutions to people with developmental disabilities, epilepsy, and brain injury.  We are proud of our agility in adopting innovative service models that better meet the needs of the people we support to improve their health, wellbeing, independence, and social inclusion. We are passionate about doing the right thing. We work hard to earn the trust of the people we support and their families.  And we are committed to empowering people with disabilities to reach their individual goals and aspirations, and to live their lives to the fullest.

Phone Number
(315) 447-9777
Address
6493 Ridings Road, Suite 115
13206
City
Syracuse
Founded
1977
Friends of Dorothy
Organization
About

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.

Address
212 Wayne St
13203
City
Syracuse
Founded
1992
Hiscock Legal Aid Society
About

The Hiscock Legal Aid Society promotes the fundamental right of every person to equal justice under the law by providing high quality legal assistance to individuals and families in need in Onondaga County and the surrounding region.

Phone Number
(315) 422-8191
Address
351 S Warren St
13202
City
Syracuse
Founded
1949
In My Father’s Kitchen
About

In My Father’s Kitchen, Inc. (IMFK) is a not-for-profit corporation founded by John and Leigh-Ann Tumino. IMFK is a faith-based organization offering non-denominational and non-discriminatory assistance to homeless people through direct street outreach.

Phone Number
(315) 308-1561
Address
PO Box 11328
13218
City
Syracuse
Founded
2011
InterFaith Works
Organization
About

InterFaith Works builds bridges of understanding to affirm the dignity of all people in Central New York. Working with the different faith communities and the diversity of the region’s people, we address deeply embedded social divisions.

Phone Number
(315) 449-3552
Fax
(315) 449-3103
Address
3049 E Genesee St
13224
City
Syracuse
Founded
1976
Islamic Society of Central NY
About

The Islamic Society of Central New York (ISCNY) is a religious organization whose purpose is to provide programming and services for the religious, social, community, health and holistic well-being of the community. ISCNY is committed to and actively seeks to foster collaborative partnerships & promote inter-cultural & interfaith dialogue to eliminate misunderstandings about the principles and ideals of the Islamic way of life. ISCNY’s doors are open to anyone. Located in the heart of the City of Syracuse’s University Hill Neighborhood, serves a diverse community of over 15,000 spread throughout Central New York, from Oswego and Watertown to Ithaca, Camillus, and Syracuse.

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Phone Number
(315) 471-3645
Address
925 Comstock Ave
13210
Jewish Community Center of Syracuse (JCC)
About

The JCC of Syracuse is all about families coming together with the community. We offer programs and services for infants, toddlers, school-age children, teens, adults and seniors... something for everyone! Come for a visit and tour. You don't have to be Jewish to become a member of the JCC.

Phone Number
(315) 445-2360
Address
5655 Thompson Rd
13214
City
Dewitt
Jewish Federation of CNY
About

The Jewish Federation of CNY cares for those in need, rescues those in harm’s way, strengthens Jewish identity and builds vibrant Jewish communities in Syracuse, in Israel and around the world.  We do the good that is in your heart.

The Jewish Federation of CNY is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit corporation established in 1918 to serve the interests and well-being of the Central New York Jewish Community by ensuring that the vision of Jewish identity and continuity is realized.

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Phone Number
(315) 445-0161
Address
5655 Thompson Rd
13214
City
Dewitt
Founded
1918
LGBT Resource Center at Syracuse University
About

The Syracuse University Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Resource Center strives to serve people with marginalized genders and sexualities by offering support, building community, and educating members of the Syracuse University community.

Other Website
Phone Number
(315) 443-0228
Address
132 Schine Student Center
13210
City
Syracuse
Founded
2001
Organization
About

LiteracyCNY, formerly Literacy Volunteers of Greater Syracuse (LVGS) provides adults in Central New York with the literacy tools and skills that they need to be contributing, productive, and engaged members of the community. We do this by advocating for adult education, providing instruction, and partnering with other community based agencies. Improving Adult Literacy makes our community stronger.

Other Website
YouTube
Phone Number
(315) 420-2355
Address
100 New Street
13202
City
Syracuse
Founded
1961
Muslim Students’ Association (MSA) at Syracuse University
About

Gives an opportunity to Muslims and members of the Association to come in close contact with one another in the true sense of Islamic sister and brotherhood.

Carries out educational and social programs that will further Syracuse University's knowledge and appreciation of Islam and Muslim heritage. Seeks to establish a relationship with the Syracuse University community that is based on mutual trust, respect, cooperation and support.

Advocates for justice, equality and prosperity for local, national and international causes for all people.

Allows Muslim students to take an active role in the Syracuse community through communication and service projects.

Phone Number
315-443-5521
Address
126 Schine Student Center
13224
City
Syracuse
North Side Learning Center
About

The North Side Learning Center (NSLC) was founded in 2009 and exists to aid in adult and youth literacy development, and to be instrumental in teaching self-sufficiency and self-actualization to newcomers in our community. Students come from dozens of countries around the world. Beyond the core of teaching English to adults and providing academic support to their children, additional programs are offered as resources allow.

Phone Number
(315) 378-4825
Address
501 Park Street
13203
City
Syracuse
Founded
2009
NYCLU, Central New York Chapter Regional Office
About

We are the Central New York office of the New York Civil Liberties Union, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that works to protect the civil rights and civil liberties of all New Yorkers. Our regional office covers seven counties.

The New York Civil Liberties Union, the New York affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union, promotes and defends the fundamental principles and values embodied in the Bill of Rights, U.S. Constitution and New York State Constitution, including freedom of speech and religion, and the right to privacy, equality, and due process of law. We carry out our mission through public education, advocacy and litigation.

Phone Number
(315) 471-2821
ADA Accessible
Yes
Address
499 S. Warren St., Suite 430
13203
City
Syracuse
Founded
1963
P.E.A.C.E., Inc.
Organization
Genre/Category
About


We empower people to recognize their own potential and work toward a better life for themselves, their families, and the community at large.

Phone Number
315-47- 3300
Address
217 South Salina St., 2nd Floor
13202
City
Syracuse
Founded
1964
Pan African Community of Central New York
About


PACCNY seeks to create a platform for the promotion of debate, ideas, and activities that strengthen the historical bonds that have united people of African origin on the continent and in the Diaspora through years of political, cultural, and economic struggles against dehumanization by slavery, imperialism, colonialism and neocolonialism. It seeks to provide space for an agenda that promotes and celebrates the efforts of people of African origin towards self-assertion, human dignity and self-determination. Internationalist in vision, PACCNY also seeks to engage in activities that promote understanding among all global communities, especially those who suffer from oppressive structures and systems

Address
PO Box 37033
13235
City
Syracuse
Founded
2006
Planned Parenthood of Central and Western NY
About

Protects and provides health care and education that empowers individuals and families. Planned Parenthood of Central and Western New York has 10 health centers and one mobile unit. Delivers affordable, nonjudgmental, high quality health care to thousands of people each year. Staff specialize in reproductive and sexual health care.

Other Website
Phone Number
(315) 475-5540
Fax
315-475-0685
Languages
English, Spanish
Address
1120 East Genesee St.
13210
City
Syracuse
Founded
1916
Q Center
Organization
About


ACR Health’s network of Q Centers and support groups are safe places for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth, their families and allies to gather. Q Center programming seeks to promote equality, celebrate diversity, and create a safer, more accepting and inclusive community for all.Through our programs and services, we provide the guidance and support LGBTQ+ youth, young adults and their families need to thrive, and the foundation from which LGBTQ+ youth can succeed throughout their lives.

Phone Number
877-474-0218
Fax
315-472-6515
Address
617 West Genesee Street
13204
City
Syracuse
REACH CNY, Inc.
Organization
About

Provides resources, education, advocacy and collaborative programs to improve health and reduce health disparities in areas such as prenatal and perinatal health, adolescent pregnancy and parenting, and HIV/AIDS, in Onondaga, Oswego, Madison, and Cayuga counties.

Phone Number
(315) 424-0009
Fax
(315) 424-0190
Address
1010 James St
13203
City
Syracuse
Founded
1990
Red House Arts – RedEd
About


The Redhouse is a proud partner of the Positivity Project, an organization that empowers America’s youth to build strong relationships and understand, appreciate and exemplify the character strengths in us all. All Redhouse educational programming, in tandem with these initiatives, strives to arm our students with a deeper understanding of character so that, together, we will create citizens and leaders who will enhance our communities and country.

Other Website
Phone Number
315 362 2785
Address
PO Box 603
13202
City
Syracuse
Founded
2011
Refugee and Immigrant Self-Empowerment (RISE)
About

Mission:

RISE advocates for and facilitates economic independence and community inclusion for refugees and immigrants through education, employment, social support and service navigation.

Vision:

Refugees and immigrants are empowered to become independent and productive members of society who enrich their new community while maintaining their cultural identity.

Values:

RISE values cultural authenticity centered on the lived experience and self-determination of refugees and immigrants.

Phone Number
(315) 214-4480
Address
302 Burt St (Southside Office)
710 Kirkpatrick St (Northside Office)
13202
City
Syracuse
Founded
2004
Refugee Resettlement Services
About

Offers resettlement services and support for those forced to leave their countries due to unsafe conditions. Provides assistance with applying for jobs and registering for English language classes, locating translators, finding housing, and securing medical care.

 

Other Website
Phone Number
(315) 474-7428
Address
527 North Salina St
13208
City
Syracuse
SAGE Upstate
Organization
About

Promotes the well-being of older gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people and allies in Central New York through health programs, social activities, and education.

Service Area: Cayuga, Cortland, Jefferson, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, and Oswego Counties.

Programs: Health and wellness programming, support groups, social activities, and education for health care providers about the needs of older LGBTQ people.

Phone Number
(315) 478-1923
Address
431 E Fayette St. #050
13202
City
Syracuse
Founded
1997
Samaritan Center
Organization
About

The Samaritan Center is a 501c3, interfaith effort of community members committed to serving the hungry and those in need in order to promote their welfare dignity and self sufficiency.

Phone Number
(315) 472-0650
Address
215 N. State Street
13203
City
Syracuse
Founded
1981
Solvay/Geddes Community Youth Center
About


The CYC is a family-oriented youth and fitness facility serving Central New York since 1964. The CYC is a not-for- profit organization aimed at providing a safe environment for kids in the community to become healthier, more productive adults. The CYC is also committed to serving the elderly of the community by adapting its facilities to accommodate and develop programming for senior members of the community. Senior programs enable community members to lead healthy, safe, independent lifestyles.

Phone Number
(315) 488-3666
Address
1010 Woods Rd
13209
City
Solvay, New York
Founded
1964
Syracuse Community Connections
About

Established in 1974, Syracuse Model Neighborhood Facility, Inc., now d.b.a. Syracuse Community Connections. (SCC) is the managing entity of the City-owned Southwest Community Center (SWCC) located at 401 South Avenue. SWCC, in the tradition of settlement houses also known as community or neighborhood centers, provides services and activities designed to identify and reinforce the strengths of individuals, families and communities. SCC provides a refuge for community residents with a variety of services to meet a number of social, health, economic and nutritional needs. 

Phone Number
(315) 474-6823
Fax
(315) 479-8023
Address
401-425 South Ave
13204
City
Syracuse
Founded
1974
Syracuse United Neighbors (SUN)
About


Since 1977, Syracuse United Neighbors (SUN) is a grassroots neighborhood group that organizes residents in low income neighborhoods. We help create active knowledgeable and involved citizens that make their streets, neighborhoods and city better.

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Phone Number
315-476-7475
Languages
English
ADA Accessible
Yes
Address
1540 S. Salina Street
13205
City
Syracuse
Founded
1977
Vera House
Organization
About

Vera House is a comprehensive domestic and sexual violence service agency providing shelter, advocacy, and counseling services for women, children & men, education and prevention programs and community coordination.

Phone Number
(315) 425-0818
Address
723 James St
13203
City
Syracuse
Founded
1977
West Newell Street Community Garden
About

One of Syracuse’s longest-surviving community gardens, cultivated primarily by community members living near the garden, the West Newell St. Garden utilizes a shared harvest model and holds regular garden workdays, garden lunches, barbecues, and fishing trips. West Newell Street Community Garden is a social change garden, striving to be inclusive of individuals from diverse backgrounds and ethnic groups.

Phone Number
(315) 476-3754
Address
612 Newell St
13205
City
Syracuse
Founded
1995
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