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CNY Solidarity & Indivisible Onondaga County

Good Trouble Lives On rally was held on July 17th honoring Civil Rights Hero, John Lewis

About 1500 people attended in Clinton Square

Speakers and presenters included:

Father Frederick Daley – All Saints Catholic Church

The Unity Street Band

Dustin Czarny – Onondaga County Democratic Elections Commissioner 

Bishop H. Bernard Alex – Victory Temple Fellowship Church

Andy Mager – Syracuse Cultural Workers. 

Lanessa Owens-Chaplin – NYCLU Racial Justice Center

Yvonne Griffin –Citizen Action of NY

Karl Sims – Vocalist

Thomas Kearney –NYS Jails Justice Network

Al-Amin Muhammad – “We Rise Above the Streets” 

Sequoia Kemp – Sankofa

Rachel May – New York State Senate

Georgia Popoff –  Poet Laureate of Onondaga County

Twiggy Billue – Jubilee Homes

Cora Thomas and choir

Dr. Clem Harris – Utica University 

Watch the rally on YouTube here.

More than 1,000 rally in Syracuse to honor late civil rights leader, protest Trump policies on Syracuse.com

Upcoming Protests and Meeting this Sunday!

Join Indivisible Onondaga County’s Friday weekly protest: July 25th at 5:00pm Details Here

Make Micron do right!

From Sustain CNY and the Sierra Club: As I’m sure you are aware, Micron – an American semiconductor company – is planning to build an enormous $100 billion chips manufacturing complex just north of Syracuse, NY. The public has until August 11th to weigh in on the draft Environmental Impact Statement, which presents the many environmental and community implications of this massive project. It will:

• employ thousands of workers to build the four “fabs” over the next 16 years, and thousands more to run them

• consume one-third the amount of electricity used by New York City

• consume as much water as the city of Syracuse

• use thousands of tons/year of hazardous chemicals

A daylong public hearing — with sessions in the morning (10am-1pm), afternoon (2pm – 5pm) and evening (6pm – 9pm) — will be held Thursday, July 24, at Liverpool High School, 4338 Wetzel Road Liverpool, New York 13090 (map).

See this community website for a user-friendly summary of the many implications of this project, shortcomings of the DEIS, and pointers on how to submit comments. Many experts who have been reviewing the DEIS have identified significant gaps in the analysis. You can also visit SustainCNY.org for more background information.

We hope you are able to join us in person at one of the hearings on Thursday, July 24th. If you are unable to join us in person, you can still submit written comment through August 11th. See here on how to submit your written comments. This is an opportunity to voice your concerns and opinions to Micron and urge them to be a leader in semiconductor manufacturing that puts sustainability and innovative green chemistry above pollution and overconsumption!   

Tell Congress: Release Our Schools’ Funding Now!

The Trump administration has just frozen nearly $7 billion in public school funding that Congress already allocated because of a so-called “review of the president’s priorities.” This is money that schools count on to fund vital services such as teacher training, after-school programs, summer programs, and services for migrant students and English learners. Congress has the power to demand the release of the funds, and we need to tell our representatives to do this immediately.

Contact Congress

Tell Congress: Sign the Discharge Petition and Pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act

President Trump signed an executive order in March that ripped the right to collectively bargain away from hundreds of thousands of federal workers.

So the labor movement got organized—and we got a bipartisan bill introduced in Congress to overturn this executive order. We have the votes we need to pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act in the House of Representatives. And we have a new way to get this bill to a vote. Congress can do it with a tool called a “discharge petition,” which skips all the political procedures and shenanigans and brings a bill quickly to the floor for a vote.

Contact Congress

Tell Congress: Shut Down “Alligator Alcatraz”

The ACLU is suing the Trump administration for detaining immigrants at the notorious new Everglades detention center, cruelly dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” in inhumane conditions without access to legal counsel. We can’t let this humanitarian disaster get worse – please call on Congress to take action now.

Contact Congress

Tell The Ny Farm Bureau: We Deserve Safety And A Pathway To Citizenship & Legal Work

73% of NY Farm workers are migrants, over half of those workers are undocumented. We must recognize and protect the workers that perform this strenuous, dangerous, and repetitive work.

Sign the Petition

From Syracuse Democratic Socialists of America (DSA):

Help Send Syracuse Socialists to the 2025 DSA National Convention

DSA’s biennial national convention is happening in Chicago this August, and Syracuse DSA is sending a slate of five people to go represent us. With Trump in office union busting is reaching a fever pitch, abortion and trans bans are proliferating across the country and all the while our planet is heating up.

Donate Here

Letters to the Editor

CNY Solidarity Coalition encourages letters to the editor regarding issues affecting us locally and nationwide. We also recommend that letters are written in response to recent articles; these are more likely to get published. Links to these articles will be included each week.

If you’re looking for a subject to write about, here are this week’s suggestions:

• In quest to pay for aquarium, McMahon raids little-known fund for Onondaga Lake amenities

• Micron must address downstream flooding risk caused by building on wetlands

Guidelines for writing Letters to the Editor, with a link to previously submitted letters, can be found on our website.

If you’ve written a Letter to the Editor, whether it’s been published or not, consider  forwarding  a copy to cnysolnews@gmail.com, so that it can be added to our website’s “Opinion” section.

ICE rattled a Central New York village. Then, its police chief partnered with ICE.

Seven days after ICE took a beloved Camden restaurant owner, the Camden Police Chief signed an agreement with ICE to allow his police officers to enforce immigration law.

Central Current

Madison County Sheriff’s Office may become immigration enforcers through new ICE pact

Madison County could be the first Central New York county to sign an agreement that would allow some of its deputies to serve immigration warrants.

Central Current

In quest to pay for aquarium, McMahon raids little-known fund for Onondaga Lake amenities

To help fund the over-budget Onondaga County aquarium, County Executive Ryan McMahon recently spent $2.5 million that had been set aside to improve trails, parks and other amenities around Onondaga Lake. McMahon dipped into a little-known pot of money that was created eight years ago and funded by Honeywell International in connection with a court-ordered restoration of natural areas in and around the lake.

Syracuse.com

Inside America’s Quiet Safety Revolution: How Local Leaders Are Cutting Crime Without More Cops

The 2024 Brookings study highlights how violence is concentrated in areas of poverty due to a lack of opportunity, weaker social networks, income disparities, and environmental hazards, like lead paint and air pollution, which are linked to violent behavior later in life.

“It takes investments beyond the police department, including in resources like rec centers, parks, pools, and schools, to build healthy, resilient communities that nurture healthy, resilient people,” Scott said.

Read Article on Forbes

Could Donald Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ doom New York’s energy efforts?

As New Yorkers stare down increasing energy rates and demand, OBBB will make it harder for New York to build renewable energy, experts told Central Current.

Trump’s budget proposal and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act would cut, by 2026, incentives for energy developers as experts believe demand could increase by 50% over the next 15 years.

Losing the incentives would likely slow the development of renewable energy developments like solar and wind farms — the type of developments that some advocates say could help build out the energy grid and reduce rates. 

Read it on Central Current

PLEASE READ THIS if you missed it last week!

Rebecca Solnit is one of our most brilliant and incisive commentators.

Please Shout Fire. This Theater Is Burning

The United States is being destroyed from within, and mainstream journalism isn’t making that clear. …I think most of us feel it and see it and know it. But too many of the powerful voices in this country are downplaying the crisis we’re in, and that tamps down the reactions that could save us….

There are two topics in this essay, the destruction wrought by the Trump Administration and the ways the press has played it down. …They can blow up a story, hammer it home, hound politicians about it, make it a scandal, make it something everyone is talking about and officials have to answer for. They’ve done it over and over, most recently with the news that Biden was old, but they’re not doing it now….

Rolling Stone, Wired, The New Republic, and Mother Jones are among the magazines doing really good reporting on the crisis, not least because they lack the fear of calling things by their true names that afflicts legacy media. A lot of independent online journalists, historians, and critics – including Josh Marshall’s Talking Points Memo, Heather Cox Richardson’s Letters from an American, Marisa Kabas’s The Handbasket, Anand Giridharadas’s The Ink – are also doing really great news-gathering, commentary, and connecting of dots.

Read here

Abolish ICE Rally

Every Tuesday 5:00 – 6:00pm

232 Washington Blvd Oswego, NY

Six Scoops le Cream Intersection

Join Organize Oswego WEEKLY to protest the ongoing ICE attacks on our communities. We stand in solidarity with immigrants being harassed by IcE and police, those held in detention centers, and those being deported.

Bring signs, wear a mask, and we will have extra supplies for you if you can just show up!

Don’t Panic. No Human Being is Illegal.

Let’s Talk About Transit: A Discussion About Public Transit In CNY

Tuesday July 22, 2025 5-6:30 pm

Harvey’s Garden, 1200 E. Water St, Syracuse NY 13210

Join us for a presentation on the future of regional public transportation in Central New York.

Sign-up here

When Women Lead: Inside State Legislatures

Tuesday, July 22, 7:30 –  8:30 pm

Red, Wine & Blue Zoom event

Have you ever wondered what state legislatures actually do and how they impact your everyday life? State lawmakers are often the ones making the decisions that affect voting rights, healthcare access, public education, reproductive rights, and more. Join us for a conversation with three powerhouse women who are serving in their state legislatures as they share their journey into public service, the challenges they’ve faced, and how their diverse leadership is shifting priorities and policies.

Register

Focus Greater Syracuse Citizens Academy
Mix + Mingle With City Of Syracuse Mayoral Candidates

Wednesday, July 23 4:30 pm – 6:30pm
Nobody’s Wine Bar 222 Walton St, Syracuse
Join us for a free event, open to everyone, with light bites and a cash bar available. Engage with Citizens Academy graduates, their guests, and the candidates running for Syracuse Mayor.

July Banned Book Club: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Wednesday July 23, 7:30 pm

Red, Wine & Blue Zoom event

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness is a groundbreaking account of the modern criminal justice system and how it has created a new caste-like system that has resulted in the imprisonment of millions of Black Americans and making them second-class citizens. This book has been banned in prison systems in North Carolina and New Jersey and later allowed after the ACLU protested the bans. Liz Komar from The Sentencing Project will be our guest speaker.

Register

Official Public Hearings on Micron DEIS

Thursday, July 24, 10:00 am – 9:00 p.m.

Liverpool High School Auditorium 4388 Wetzel Road, Liverpool, NY 13090

The public is invited to attend any or all of the three official public hearings held on this day all at the same place:

1.) 10:00 am – 1::00 pm; 2.) 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm; 3.) 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

The lead government agencies are hosting these in person public hearings (the only ones scheduled) for public comment. We encourage the public to attend these hearings to raise their voices on the Micron project environmental impacts.

See the full DEIS and information here

Stay Cool! An Energy Literacy Workshop

Thursday, July 24, 5-6:30 pm

Fulton Municipal Building, 149 S 1st St, Fulton, NY 13069

Join us for an interactive workshop at the Fulton Municipal Building, given by EnergySmart CNY. We’ll be diving into resources that can save you energy and money!

More Information

Red, Wine & Blue Civics Salon Series: The Powers Of The Judicial Branch

Thursday July 24, 7:30 pm

Red, Wine & Blue Zoom event

With norms crumbling and the other branches of government failing to uphold their duties, the courts are increasingly the last line of defense for our democracy. But what gives them that power and who keeps them in check? Join us for the next RWB Civics Salon as we dive into the judicial branch. We will learn how it’s set up, what powers it holds, and how it fits into our system of checks and balances. We’ll get to the heart of what the courts are actually supposed to do and why it matters now more than ever.

Register

Pop-Up Rally – Indivisible Onondaga County

Friday, July 25, 5-5:45 pm

Corner of State St & McClure Ave, Syracuse near Rt 81 exit 17

Bring your signs and join Indivisible Onondaga County for a weekly protest!    A new location will be announced every Monday. Raise your voice with a community of protectors of the Constitution and human rights by peacefully assembling together to exercise our First Amendment rights!

Sign up for updates here

Volunteer with Syracuse Peace Council at the Montgomery St. Art Fair

Friday July 25 – Sunday July 27

Montgomery Street, Syracuse, NY 13202 

Put your community engagement and outreach skills to use by volunteering at the SPC booth during the Montgomery St. Art Fair! There are multiple shifts available, including setup, takedown, and outreach. Whether you’re new to activism or a veteran organizer, the Montgomery St. Art Fair is an ideal setting for building community and connecting with folks who care as much as you do about peace and social justice.

Sign up for a volunteer shift here

Witness to Injustice Program

Saturday, July 26,⋅1:00 – 4:00pm (rescheduled from June 14)

Erie Canal Museum, 318 Erie Blvd E, Syracuse, NY 13202

Witness to Injustice is a unique three-hour interactive group educational experience. It uses an experiential, participatory model to share the disturbing history of what Indigenous Peoples have experienced through colonization with a focus on the experience of the Onondaga Nation and other Haudenosaunee Peoples. The program seeks to foster truth, understanding and respect between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in the part of the world now known as the United States; especially in the territory stewarded by people of the Onondaga Nation and other Haudenosaunee peoples. The program is facilitated by Onondaga Nation citizens and non-Indigenous allies.  Witness to Injustice is a project of Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation / Syracuse Peace Council.

Space is limited. RSVP Required

Puerto Rican Festival Syracuse NY

Saturday July 26, 1-9  pm

Sharkey’s Bar & Grill, 7240 Oswego Rd, Liverpool, NY

Get ready for an unforgettable celebration of Puerto Rican culture! Join us on Saturday, July 26th, starting at 1 PM at Sharkey’s Event Center. Come enjoy the vibrant rhythms, flavors, and community spirit! Don’t miss out—bring your family and friends! 

More Information

Public Review: 2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan

Zoom events:

Tuesday, July 29, 12–1 pm (must pre-register here)

Wednesday, July 30, 5–6 pm (must pre-register here)

In-Person event:

Tuesday, July 29, 4-7 pm

Salt City Market Community Room, 484 S. Salina St., Syracuse

The Syracuse Metropolitan Transportation Council (SMTC) has officially begun the public comment/review period for the draft 2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP). The MTP guides the Syracuse Metropolitan Planning Area’s transportation investment over a 25-year period.

The draft MTP can be viewed on the SMTC website as well as printed copies at the Central Branch of the Onondaga County Public Library and the SMTC office, 126 N. Salina Street, Suite 100, Syracuse.

The SMTC will host three public meetings to discuss the draft plan. The draft plan and materials summarizing key elements of the plan will be available for the public to review and SMTC staff will be available to discuss and answer any questions.

Review the Plan Here

Medicaid & Medicare 60th Anniversary Rally 

Wednesday, July 30, 12PM

Columbus Circle, 259 E Onondaga St., Syracuse, NY 

Citizen Action of New York

Medicaid and Medicare are essential programs that provide healthcare to millions and sustain the health workforce that serves our communities. In New York, 1 in 3 residents rely on Medicaid for access to care. Now, over 1.5 million New Yorkers are at risk of losing coverage due to Medicaid funding cuts advanced by Congress. On July 30, we will rally to protect and strengthen Medicaid and Medicare—to highlight how vital these programs are to our community, and to expose how the Republican tax and budget bill prioritizes corporate profits over people’s health

Protect Medicaid and Medicare

Stop Corporate Greed!

One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism

Wednesdays July 30, August 13, 8-9:30 pm

Indivisible and allied national organizations are launching an effort to train one million people to engage in strategic non-cooperation to fight authoritarianism. Let’s try to get a good showing of folks from CNY.

Session 2: How to Make it Happen – July 30 This train-the-trainer session is how we get to one million. Learn not just our strategy, but how you can train others and get them on board. You’ll host your first community resistance gathering after this session.

Session 3: What Now? – August 13 You’ll be onboarded to basic campaign design and learn how to implement it locally as well as get plugged into our next national campaign work. Your second community resistance gathering will move this action forward.

Sign up and spread the word Here

Fundraiser for Elaine Denton for County Legislator

Thursday, July 31st 5pm – 7pm

Trappers II Pizza & Pub, 101 North Main Street, Minoa

Join Elaine Denton, candidate for county legislator, for a fundraiser with special guest State Senator Chris Ryan! Looking forward to seeing you there!

Get Tickets Here

Hiroshima Day Remembrance Procession marking the 80th Anniversary of the Nuclear Bombing of and Nagasaki

Wednesday August 6 at 4:30 pm 

Art In The Atrium, 201 East Washington St, Syracuse

The annual procession honors the lives lost that terrible day, and is a reminder of the horrific consequences of nuclear weapons. Eighty years after the first atomic bombs were used in warfare, the threat of nuclear war is at a fever pitch not seen since the height of the Cold War. Today’s weapons are more powerful and widespread and the proliferation of nuclear weapons is a very real existential threat that demands our attention and action. Join us in remembering history, and in vowing not to repeat it.

The procession will end at the Nancy Cantor Warehouse, 350 W Fayette St, for the opening reception of an art exhibition showing the horror of the  1945 Hiroshima bombings, and the hope for a peaceful future.

Sign-up to be a part of the procession here

Free Recurring Trainings: Sue Your Landlord For Repairs

Wednesday, August 6 5:30-7:30 PM

Soule Branch Library, 101 Springfield Rd, Syracuse

Syracuse Tenants Union is hosting workshops! Please come! Even if You aren’t having issues currently with your landlord. It’s always good to be informed in the event that you or someone you love does!!

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.      

2025 Spring, Summer, And Fall Schedule

Year round: Every  Friday afternoon. 4   to 4:45 pm   justice for Palestine; no more U.S.  funding Israeli genocide;  U.S.: stop terrorizing  families in Gaza; and so on.

West sidewalk of the intersection of Erie Blvd. East Genesee St, Dewitt (across from the Fire Dept.)

Every Saturday 9 to 9:45 am with a variety of issues : anti-militarism, racism, Palestine genocide, Anti-nuke, climate disaster, etc.

Across from the main entrance to the Syracuse regional market, 2100 park st    

Stay in touch for anti-killer drone actions at Hancock National Guard Base

upstatedroneaction.com                           spc@peacecouncil.Net 

Watch past meetings about Micron, Good Jobs Town Hall, Rallies and more on our YouTube Channel.

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. Please note donations are not tax deductible.

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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

Elaine Denton

Peter McCarthy

Coordinating Committee

CNY Solidarity Coalition