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The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased. Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power. Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable. But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless. Do not give in.

CNY Solidarity & Indivisible Onondaga County Meeting This Sunday!

Sunday, August 10th 3:00pm – 5:00pm

All Saints Parish Center, 1342 Lancaster Ave, Syracuse

We will hear announcements from our community. Learn about upcoming volunteer opportunities, events and more. Last chance to submit public comments on the Micron DEIS. All are welcome.

The second hour will feature meetings of our working groups to plan protests, engage with our representatives, advocate for town halls, fight for climate justice, support candidates and more! This is a great time to check out a committee and see where you can help.

A zoom link will be provided if you would like to watch on zoom. Please be aware that participation in discussions will be limited on zoom.

RSVP Here

Upcoming Protests and Campaigns

Billboard Campaign Update

Censorship is alive and well in Central New York. We could not find a vendor who would agree to our messaging for our NYS Fair billboard campaign. We will not be silenced or tolerate censorship. We will not tone down the urgency of defeating policies that destroy our democracy. We have a tight fundraising deadline to hire outside vendors and are exploring alternative media platforms. This increases our costs.

The Fair starts August 20th, and we are calling on our members and supporters to help. No donation amount is too small. Our goal is to post banner messages during the high traffic of the NYS Fair.

Here are some examples of the messaging:

• Demand Washington UPHOLD the Constitution.
• Release the Epstein Files. Why is Washington protecting predators?
• Tariffs are taxes YOU pay.
• The Heritage Foundation is running YOUR government. Take It Back.

Learn More & Donate Here

Join Indivisible Onondaga County’s Friday weekly protest: August 8th at 5:00pm Details Here

One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism: August 13 at 8:00pm Sign Up Here

6 Days Left!!! Submit A Public Comment on the Micron Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)

Jobs to Move America and our partner local organizations including SustainCNY have organized a site for folks in the community to be able to easily comment during the Micron DEIS review and public comment period which is open until August 11th. We have included a comment template but we encourage you to add or edit this comment to personalize it with the issues and concerns that matter most to you.

Please submit your personalized comments here. 

Here is a reference page of experts’ (from SustainCNY and local organizations) summaries and analysis of the Micron DEIS and potential impacts that folks can review when writing their own comments. Many experts who have been reviewing the DEIS have identified significant gaps in the analysis. 

To read the impacts visit: https://tinyurl.com/MicronImpacts

Please volunteer to represent CNY Solidarity at the NAACP’s voter registration drive at the NY State Fair

Help build our alliances with the NAACP and our community.

Although this is a non partisan voter registration event, and will involve registering voters of all political parties, we will be allowed to hand out our CNY Solidarity flyers to interested parties, and answer questions.

This is a great opportunity for us to connect with our local NAACP chapter and strengthen our community ties.

All materials will be ready on site, including our flyers. Just show up at your registered time. Civil responsibility starts at the voting booth!

Sign Up at: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0548AFA628A5FDC16-57714038-2025#/

Enhance Public Access to Environmental Justice Siting Law Proceedings

In a promising step forward, the Environmental Justice Siting Law (EJSL) now enforces a full accounting of potential environmental and health impacts before new permits can be approved; however, there are currently major accessibility barriers to community engagement. Together, we’re calling for easier public access, transparency, and better communication in EJSL amendment proceedings.

Email the DEC

August Events by the Onondaga County Democratic Committee (OCDC)

Meet local Democrat candidates running for local office, support candidates at upcoming fundraisers and get involved with a campaign you support.

See the OCDC August Calendar of Events

Call Governor Hochul to tell her DON’T NUKE NY!

From Grassroots Environmental Education: Please sign up for the NO NUKES call relay on Thursday, August 7 to tell Governor Hochul to STOP her reckless plans to build new nuclear power facilities.  Here’s the link to sign up now for the call relay: https://tinyurl.com/yzat7m7p  Very simple, quick and easy and takes only 2 minutes to make the call.  Instructions and script can be found in the call relay link.

We need strong climate leadership – We will NOT waste more precious time and our hard-earned money on false solutions.

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 or other letters; 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:

• Fencing to keep out homeless people is just ‘squeezing the balloon’

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.

The N.Y. Farm Bureau must speak out against ICE

Across New York, immigrants are being torn from their cars, workplaces and homes. Families are being separated as parents and children are disappeared into detention centers with poor conditions and little transparency. These violent, seemingly indiscriminate arrests are morally indefensible and often illegal. To stop this, our communities need to stand together, and that includes farmers and the New York Farm Bureau.

NY Daily News  |  Sign Petition Here

Syracuse lawmakers delay vote on ‘drone as first responder’ software

The Syracuse Common Council on Monday ensured the police department’s proposed first responder program won’t take flight for at least another two weeks. Councilor Chol Majok tabled a crucial vote on drone software until the council’s next voting session.

Central Current

The Medicaid fallout in CNY: Worse ER waits, staff cuts and scaled back services over time

Syracuse, NY — Historic changes to Medicaid championed by congressional Republicans and President Trump will kick thousands of Central New Yorkers off health insurance and push more uninsured into already overcrowded local emergency rooms, experts said.

“The impact goes far beyond those who lose coverage,” said Dr. Steven Hanks, president and CEO of St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center. “Our entire health system and every community we serve will feel the effects: reduced services, longer wait times, staff reductions, and the potential closure of programs and facilities.”

Read Article Here

The Guardian view on the children of Gaza: when 17,000 die, it’s more than a mistake

A recent Israeli strike killed six Palestinian children – and four adults – as they queued for water in a refugee camp. The deaths of children may be the most terrible part of any war. As shocking as these deaths were, they are commonplace in Gaza: a classroom-worth of children have been killed each day since the war began. What marked them out was that so many deaths happened at once and publicly; and that Israel’s military felt obliged to acknowledge its responsibility – though without any great contrition.

The Guardian

Inside the neighborhood patrols watching for Ice: ‘They thought they could scare us – but this is LA’

Volunteers with Union del Barrio look for immigration officers and post videos and alerts, warning people to seek shelter. Since June, Union del Barrio volunteers have been patrolling Terminal Island, where they say federal immigration agents have been staging enforcement operations.

The Guardian

Westchester high school grad detained by ICE after routine visa hearing, family says

Another person was detained by ICE just minutes after a routine visa hearing. On Saturday, the detention sparked more protests. Flowers adorned the fence outside Federal Plaza Immigration court in Lower Manhattan as religious and city leaders came out to support the loved ones and supporters of those detained by ICE agents.

ABC7NY

Trump’s Texas Gerrymander Is Supercharging a New War on Democracy

Donald Trump’s plan to rig the 2026 midterms became crystal clear on Wednesday, as Texas Republicans introduced a new congressional redistricting map that would give their party five new seats in the US House, making it much more difficult for Democrats to retake the chamber next November.

Mother Jones

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.

Micron’s Impact: Learning from the Onondaga Lake Cleanup

Tuesday, August 5th at 6:30pm

Fayetteville Library, 300 Orchard St, Fayetteville

How do we ensure that Micron is a success for both the local economy, jobs, and the environment?

How can we learn from and replicate the Onondaga Lake Cleanup and Partnership (OLP)?

How can YOU get involved and make your voice heard in this process?

Join us as Les Monostory, OLP member and author of Onondaga Lake Restoration, discusses how the OLP could serve as a model for a citizen’s committee on Micron.

Sponsored by the CNY chapter of the Izaak Walton League and Fayetteville Free Library.

Register 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

WCNY will also show the following documentaries to commemorate this Anniversary:

Atomic People: August 4th, 10-11:30 pm and August 9th, 9-10:30 pm – features testimony of some of the last ‘Hibakusha’ survivors.

Atomic Cover Up: August 6th, 10-10:30 pm – the story of how for 25 years, the U.S. Government suppressed video and photographs by U.S. Army and Japanese newsreel

teams of the devastation from the bombings.

The Vow from Hiroshima: August 9th, 8-9:30 pm – shares the uplifting story of the life of Setsuko Thurlow, an 85-year old survivor of the atomic bombing.

Talking Tough Topics: How To Handle Conversations Like A Pro

Thursday, August 7, 7:30-8:30 pm

Red, Wine & Blue Zoom event

With so much happening in politics right now our voices matter more than ever. Misinformation is everywhere and it is important that we know how to share accurate information, stand up for our values, and engage in conversations that make an impact. Want a little help having effective and persuasive conversations? We got you! Join us to hear from communications expert Jess McIntosh who will give us practical strategies to navigate political talk like a pro.

Register

Pop-Up Rally – Indivisible Onondaga County

Friday, August 8, 5-5:45 pm

Intersection of Brewerton Road & Circle Drive East, Cicero, NY 13039

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

Save New York’s Rural Economy: A Journey Of Empathy Caravan

Ongoing until Saturday, August 9, 2025

Route: Long Island, Chester, New Paltz, Albany, Crown Point, Ogdensburg, Oswego, Rochester And Buffalo

Join a caravan across New York State, from the South Fork of Long Island to Buffalo, to foster an appreciation of immigrants by highlighting their humanity and emphasizing their positive impact on New York’s rural economy and agriculture. Along the way, we’ll support local businesses, hold vigils at significant locations, have workshops, gatherings, music and more.

More Information

Renewable Heat Now August Power Hour – Get Ready for the State Energy Plan!

Wednesday, August 13 at 7 – 8pm

Zoom event

Join Renewable Heat Now to learn about the buildings portion of the draft State Energy Plan that is out for comment now. What’s in the plan for buildings? What’s missing? How can you submit a comment? How can you attend a hearing? We’ll also have an update on the efforts to get Governor Hochul to sign the repeal of the 100 Foot rule and more.

Register

Jubilee Homes Fundraiser 2025

Wednesday, August 13 at 5:30pm – 8:30pm

The Rail Line, 530 S Clinton St, Syracuse

This year, we will be celebrating the grand opening of our Jubilee Homes Workforce & Economic Development Training Center and commemorating 10 years of our workforce training program, Build to Work. The evening promises to be filled with joy, networking, and delicious food catered by Henry’s Hen House and Trita Treatz. We invite you to join us in supporting our mission and enjoying a wonderful night.

Get Tickets Here

Southern Business Loop 81 Open House

Wednesday, August 13 at 6-8pm

Institute of Technology at Syracuse Central, 258 E Adams Street, Syracuse, NY 13202

The NYS Department of Transportation will be holding an open house on the I-81 Project.

More Information

One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism

Wednesday 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 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

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.)

Beginning first Saturday in April: 4/5/25

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.

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

Elaine Denton

Peter McCarthy

Coordinating Committee

CNY Solidarity Coalition