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CNY Solidarity & Indivisible Onondaga County

Our next in person meeting will be on September 7th at 3:00pm, at The All Saints Parish Center, 1342 Lancaster Ave, Syracuse.

Our committees have been busy! Planning protests, engaging with our representatives, advocating for town halls, fighting for climate justice, supporting candidates and more! We will hear from all our committees about what they have been up to, how we can support and help with future actions.

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Upcoming Protests and Campaigns

Weekly Pop Up Rallies

Join Indivisible Onondaga County’s Friday weekly protest: September 5th at 5:00pm. This week’s rally will assemble at the intersection of South Salina St. and West Seneca Turnpike 

Details Here

Economic Power – Don’t Use Round Up!

Where we choose to spend our money is one of our greatest collective strengths. Every purchase we make is an opportunity to support companies and products that align with our values and progressive ideals for human rights, labor rights, social justice, and environmental protection. 

We believe in the right of all human beings to live in a safe environment with fair access to opportunity within an inclusive economy. Each week we will highlight one company or product that does NOT align with our shared values and ideals.  

1. Category: Home and Garden  

2. Product: Round Up 

3. Why boycott? Since it hit the store shelves in 1974, “Round Up” and other toxic herbicides have sold the US consumer with the advertising that we need a yard like a green blemish-free carpet. We don’t. The herbicide industry has also sold us on the framing that “weeds” are bad. They’re not. “Weeds” are plants. Yes, some weeds can be annoyingly invasive, cause allergies, or give us itchy rashes. Yet, some “weeds” are edible or medicinal. In numerous lawsuits, “Round Up” has been linked to causing non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and was ordered to pay settlements of over $14 billion dollars.  “Round Up” has also been linked to increasing the bee population morality rate (Journal of Ecology).  

4. Alternative product: Vinegar, clove and citrus oil sprays, boiling water (3 Natural Homemade Weed Killers That Actually Work)… or just let the dandelions grow! 

Click here to research other companies or brands

From Indivisible: Tell Chuck Schumer: We need courage, not cowardice! You need to unify Dems and FIGHT LIKE HELL — or step down for a leader who will.

Leading up to the Schumer Surrender in March, most Democrats were ready to do whatever it took to block Trump’s far-right funding plan — but Schumer gave in to Trump’s wishes and divided his own party. That’s not what a brave leader does, and it absolutely cannot happen again.

This time, Schumer must say early, often, and loudly that Democrats WILL NOT SURRENDER ONE VOTE for a budget that funds Trump’s chaos or locks in his healthcare cuts. We need you to contact him and demand that he make that pledge publicly.

Call Schumer to tell him he cannot cave to MAGA brinkmanship again! He has to unify Dems and hold the line against far-right funding schemes.

Tell Congress: Ban Assault Weapons!

This cycle of violence is heartbreaking. Every time our country begins to heal from one avoidable mass shooting, we’re faced with another horrific act of gun violence.

There’s often a common thread in mass shootings that makes them even deadlier: the use of an assault weapon—a weapon designed to kill as many people as possible as quickly as possible.

 Our children have a right not to be gunned down at school. We have a right to be in public without being shot. These tragedies don’t have to be our norm.

 We won’t stand for inaction from our lawmakers any longer. Send a message urging your U.S. Senators and Representative to pass an assault weapons ban now!

Send Message to Your Representatives Here

Proposition 50: The Election Rigging Response Act – Democracy’s Best Bet

Donald Trump and Texas Republicans are making an unprecedented power grab to steal congressional seats and rig the 2026 election before voting even begins.

Other Republican states are following suit. They want to steal enough seats to control Congress regardless of how the people vote.

If Californians don’t act now, Donald Trump will seize total power for two more years.

Republicans will spend whatever it takes to stop us so we’re counting on grassroots support to pass California Proposition 50: The Election Rigging Response Act.

Support the Election Rigging Response Act

Join the Virtual Phone Bank for Prop 50

Being an Immigration Activist: Opportunities in CNY

The Workers’ Center of CNY grew out of a nation-wide movement of innovative workers’ centers and formally incorporated in 2013. It is based in Syracuse, NY and organizes with low-wage predominantly immigrant workers throughout Central NY and into the North Country. Through community organizing, the Workers’ Center facilitates worker empowerment and leadership development through trainings related to workers’ rights and occupational health and safety, orchestrates campaigns to combat wage theft and to promote employer compliance with the law, and engages in organizing and coalition-building to push for policies that will increase wages and workplace standards and promote human rights.

There are two things of value for people to sign up for:

1. Sign up for the Workers Center of CNY newsletter, at the bottom of their website home page
2. Sign up for information about events/meetings/actions/trainings, associated with the Syracuse Immigrant and Refugee Defense Network (SIRDN).  There will also be forwards of relevant news information.  Send email to sirdn315@gmail.com

Petition to Secure a Community/Food Center in Syracuse

For the last seven years, the Greater Syracuse Southside Neighborhood Association has operated a fully functioning food pantry in Syracuse, offering vital support to residents in need. Their services extend beyond food provision: they are a hub for disseminating information on community services, facilitating civic engagements, and providing health-related guidance. Their focus has been on supporting residents at or below the poverty level, who rely heavily on their resources.

Recently, they received a 90-day eviction notice due to the sale of their current building, which is beyond their financial reach as a nonprofit. This unforeseen challenge threatens their ability to continue serving the community effectively.

They have actively sought affordable building options on the south side of Syracuse to house their pantry and extend their services. However, their attempts have been hampered by unfulfilled promises from the local Home Headquarters/landbank. They need your support to pressure local authorities and organizations to assist them in securing a repairable or fixer-upper building suitable for their needs and budget.

Sign the Petition

September 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 September Calendar of Events 

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:

• Inside Syracuse’s lead testing fiasco: How a screwup exposed a water department mess 

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 DC Night Patrols Are Showing Cities How To Fight Trump’s Occupation

With only their cell phones, medical kits, and the confidence to assert their rights, volunteer night patrols follow and record the armed troops who have taken over the capital.

Read on The Nation

How Democracy Wins – Eight rules of antiauthoritarianism

This is The Democracy Atlas, a  set of 8 lessons that democracy defenders can apply to stay in the game, be strategic and smart, and, ultimately, keep the United States from declining into a more authoritarian form of government. A new Rule will be added each week.

Rule One: Resist. Then Adapt (Hungary)

Rule Two: Be Unified. Be Visible (Turkey) 

Rule three: Win lawsuits and hearts and minds (Mexico)

Rule four: Leadership lives in everyone (Cambodia)

Syracuse lawmakers to hold meeting with police, public hearing on proposed drone program

Syracuse residents will soon have the chance to air their thoughts at a public hearing on the Syracuse Police Department’s intent to launch a “drone as first responder” program. Councilor Chol Majok on Wednesday announced his intent to host a public hearing on Sept. 11 to hear the community’s response to the police department’s use of first responder drones.

According to the council’s website, Majok has also scheduled a meeting at 3 p.m. on Tuesday to discuss the drones ahead of the public hearing.

Read on Central Current

Furious conservative hands Dems road map to impeach ‘monster’ RFK Jr. and Noem

Conservative political scientist Norman Ornstein condemned the Trump administration Saturday for its “outrageous” policies he says will “damage lives,” while at the same time he handed Democrats a roadmap as to how they could make a serious dent in President Donald Trump’s plans to consolidate power.

Read on Raw Story

New York state legislators approved a nonprofit contract overhaul. The governor has yet to sign it.

Some state agencies have been late to pay nonprofits, including the Volunteer Lawyer Project. Gov. Kathy Hochul will review the legislation approved to combat the problem, said a Hochul spokesperson.

Read on Central Current

Immigration Detention Support Guide

This guide by The New York Immigration Coalition provides resources and suggestions on how to navigate the immigrant detention system and answer common questions.

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.

Hiroshima Day Remembrance Art Exhibit: “Horror to Hope: Stepping Back from the Brink”

Independent viewing: Tuesdays, 10am-4 pm

Genet Gallery in the Nancy Cantor Warehouse, 350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse NY

To commemorate the 80^th year since the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, this Exhibit features a selection of panels from “The A-Bomb and Humanity”, a set of 40 exhibition panels created by the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, or Nihon Hidankyo.

 Comprising photographs, drawings, and first-hand accounts of survivors from the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings (known as Hibakusha), this collection was produced to be displayed across the world in the hope of “arousing] world public opinion for the elimination of nuclear weapons.”

RALLY TOGETHER: HOW WE FIGHT BACK AND WIN IN 2025

Tuesday, September 2, 7:30-8:30 pm

Red, Wine & Blue Zoom event

Looking to cut through the chaos and actually make a difference this year? Want to connect with other badass women who are ready to take action? Join Red Wine & Blue to learn why stopping extremism starts in our own backyards and why local elections are where we have the power. Friend to friend organizing is one of our most powerful tools and we will share how you can use it to win important races in your community. We’ll give you the training and resources you need to make a huge impact in your local races while building power for the future. This is how we fight back!

Register

Free Recurring Trainings: Sue Your Landlord For Repairs

Wednesday, September 3 5:30-7:30 PM

White Branch Library, 763 Butternut St, Syracuse

The 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!!

 Support Ellen Block for County Legislator

Thursday, September 4th at 6:00pm – 8:00pm

Meier’s Creek Brewing, 720 Van Rensselaer St. Syracuse

Come to support Ellen Block who is running to represent 5th District County Legislator!

Get Tickets Here

How To Change Minds Without Talking Politics

Thursday, September 4, 7:30-8:30 pm

Red, Wine & Blue Zoom event

Trying to change minds through debate often backfires and words alone rarely shift opinions. Join us to hear from Sarah Stein Lubrano, author of Don’t Talk Politics, as she shares how to break through polarization, build trust, and turn everyday conversations into meaningful change. Learn why relationships, community building, and shared experiences are the best pathway to influencing and persuading others. It’s time to focus less on winning arguments and more on actually winning people over. You will leave this event with tools you can use right away to better connect with your friends, family, and community.

Register

Pop-Up Rally – Indivisible Onondaga County

Friday, September 5, 5-5:45 pm

At the intersection of South Salina St. and West Seneca Turnpike

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

Najee Dorsey: Poor People’s Campaign Opening Reception

Saturday, September 6, 2025 at 6 PM

ArtRage Gallery, 505 Hawley Ave, Syracuse, 13203

Set in the layered world of Najee Dorsey’s Poor People’s Campaign, is a powerful collection of work grounded in the environmental struggles of today’s impoverished communities. Blending Southern nostalgia with digitally collaged speculative futures, Dorsey’s work unveils a future shaped by environmental racism, industrial pollution, and the resilience of those who endure these atrocities. This exhibition challenges viewers to confront what’s hidden in plain sight—smokestacks on the horizon, decaying landscapes, and children at play in dystopian backdrops, unaware, just going about their lives.

More Information

September Banned Book Club: I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

Wednesday, September 10, 7:30-8:30 pm

Red, Wine & Blue Zoom event

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika Sanchez is a 2017 National Book Awards finalist about a Mexican-American girl growing up in Chicago, coming to terms with the loss of her sister and navigating the expectations of her family. Sanchez’s book has been banned or challenged in several states including Florida, North Carolina, Oregon, Utah, and Texas.

Register

Restore Our Sacred Lake 5K and Haudenosaunee Wooden Stick Festival Weekend

Saturday & Sunday, September 13-14 at 12-1pm

Onondaga Lake Park, 106 Lake Dr, Liverpool, NY 13088, located in the heart of Onondaga Nation Territory

We follow the Thanksgiving Address by protecting Mother Earth. The eagle has returned to Onondaga Lake for the first time in over 200 years. We invite runners and walkers to come to Onondaga Lake for a day of celebration. This event will raise awareness of the importance of the lake and the urgency of furthering the cleanup efforts.

The festival will take at Onondaga Lake Park, just 5 miles north of the Onondaga Nation. This event will be educational and entertaining for the whole family.

Please look forward to these events:

• Traditional Haudenosaunee Wooden Stick Making Demonstrations throughout the weekend

• The Randy Hall Masters Tournament will run the entire weekend.

• Smoke Dance Competition and Demonstration

• Traditional Haudenosaunee foods and crafters

More Information

Add to next “save the date” even though it’s a ways away.

3rd Indigenous Peoples’ Day Festival on Unceded Onondaga Nation Land

Sunday, October 12, 2025 at 12 PM

Tsha’Thon’nhes, 5117 Hemlock Rd, Nedrow, NY 13120

Join the Onondaga Nation community, Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation, Syracuse Peace Council, and We of Italian and Syracuse Heritage in CNY for our third Indigenous Peoples’ Day Festival. This year we are at Tsha’ Thon’nhes again. Program details, opening and closing time, and vendors TBD.

To sustain this enriching collaboration, we very much welcome your support through financial sponsorship, and also welcome in-kind sponsorship through publicity, help recruiting volunteers and other tasks. We’re requesting responses by September 12, but welcome them much sooner.  It’s easiest for us if you fill out this simple online form to respond.

Details on Facebook

“As We Speak: Rap Music on Trial”

 Monday, September 15th 4–6:30 pm

Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium, 215 University Place, Syracuse, NY 13244

“As We Speak: Rap Music on Trial” deals with the ways in which rap’s creative lyrics are increasingly being used as evidence in criminal cases against rappers, reinforcing a historical pattern of policing black culture. The documentary examines the boundaries of “free speech” and the weaponization of the justice system against creative expression.

The film will be followed by a Q&A with the film’s star, Hip-Hop artist Kemba.
More information

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.

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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