January 8 – January 15, 2026
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CNY Solidarity & Indivisible Onondaga County
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CNY Solidarity & Indivisible Onondaga County This Sunday
Sunday, January 11th at 2:00pm – 4:00pm
All Saints Parish Center, 1342 Lancaster Ave, Syracuse
Join us for a joint meeting of CNY Solidarity Coalition and Indivisible Onondaga County. Doors open at 1:45pm. This month we will elect our new coordinating committee, give our annual report and hear from Mayor Sharon Owens about how we can help maximize the moment for Syracuse. See Mayor Owen’s platform for Syracuse. The second hour will feature meetings of our working groups to continue the work to plan protests, contact our representatives, and start planning actions for 2026.
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Agenda:
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2:00pm Welcome & Acknowledgement
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Special Guest: Mayor Sharon Owens
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Coordinating Committee Election & CNY Solidarity’s Annual Report
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3:00pm Working Groups
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CNY Solidarity Coalition deplores ICE brutality, most recently evidenced in the needless killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis. We encourage community members to support local front line organizations working toward justice for immigrants: the Workers’ Center of CNY, and the Syracuse Immigrant and Refugee Defense Network (SIRDN).
Express your sorrow, outrage, and solidarity by joining these actions:
Emergency Action protest: Clinton Square, Syracuse, January 8, 4 pm
Indivisible Rapid Response Call: January 8, 8 pm
Weekly Pop-up Protest: January 10, 11-12, Solar St & Hiawatha Blvd
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A core intention of CNY Solidarity Coalition is to bring together and support organizations already out there helping directly affected communities in the Central New York area. Each week we’ll spotlight one of the over 100 organizations in our Directory; there’s a LOT going on!
Syracuse Immigrant and Refugee Defense Network
The Syracuse Immigrant and Refugee Defense Network (SIRDN) works for immigration justice in Central New York and beyond through organizing, advocacy, and solidarity support for directly affected individuals and their families. We center the leadership of staff and members of the Workers’ Center of Central New York and strive to show up as allies and accomplices in the fight for human dignity for all people regardless of their citizenship status. Lately, that includes providing community trainings such as Know Your Rights and ICE Watch, tracking/confirming reports of ICE activity, organizing protests/rallies, and providing support for folks who are detained and their families, along with other activities.
Learn more about SIRDN
Find other Organizations in our Directory
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Organizing Plan Training – Part 1
Wednesday, January 14, 6 pm
Indivisible Zoom event
Join us for a two part training on how to create an organizing plan. This is open to all Indivisibles in New York. Creating an organizing plan is an evergreen skill that will help you with any goal you set. In Part 1, we’ll explore visions and goals. In Part 2, we’ll explore strategies, tactics, and writing the organizing plan. In both we’ll be going through examples so you feel confident to begin using this skill and framework with your group for your 2026 objectives!
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January Banned Book Club: The Mermaid, The Witch, & The Sea
Wednesday, January 14 2026, 7:30-8:30 pm
Red, Wine & Blue Zoom event
Author Maggie Tokuda-Hall will join RWB to discuss her award-winning novel, The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea. This is a fantasy novel about a pirate named Flora (disguised as Florian) and a highborn lady, Evelyn, who fall in love aboard a ship where the crew plans to sell the passengers into slavery. The story explores themes of colonialism, gender identity, and survival. The book has been challenged (and in some cases removed) from school and library collections primarily because it contains graphic violence, sexual themes, and LGBTQ+ content.
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EnergySmart CNY Volunteer Orientation
Thursday, January 15, 6pm
2013 E Genesee St, Syracuse, NY 13210
This session will introduce the program, outline upcoming volunteer opportunities, and help new participants get connected. Anyone interested in joining can sign up by contacting our volunteer coordinator, Alex, at ditullio@agreeny.org, or by using the visiting the sign-up form.
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Reclaiming Our Collective Inheritance: A Palestinian Diaspora Collection
Now through January 17, 2026
Wednesdays-Fridays 2-6pm; Saturdays 12-4pm
505 Hawley Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13203
The Palestinian Thobe is more than an embroidered garment—it is a living archive. For Palestinians in the diaspora, these intricately stitched dresses are tangible connections to a homeland many have never seen, yet fiercely carry within them. Each motif tells a story—of identity, ancestral village, and unbroken resilience. Tragically, many Thobes have been lost to time, war, and dispossession—from heirloom dresses smuggled out of Palestine to stolen Thobes rediscovered in antique markets, their narratives preserved only in the whispers of fading thread.
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Focus Forum: Civic Engagement: Perspectives from Local Leadership
Friday, January 16, 12-1 pm
CNY Philanthropy Center, 431 E Fayette St, Syracuse, NY 13202
Join FOCUS for a hybrid public forum where leaders from the City of Syracuse and Onondaga County will share their perspectives on civic engagement and highlight the community priorities where residents can engage, contribute, and actively participate in 2026!
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Film: “Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round”
Sunday, January 18, 7:00 pm
Monday, January 19, 6:45 pm
Manlius Cinema, 135 E. Seneca St, Manlius NY
When five Howard University students sat on a segregated Maryland carousel in 1960, the arrests made headlines. When the largely Jewish community near Glen Echo Amusement Park joined the Black students in picketing, the first organized interracial civil rights protest in US history was born. Filmmaker Ilana Trachtman will be live and in person with us for a post-show Q&A.
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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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Winter Schedule
Year round: Every Friday afternoon. 4 to 4:45 pm, unless the temperature is below 20 degrees: 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.)
upstatedroneaction.com spc@peacecouncil.Net
Addtional dates and locations will resume after April 1, 2026.
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Watch past meetings about Micron, Good Jobs Town Hall, Rallies and more on our YouTube Channel.
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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. Please note donations are not tax deductible.
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Mail donations to:
CNY Solidarity Coalition
P.O. Box 6137, Teall Post Office, 226 Teall Ave., Syracuse NY 13217
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