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CNY Solidarity & Indivisible Onondaga County

We had a great meeting on Sunday. Everyone is ready to assemble on the sidewalks for the No Kings protest on October 18 from 12pm – 2pm on Erie Blvd between E Genesee St & Kinne Rd. Sign up on www.nokings.org for the latest updates. If you are interested in volunteering as a marshal please email Lisa.

May Memorial Unitarian Universalist Society joined our list of allied organizations by a coalition vote. If your organization is interested in officially joining our coalition please contact us for details.  

Thank you to the Syracuse Party for Socialism and Liberation,  Jewish Voice for Peace Syracuse & Syracuse Peace Council for their presentation about Palestine and sharing actions we can take. Watch our meeting and the presentation on YouTube and see action alerts below for more information. 

Election day is 4 weeks away! Find a candidate you support and help them get out the vote! 

Upcoming CNY Solidarity Coalition Meetings:

November 9th & December 14th at a NEW TIME 2:00pm – 4:00pm

Upcoming Protests and Campaigns

Happening Today! Town Hall with Congressman Mannion

Congressman John Mannion (NY-22) will be holding a Virtual Town Hall today (October 7th) from 5:30-6:30 pm.

RSVP to receive a link

Election Season is Here!

Election Day is Tuesday, November 4th, 2025.

If you’re not yet registered, you have until October 25, 2025; you can register online, by mail or in person.

Early voting is Saturday, October 25th – Sunday, November 2nd. 

More Voting Information

Onondaga County Election Inspector Training

Training classes are still available to become an Election Inspector for the 2025 General Election! On Election Day the Onondaga County Board of Elections employs over two thousand people will work at schools, churches, and other facilities processing voters so that we can conduct a fair election, as perfect as possible. It is a long day but it is very rewarding to know you have helped your community choose its leaders.

There are four remaining classes this week: October 8, 9, 10 & 11. Each class is 3.5 hours, and you only need to attend one.

Register Here

October 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 October Calendar of Events

Economic Power – Boycott Mary Kay cosmetics and Conair  

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.  

More Information about Boycotting Mary Kay cosmetics and Conair

Click here to research other companies or brands

Join Cazenovia Voices Coalition opposition to Madison County’s Planned Purchase of Properties of the Former Cazenovia College

Members of the Cazenovia and wider community are joining a growing coalition who have concerns about Madison County’s plan to purchase Reisman & Sigety Halls for a Sheriff/emergency hub in the center of Cazenovia’s school and business district. There is concern that the property could be used for ICE administrative offices.

More Information and suggested actions

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:

• Gov. Hochul, give NY students the freedom to read what they want

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.

Read & Share This Important Article:

A U.S. immigration case allowed part of the story. Then jurors explored the shadows of doubt

A second jury was unable to decide this week whether Doris Aleman-Bonilla should be convicted of an immigration-related felony brought by the U.S. government in a Syracuse court. Border Patrol agents arrested Aleman-Bonilla, of Honduras, in April after an Oswego County sheriff’s deputy pulled over her car near Fulton. She was driving four other people to work at an apple-packing plant. A Border Patrol agent was in the sheriff’s car.

Read on Syracuse.com

Forbes ranks #Micron as top company for tech workers. But is that true?

“CHIPS Communities United, a D.C.-based collective of unions in the semiconductor industry, called Micron’s contract with the state to build the plants a vague commitment to any promises of workers’ rights.”

Read on NewsChannel 9

The state spent millions to resettle asylum seekers. ICE is arresting them.

The Migrant Relocation Assistance Program helped families leave crowded shelters and put down roots.

Trump’s immigration crackdown is upending that.

Read on Central Current

Democratic Governors Can Arrest ICE Agents. What Are They Waiting For?

“Federal agents are committing state felonies every day. Breaking and entering. Kidnapping. Assault. When they kick down doors without judicial warrants, when they detain citizens without probable cause, when they point guns at children, these are crimes under state law. And Democratic governors have the power to prosecute those crimes.

They just need to understand an absolutely essential point.

Winning isn’t the point. Fighting is.”

Read on Christopher Armitage’s Substack “The Existentialist Republic”

Tariffs, ‘conversion therapy’ and mail ballots: key US Supreme Court cases to watch this term

Donald Trump’s ability to shape the commanding heights of US political life will be at stake when the court assembles for its new term on 6 October.

The busy schedule facing the nine justices will acquire added weight due to the momentous significance of some of the issues they have agreed to consider.

Political representation for ethnic minorities, the legitimacy of mail-in ballots, whether “conversion therapy” for transgender people can be banned, the legality of tariffs, and the president’s power to fire a board member of the Federal Reserve – all things on which Donald Trump has voiced strong views – will all face legal scrutiny and judgment in the coming weeks and months.

Read on The Guardian

Energy Literacy Workshops

Numerous Dates and Locations

EnergySmartCNY is organizing a series of workshops on energy efficiency – what it means, and how you can achieve it (for both renters and owners).  Participants receive free Energy Kits (worth $40) and are taught how to use the items in them. The presentation also covers home improvement and energy efficiency programs that can help all income levels. Our team can help participants apply to NYSERDA’s EmPower+ and Comfort Home weatherization programs. The workshops are roughly 90 minutes long, with time for discussion as well as a light meal.

Dates and Locations 

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.

Syracuse University Celebrates 2025 Banned Books Week

Monday, October 6 – Friday, October 10

Various Locations at Syracuse University

Syracuse University Libraries, in collaboration with Departments of English, Religion, Women’s and Gender Studies, Art and Music History, LGBT Studies, Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, African American Studies, and Political Science, from the College of Arts and Sciences, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, the School of Education, and the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, is hosting several Banned Books Week events, including Author Fred M Fiske presenting on his book “The Grocer Who Sold McCarthyism”.

More Information

In The Salt City Blog Presents: Land Value Tax Happy Hour

Wednesday, October 8, 5-6:30 pm

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

Part of their series on the future of regional public transportation in Central New York.

SpeakOUT Kick Off Call for National Coming Out Day

Thursday, October 9, 7–8pm

Virtual Community Event

National Coming Out Day will be here in just a few short weeks on October 11th! Now more than ever, it’s time for us to stand together as a community and show that our stories, our dreams and our identities continue to matter.

On Thursday, October 9th, join HRC President Kelley Robinson and special guests from Hollywood, politics, and our community as they kick off National Coming Out Day with stories, connection, and energy to inspire a weekend of action!

Register for the call

The Cumulative Impacts of the Micron Project: PFAS and Environmental Justice

Friday, October 10, 7–8pm

GreeningUSA “Virtual Green Bag Lunch”

Join WE ACT for Environmental Justice and GreeningUSA for a virtual panel on New York’s EJ Siting/Cumulative Impacts Law and its implications for the Micron project in Clay, NY. Panelists will highlight how PFAS contamination and other environmental hazards contribute to cumulative public health burdens, and how forthcoming regulations may consider impacts on nearby disadvantaged communities (DACs). The discussion will also cover strategies for public engagement and advocacy to ensure affected communities have a say in shaping outcomes.

Register for the call 

ArtRage Concert: Charlie King and Colleen Kattau

Friday, October 10, 7–9pm

ArtRage Gallery – 505 Hawley Ave, Syracuse

Join Charlie King and Colleen Kattau for a night of powerful singing at ArtRage Gallery in Syracuse, live and in-person!

More Information

Abolition Walk

Saturday, October 11 at 8:00am

102 South Peterboro Street in Canastota, NY

The National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum in Peterboro, NY, is pleased to announce the Fourth Annual Abolition Walk from Canastota to Clockville, and return to Canastota, tracing the beginning footsteps of the 104 abolitionists who walked 9 steep miles from the Erie Canal to Peterboro in the middle of the night on October 21, 1835.

The sheriff-escorted Abolition Walk begins at 102 South Peterboro Street in Canastota, NY, with registration at 8:00 am, a brief program at 9:00 am, and the walk launch at 9:30 am. Walkers arrive in Clockville at about 10:30 am and return to Canastota at Erie Canal Brewing for a party at approximately noon. Folks can also ride a bus for the walk, and the bus is available for brief rests for walkers, during the 5.4 mile-round-trip trek.

To register, visit www.abolitionroad.org. Proceeds benefit the National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum in Peterboro.

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

Nonviolent Direct Action Training

Sunday, October 12, 3-6pm

Zoom Event 

We are living in a time that most of us never imagined. A time when the democratic state, flawed as it is, is coming apart.  Those responsible are working to impose a new order rooted in white, male, Christian supremacy. To secure this dystopian order, state violence and the silencing of dissent is on the rise, threatening any opposition to the fascist regime. The Fellowship of Reconciliation invites you to join us for a 2-part gathering to discuss theoretical and practical applications of nonviolent direct action as the best way to respond to authoritarianism and the repressive use of state power. The gatherings are free to all friends and allies. Our amazing trainers are Lisa Fithian with the Alliance of Community Trainers (ACT) and Mary Link, NVDA Trainer Western MASS Team.

Register Here

Current Conversations: I-81 & Environmental Inequalities

Wednesday, October 15, 5:30-7 pm

ArtRage Gallery, 505 Hawley Avenue, Syracuse, New York

A panel discussion will take place to explore the urban environmental challenges and inequalities faced in Syracuse. This discussion will be centered around lead exposure and air quality as the Interstate 81 viaduct is removed and replaced. Our panel will consist of Lanessa Owens-Chaplin, who is the Director of the Racial Justice Center, New York Civil Liberties Union; Oceanna Fair, Chair of Families for Lead Freedom Now!; and Darlene Medley, Co-Founder of Families for Lead Freedom Now!.

Reservations

Postcard Writing Event

Wednesday, October 15, 6-7:30 pm

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

Come join Everytown For Gun Safety at Harvey’s Garden for a post card writing event to write to Democrats in key election states to get out and vote Nov. 4! Friends, partners, spouses, kids are all welcome. Please bring a sheet of stamps, if able!

More Information

October Banned Book Club: The Girl Who Fell From the Sky

Wednesday, October 15th, 7:30-8:30 pm

Red, Wine & Blue Zoom event

The Girl Who Fell from the Sky tells the story of Rachel, a biracial girl who is the sole survivor of a family tragedy and then goes to live with her grandmother. Durrow’s book is a winner of the Bellwether Prize for best fiction manuscript addressing issues of racism and classism. Parent’s in a Utah school districts attempted to have Durrow’s book banned for including sexual content and sexual violence.

Register

Communities Not Cages Town Hall

Saturday, October 18, 1-3 pm

Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ, 347 Cortland Ave, Syracuse, NY 13202

The Syracuse Center for Community Alternatives (CCA) is holding a Town Hall in October in support of the Communities Not Cages legislative campaign to reform sentencing laws in New York State. This event will help to educate the public on the campaign and its bills, as well as to put pressure on lawmakers who have not yet signed on in support of the bills.

More Information

Movie Screening: “The Last Class” with Robert Reich

Saturday, October 18th, 3:55 pm

Manlius Cinema, 135 E Seneca St, Manlius, NY 13104

The Last Class is a nuanced and deeply personal portrait of master educator Robert Reich teaching his final course and reflecting on a period of immense transformation, personally and globally. It is a love letter to education. The former Secretary of Labor might be famous for his public service, best-selling books, and viral social media posts, but he always considered teaching his true calling. Over the course of the film, Reich confronts the impending finality, and his own aging, with increasing candor, introspection, and, ultimately, emotion. He displays a rawness of feeling he has never shared publicly before. Drawing on his lifetime in politics, he uses his class, “Wealth and Poverty,” to offer us all a deeper look at why inequalities of income and wealth have widened significantly since the late 1970s, and why this poses dangerous risks to our society.

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