CNY Solidarity Coalition

Below please find the weekly ACTION ALERTS from our legislative action team. Congress is on recess this week and next, so to some extent, our federal legislative focus shifts from phone calls about upcoming votes to trying to track down Katko, Schumer, Gillibrand, and their staff in person. But we’ll…

Monday (April 3): Two phone-calling actions today—1 state, 1 federal, and both time-sensitive Raise the Age Top priority from our state legislative action team this week: Please call and support Raise-the-Age for all crimes. If you have time to make just one phone call, the governor would be the most…

CNY Solidarity Coalition members and supporters: Below please find our legislative action team’s weekly ACTION ALERTS. But first, a shout-out to all of you who’ve been tirelessly calling your elected representatives since January. Thanks to all of you, we won two great victories on the health care front this past…

Secure your $10 tickets to see a special screening of George Orwell’s 1984 at ArtRage Gallery on April 4th at 6:30pm. Click here for Tickets and Information Proceeds from this screening of 1984 will go to both CNY Solidarity and New Feminists for Justice

Head over to WAER to hear an hour-long broadcast of highlights from CNY Solidarity Coalition’s March 18 Town Hall on preserving democracy. The program originally aired March 23 at 7pm.  

No. 1 Jeff Sessions No. 2 Tom Price No. 3 Scott Pruitt No. 4 Andrew Puzder No. 5 Betsy DeVos No. 6 Neil Gorsuch No. 7 Katko Voting Record No. 8 Sessions Must Resign! Want to get more involved in these issues? Join the Legislative Action Committee: Visit Legislative Action landing…

Today through Friday, buy anything from Syracuse Cultural Workers (in store and online) and 20% of proceeds will benefit the CNY Solidarity Coalition. (Enter code 1617CNYS when shopping online.) Click here to download a PDF of the fundraiser flyer and post it on bulletin boards across CNY. Founded in 1982, SCW…

Amazing progressive energy this weekend—400 people at the Town Hall on Saturday, then 150 people at our training/education meeting yesterday. I’m truly inspired by everyone’s energy and commitment. A couple quick follow-ups from yesterday’s meeting: 1) There will be no full-coalition meeting this Sunday, March 26; more details below. 2)…

(By our own Maureen Curtin) If on March 17, you will celebrate your Irish heritage and honor ancestors who long ago came to the United States, I offer a toast and a modern-day twist on the story of Irish immigration. My story comes with an invitation to support newcomers today……

Snow showers and freezing temperatures did not stop protesters in Syracuse from rallying to end the deportation of immigrants on Wednesday. Members of the Workers’ Center of CNY demonstrated in support of one of their own. Dolores Bustamante, a Workers’ Center board member, faced an immigration hearing in western New…