ACTS-CNY

Post-Standard:

• Organizer hopes meeting brings grocery store to Syracuse’s South Side
• ACTS hosts Syracuse mayoral candidates
• Weatherization Politics
  
• On final Sunday of campaign, Syracuse mayoral candidates go to church, knock on doors, thank volunteers
• Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney agrees to look into sale of arrest records to landlords
• On Election Day, a reminder that it’s all about a better world
  

News Channel 3 (prior to event):

• ACTS Town Hall expects big draw on Sunday

News Channel 10:

• Thousands attend ACTS public meeting

Over the past two years, there has been a dramatic increase in the presence and activity of federal agents of the Department of Homeland Security in Central New York-raiding workplaces and detaining people while they shop, pick up their kids, go to church, and do laundry.

As a result, many in our community have: visited immigrants detained in our local county jail and at the federal detainment center in Batavia, New York; helped raise and post bail for detained individuals; helped them connect with loved ones; sought legal counsel on their immigration court cases; traveled with them to immigration court in Buffalo; and offered spiritual and material support to families as they face fears and hardships. Many have worked to educate our community about the complex issue of immigration as well as to preserve the rights of all workers. We have stood in witness at the CNY Regional Transportation Center to call for an end to racial, ethnic, and religious profiling of people seeking to travel. Continue Reading »