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Join In with SPC\u2019s Summer Activism<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

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Summer is a great time to be out in the streets! Here are a few key projects where SPC activists are doing just that. Please join us.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Our annual Hiroshima Day dramatic procession through downtown Syracuse (<\/font>August 6<\/b><\/font>) is one of our largest summer events, and we\u2019ll need all hands on deck to make it a strong statement for peace. This year\u2019s procession will kick-off our participation in Physician for Social Responsibility\u2019s \u201cBack from the Brink\u201d campaign (see Youth Peace Award piece). We\u2019ll need help with outreach, making and fixing props, developing a leaflet and participating in the procession itself. To help, contact carol@peacecouncil.net or call the office.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Another big project is SPC\u2019s booth at the downtown Syracuse Arts and Crafts Fair, <\/font>July 26-28<\/b><\/font>.  We\u2019ll need people to create engaging display(s), set up and clean up, petition at and staff the booth, and more. Contact <\/font>michaela@peacecouncil.net or the office.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

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Also, for many years we have had a presence outside the main entrance of the NYS Fair at the <\/font>end of August<\/b><\/font>. Contact carol@peacecouncil.net to help make that happen.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2013 <\/font>Michaela Czerkies <\/i><\/font><\/p>\n


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NOON\u201420 Years of Solidarity<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

Twenty years ago local activists came <\/span>together to discuss how we might offer <\/span>solidarity with our neighbors of the <\/span>Onondaga Nation. We gathered at a time <\/span>when other Central New Yorkers actively <\/span>and viciously opposed land claims by the <\/span>Cayuga and Oneida Nations. We expected <\/span>that the Onondaga Nation would pursue <\/span>a similar legal case to address the illegal <\/span>theft of their land over 200 years ago.<\/span> <\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

We knew that if we organized <\/span>effectively, the response in Onondaga <\/span>territory could be different\u2014and it has <\/span>been. When Onondaga filed their historic <\/span>Land Rights Action in March 2005, the <\/span>public reaction was openminded and <\/span>largely supportive.<\/span> <\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

Since that time Neighbors of the On<\/span><\/font>ondaga Nation (NOON) has continuously sought to educate ourselves and the <\/span>broader community about the history of <\/span>relations between our peoples and how <\/span>we might begin to repay the debt that we <\/span>owe the Onondaga Nation and people. <\/span>NOON\u2019s work is based on our responsi-<\/span>bility to uphold the treaty obligations to <\/span>which our nation committed ourselves <\/span>and our ethical responsibility to act justly. <\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

Although the US courts have so far <\/span>denied justice to the Onondaga, our work <\/span>continues to grow and expand, including <\/span>extensive work on environmental issues of <\/span>concern to the Onondaga. NOON meets <\/span>the second Tuesday of every month and <\/span>is always looking for new folks to join <\/span>our work. Contact Jack or Sue (see “SPC <\/span>Program Committees” on left).<\/span><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

\u2013 Andy Mager<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n


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Thanks to our Student Activists<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

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Three exceptional student activists worked with SPC this past semester. Maddie Bohrer (Onondaga Community College) and Laith Abdalla (OCC) interned with us and Marni Libby (SU) was a service learning student.<\/font><\/p>\n

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They all came ready to work and learn and jumped into projects. Maddie did a bit of everything, but her focus was the Birthday Dinner and her participation was invaluable, as was her humor. She arranged ads, made phone calls, did massive publicity, got food donations and spent her entire day doing set up and clean up. Laith worked primarily on a wide range of research projects essential to Justice for Palestine’s campaign against Israeli military detention of Palestinian children, while always willing to help with other miscellaneous needs at the office. Marni researched newspaper articles from across the country surrounding the adoption of Indigenous Peoples\u2019 Day (over 100 communities that have done that), and presented her findings to NOON (Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation).<\/font><\/p>\n

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We\u2019re grateful for their work, and are thrilled that Maddie and Marni plan to continue working with us.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2013 Carol Baum and Michaela Czerkies<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n


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