Black Leadership Collective Addresses Public
By Cassandra Harris-Lockwood
In the wake of the recent police violence upon Kerwin Taylor and subsequent marches, rumors and rallies regarding the incident, on Monday at 2PM September 21 at 2P.M. at the Black Lives...
Support George Floyd Justice Policing Act.
By Judy Jerome
I grew up with the notion that police officers are your friend. Remember Officer Friendly? Remember Mr. Rogers’ policeman pal, Officer Clemmons? I have a family member who was a State Police...
College/Community Partnership for Racial Justice Reform Offers Fourth Webinar
“Understanding the Use of Force”
Clinton, N.Y. - The College/Community Partnership for Racial Justice Reform is offering its fourth free online and broadcast webinar program this Wednesday, Oct. 14, at 7 p.m., on WPNY (channel 11 analog...
MVCC to host ‘Colorful Girls Rock’ symposium with Andrea Kelly of VH1’s “Hollywood Exes”
On Wednesday, Oct. 16, Mohawk Valley Community College will host the event “Colorful
Girls Rock” from 3 to 6 p.m. in Alumni College Center room 116 at the Utica Campus. Reality star Andrea Kelly from VH1’s...
Letters To The Editor
Open Letter to Congresswoman Claudia Tenney
I am writing to inform you of my outright displeasure with the current Congress. As far as I am concerned, the current President’s election was spearheaded by middle-class voters...
LOCAL NAACP OPENING SUBMISSIONS FOR ONEIDA COUNTY’S FIRST POET
LAUREATE, YOUTH POET LAUREATE
UTICA, NY -- The Utica-Oneida County Branch of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People announces their collaboration with the City of Utica to
select Oneida County’s first Poet Laureate and...
BRINDISI MEETS WITH UPSTATE NEW YORKERS STRUGGLING WITH CABLE RATE HIKES
Brindisi Bill Would Require Cable And Internet Companies Fined By A Public Service Commission To Report To FCC
Broadband Internet Key To Vibrant Communities, Booming Economy; Brindisi Makes Improving Rural Broadband A Top Priority
Continuing his...
Advocates Rally for Protections for Long-Excluded Farmworkers
ALBANY, NY – Advocates will rally in the state capitol today in support of legislation to extend basic labor protections to New York’s agricultural workers, who are excluded from the right to collective bargaining...
MVHS Cuts are Destroying a Community Hospital
MVHS has just furloughed and terminated over 130 additional front line healthcare workers. People are already at their breaking point and unable to care for their patients appropriately. This is not just nursing. This...
Tenney Should Support For the People Act of 2021
I hear lots about what it means to be an American. I hear Pledges of Allegiance and see the waving of the Stars and Stripes everywhere. But there is nothing more fundamental to being...