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...
Police Arrest Three Protesters Outside Rome PD Station
Thursday evening at Guyer Park in Rome, Rome PD responded to an incident of several youths fighting at a football game. The police detained several youths and ended the fight. This was recorded on...
Utica’s Burmese hold protest against Military Coup in Myanmar
Today at 2:30pm outside of Munson Williams museum, a crowd of about 50 Burmese immigrants rallied to show solidarity with their country Myanmar (formally called Burma) which has been overtaken in a military coup....
NOW ON EXHIBIT-REALITIES OF RESETTLEMENT
By Hayley Arlin, Colgate 2018
Realities of Resettlement explores refugee integration into urban life in Utica. The resettlement and integration of refugees affect the social, political, and economic fabric of the Mohawk Valley. This exhibit offers...
THE THIRD MRS. GALWAY” CHRONICLES THE ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT IN UPSTATE NEW YORK IN RIVETING...
“THE THIRD MRS. GALWAY” CHRONICLES THE ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT IN
UPSTATE NEW YORK IN RIVETING DETAIL
--New Historical Novel Brings to Life Events of Anti-slavery Agitation Through the Lens
of an Enslaved Family’s Quest for Freedom--
August 11, 2021,...
#ME THREE-Sexual Predation Nothing New
By: Loretta Johnson
The recent toppling of Hollywood honcho, Harvey Weinstein and the subsequent domino effect it’s had on at least this nation, lit a fire under me to share some history that has been...