Taking Action

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
                                                               - attributed to Margaret Mead

Political Activism.

Members of our group have written letters to the editor, signed petitions, developed and mailed petitions, phoned and written our congressional representatives, and met with our congressional representatives to express our concerns.

See Kirsten Gillebrand's response to Ed Lentz in her letter of July 19, 2007.

See the report of a meeting with congressman Michael Arcuri's staff on April 25, 2007.

See our letters to congressional representatives Michael Arcuri and Kirsten Gillibrand where we urge them to take action on:

- Iraq and preemptive wars
- Healthcare
- Energy and the environment
- Election reform
- Accountability of Bush current administration

See how you can GET INVOLVED in the effort to stop the war in Iraq and keep our country from invading Iran.

Impeachment Action. Meetings and petitions on both the local and national level have begun to urge the impeachment of the president for misleading us into an invasion and occupation, loss of civil liberties, and other abuses of power.

Stop the War. March, 2007. The Iraq/Iran Work Group developed a petition and several members are gathering signatures and faxing them to our congressional representatives. Click here for a draft letter to Michael Arcuri that may be used to accompany the petitions. (The petitions urge immediate withdrawal of our troops from Iraq and action to avoid any attack on Iran. See the draft letter to Arcuri for the exact text of the petition.)

Energy Action. December 2006: See the Report from Colleen Blacklock on recent and ongoing energy-related activities in our area.

If you are interested in taking action on social justice issues, there are many places to begin.

See the Events page for meetings and activities, including dates and places of Peace Vigils.

If you are interested in the biomass woodburning plant, see the OneontaBioMess website.

ADDITIONAL WAYS TO TAKE ACTION

[Please help us out by sending information that can be added to this page**]

- LOCAL ACTION:

- Join the Coalition for Democracy or one of our workgroups, or simply come to one of our meetings. Read about us to see how.
- Find out about other local groups.**
- Contact local officials to express your views.**

- STATE ACTION:

- Contact state legislators, political offices, etc.**
- Visit other specific websites that have information about contacting legislators or other political offices.**

- NATIONAL ACTION:

- Contact your senators and your congressional representative. If you don't know who they are or how to contact them, click here.

Contact other political offices, etc.**
- Visit other specific websites that have information about contacting legislators or other political offices.**

- OTHER GROUPS:

- Links to other social action websites**

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**We hope to expand this page. Please send us any relevant information. We'll be happy to post information here about other local groups that may be of interest. We also plan to add information here about how to contact local officials, state officials, and federal officials, with contact information and links to other websites that contain contact information. Please also contact us with any other major websites you particularly recommend, so we can put them on our Resources page.

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Notice: this website is maintained by the Coalition for Democracy of Central New York (CfD-CNY) to provide information thought to be relevant to our members and to other interested citizens. Views and opinions expressed on individual pages of the website do not necessarily reflect the position of CfD-CNY.

updated 9/11/07