Blog Posts

07/13/13 #BlackLivesMatter Launched
Dear friend: Eleven years ago, Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza, and Opal Tometi piloted the online movement, #BlackLivesMatter. Originally created to honor the life of Trayvon Martin, and condemn police...
07/13/13 #BlackLivesMatter Launched
Dear friend: Eleven years ago, Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza, and Opal Tometi piloted the online movement, #BlackLivesMatter. Originally created to honor the life of Trayvon Martin, and condemn police...

Stonewall Was a Riot... 55 Years Ago
We honor the powerful, creative, inspirational struggle for liberation waged by LGBTQ++ people and their allies for many, many decades (including before Stonewall). On June 28, 1969, members of the...
Stonewall Was a Riot... 55 Years Ago
We honor the powerful, creative, inspirational struggle for liberation waged by LGBTQ++ people and their allies for many, many decades (including before Stonewall). On June 28, 1969, members of the...

Coolest Summer in the Next 125 Years?
Dear friend: Before summer even began, Central New York, along with much of the rest of the country, faced record-breaking heat. This photo, from the March to End Fossil Fuels...
Coolest Summer in the Next 125 Years?
Dear friend: Before summer even began, Central New York, along with much of the rest of the country, faced record-breaking heat. This photo, from the March to End Fossil Fuels...

Stopping Gun Violence
Dear friend: Over 20 years ago my life was changed forever by the killing of my 17 year old son Duriel Lamar Ryan. Duriel was walking away from a...
Stopping Gun Violence
Dear friend: Over 20 years ago my life was changed forever by the killing of my 17 year old son Duriel Lamar Ryan. Duriel was walking away from a...

We Won't Go Back – Defend Abortion Rights
Dear Friends: The United States prides itself in being a nation of progress, opportunity, and most importantly— freedom. However, two years ago yesterday, we saw a pivot from those...
We Won't Go Back – Defend Abortion Rights
Dear Friends: The United States prides itself in being a nation of progress, opportunity, and most importantly— freedom. However, two years ago yesterday, we saw a pivot from those...

Solidarity with our Transgender Siblings
Dear friend: Our Transgender Siblings are under serious attack, with anti-trans hate crimes targeting individuals and traumatizing the larger Queer community. People who live openly as their true trans or...
Solidarity with our Transgender Siblings
Dear friend: Our Transgender Siblings are under serious attack, with anti-trans hate crimes targeting individuals and traumatizing the larger Queer community. People who live openly as their true trans or...