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Celebrating 42 Years of Publishing for Peace and Social Justice

Celebrating 42 Years of Publishing for Peace an...

Dear friends:   42 years ago, Dik Cool, Karen Kerney and Jack Manno decided to continue publishing the Peace Calendar which Dik had started 11 years earlier at the Syracuse...

Celebrating 42 Years of Publishing for Peace an...

Dear friends:   42 years ago, Dik Cool, Karen Kerney and Jack Manno decided to continue publishing the Peace Calendar which Dik had started 11 years earlier at the Syracuse...

Check out our T-shirts lifting up the power of music for social change.

Check out our T-shirts lifting up the power of ...

Dear friend: Outdoor music season is in full swing.  Here in Central New York there's everything from free events featuring local bands to big festivals and concerts with amazing national...

Check out our T-shirts lifting up the power of ...

Dear friend: Outdoor music season is in full swing.  Here in Central New York there's everything from free events featuring local bands to big festivals and concerts with amazing national...

07/13/13 #BlackLivesMatter Launched

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

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?

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

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...