Syracuse
Peace Council
2013 East Genesee St., Syracuse, NY 13210
spc(a)peacecouncil.net, (315)
472-5478
2009 Program Summary
1. US Global Agenda/Militarism
• US out of Iraq and Afghanistan
• Military Alternatives Education
Project (MAEP) – work with young people on alternatives to
the military
• Palestine-Israel Peace
– SPC is coordinating a new coalition to develop ongoing work on
this key issue
• Study Group on US Global Agenda
• Weekly Peace Outreach (currently
on sabbatical)
• Americas Solidarity work –Caribbean
Latin America Coalition
• Annual commemoration of bombing
of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
2. Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation (NOON)
– ongoing educational and advocacy to work support justice and
environmental clean up
3. Peace Newsletter – publishing
monthly to provide information and analysis on local, state, national
and international issues
4. Youth
• Bikes for Peace
• Youth Anti-Violence Program – currently on hold
5. Coalition Efforts
• Progressive Coalition
• Bill of Rights Defense Campaign
• Partnership for Onondaga Creek
6. General education & outreach
• Monthly educational program – make more useful/less dependent
on staff time, proposal to make every other month a film showing. Non-film
programs should either be timely for an existing SPC program priority
or SPC-affiliated projects and allies should be invited to coordinate
a program. Staff should feel free to cancel a monthly program if none
of these options are fairly readily available.
• Tabling outreach & education
• Creative Team
– create volunteer team to think up and implement creative actions/materials
for use at SPC events/campaigns
7. Media –Convene a working group to evaluate SPC’s media
work (print, web, audio/video, support for alternative media and approach
to mainstream media) and develop a plan for a more effective/cohesive
use of media
8. Creating Alternatives
• Program committee would like to develop a small, doable project
in this area
• Commercial Free Schools
– commit to seek funding to implement this proposal
• Parents & Children for
Peace & Justice - commit to seek funding to implement this
proposal
• Community Non-violence Campaign
- commit to seek funding to implement this proposal
9. Breaking events/Requests for solidarity – staff should use
the IAPs to evaluate any such requests and take action as necessary