by Communications Team | Apr 19, 2017 | Capital District
Every year, Citizen Action of the Capital District holds The Jim Perry Progressive Leadership awards to honor grassroots activists who have been part of building our community and the progressive movement. The Jim Perry Progressive Leadership Awards is a fun and...
by Communications Team | Mar 20, 2017 | Capital District
Gutting health care and under funding our public schools. Those are just two of the battles we are facing. BUT… When health care and education are under attack, what do we do? STAND UP. FIGHT BACK! MONDAY, MARCH 20 – Congressional Call In Day –...
by Communications Team | Oct 4, 2016 | Capital District
The Jim Perry Progressive Leadership Awards is our Capital District Chapter’s biggest celebration each year. We honor a handful of the area’s most dedicated, inspiring activists and leaders who have spent countless hours working to make our community a...
by Communications Team | Mar 22, 2016 | Capital District, Education
On February 9, 2016, 7,759 voters cast ballots in a vote on whether or not a new Albany High School should be built. Students who attend Albany High now face a leaky roof, a broken heating and cooling system, and not enough classrooms to serve the growing body of...
by Communications Team | Jul 25, 2011 | Capital District, Health Care, Hudson Valley, New York City, Rochester, Southern Tier, Western New York
The Statewide Caravan to Restore the American Promise was a massive effort by Citizen Action of New York and our many coalition partners and supporters to draw attention to the fact that right now, politicians are working to strip away our social safety net in order...
by Communications Team | Jul 7, 2011 | Capital District
Today, Frack Action, along with a myriad of co-sponsors, hosted a rally and press conference at the Capitol to demand that a statewide ban on hydrofracking is enacted. Fracking is a method of gas extraction that involves injecting secret, highly-toxic chemicals deep...
by Communications Team | Jul 7, 2011 | Capital District, Health Care
Today, demonstrators representing the Capital District Area Labor Federation, Citizen Action of New York, NYSUT, and other groups converged in front of the Verizon building on State street in downtown Albany. Despite posting record profits in the past years, and...
by Communications Team | Jun 29, 2011 | Capital District, Education, Health Care
Today, concerned activists met outside of Congressman Chris Gibson’s office in Saratoga, New York, to hold him accountable for attacking our social safety net. Gibson is just one of many Congressmen who have cut funding from Medicare, Social Security, and...
