{"id":80132,"date":"2017-04-24T23:27:45","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T03:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=80132"},"modified":"2017-04-24T16:52:40","modified_gmt":"2017-04-24T20:52:40","slug":"cny-residents-attending-national-founding-convention-of-peoples-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=80132","title":{"rendered":"CNY residents attending national founding convention of People’s Action"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/strong>A delegation from the Utica, Rome, Herkimer, and Oneida area representing the Central New York Citizens in Action, Inc. is attending the founding convention of People\u2019s Action this week in Washington, D.C. Keynote speakers include CNN Contributor Van Jones, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Jeff Merkley(D-Ore.), Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), Democratic National Committee Vice-Chair, and Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.). The convention has more than 1,000 delegates from 48 affiliate organizations and 30 states. Please find attached the photo of two Citizen Action board members – Keith Rubino and Dawn Laguerre – with Van Jones.<\/p>\n

People\u2019s Acton is formed from the merger of five national organizations \u2013 US Action, Alliance for a Just Society, Campaign for America\u2019s Future, Center for Health, Environment, & Justice, national People\u2019s Action. Central New York Citizens in Action, Inc. is the Utica chapter of Citizen Action of New York which is part of US Action. People\u2019s Action, one of the largest grassroots, people-powered networks in the country which is made up of more than a million people across 30 states, works for economic, racial, gender and climate justice \u2013 and to ensure everyone a voice in our political system.<\/p>\n

John Furman, President of the Central New York Citizens in Action, said; \u201cThe Central New York Citizens in\u00a0\u00a0Action is proud to be here at the founding convention of People\u2019s Action. People\u2019s Action is a new and unique national organization bringing together groups from across New York State and the U.S. into a new potent political force. We are writing a new chapter of American history. We are rising up to undo the damage done by the one percent control of the economy and our political system and building a new majority based on our vision of shared prosperity, equity, justice, caring and compassion, community and democratic values.<\/p>\n

People Action\u2019s Co-George Goehl said: \u201cThe resistance is alive and well, beating back attacks on health care and more. Now we are electorializing the resistance \u2013 taking the energy of the marches and town hall takeovers to the ballot box to elect truly progressive candidates and ideas.”<\/p>\n

Citizens Action Board Member Keith Rubino stressed: \u201cIt\u2019s so important for everyone who thinks people cannot take back the government realize that the game has changed for us for the better. Social media allows us the chance to reach directly to the people. The media doesn\u2019t control the airwaves like it used to. We can livestream directly to people across the world if we want. And we can raise money online like never before. There\u2019s never been a better time technologically for this Resistance Movement to truly take shape, grow, and become a real player in the political sphere. I\u2019m proud to be here today and I hope that everyone really looks into supporting People\u2019s Action.\u201d<\/p>\n

People\u2019s Action has been at the heart of the resistance, organizing 330 actions to block repeal of the Affordable Care Act. Seventy percent of those events were held in Republican congressional districts. People\u2019s Action has been central to the #ResistTrumpTuesday actions. In Central new York, CNYCIA has been leading grassroots efforts for progressive social change by opposing the repeal of the ACA, organizing the Science March, leading protests to demand Trump\u2019s tax returns, and fighting for climate justice.<\/p>\n

To live stream the session, visit\u00a0https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pplsaction\/videos\/10154582851358123\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A delegation from the Utica, Rome, Herkimer, and Oneida area representing the Central New York Citizens in Action, Inc. is attending the founding convention of People\u2019s Action this week in Washington, D.C. Keynote speakers include CNN Contributor Van Jones, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Jeff Merkley(D-Ore.), Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), Democratic National Committee Vice-Chair, and Rep. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=80132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/80133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}