Alliance for a Green Economy (AGREE) works for safe, affordable energy and the development of a green economy in New York State. AGREE's goal is a prosperous, safe, and healthy New York, fulfilling the promise of conservation, energy efficiency, and safe, clean renewable energy sources to end our state's reliance on wasteful and environmentally destructive forms of energy. AGREE works to promote this transition to a carbon-free and nuclear-free future and educates the public about alternatives that can revitalize the economy and safeguard human health and the environment.

Broome County Peace Action is dedicated to the abolishing of nuclear weapons, constructing a world of peace and justice, and eliminating militarism as a method of resolving conflict. This it hopes to accomplish through education of the public and those in government responsible for our national and foreign policy. Broome County Peace Action is one of the local chapters in 30 states affiliated with “Peace Action,” the largest national grassroots-based peace organization in the United States.

The Green Party of New York State is a ballot status party in New York State. Committed to ecology, social justice grassroots democracy and non-violence, Greens are renewing democracy in the United States through community-based organizing without the support of corporate donors. Whether the issue is universal health care, corporate globalization, alternative energy, election reform or decent, living wages for workers, Greens have the courage and independence necessary to take on the powerful corporate interests opposed to reform. The Broome-Tioga Green Party promotes green politics, specifically environmentalism, nonviolence, social justice, participatory, grassroots democracy, gender equality, LGBTQ rights, anti-war, anti-racism, and ecosocialism.

Cayuga Climate Action seeks to educate, advocate, and act on the climate crisis to protect and restore our lakes and lands. Their objectives are to restore Cayuga County’s biodiversity, transition communities to 100% renewable energy, foster recycling, composting, and waste education and reduction, and to align themselves and the county in a right relationship with the planet.

The Cayuga Lake Watershed Network identifies key threats to Cayuga Lake and its watershed, and it advocates for solutions that support a healthy environment and sustainable, vibrant communities. The Network offers two free community conferences for the public annually on water issues of concern at the north and south ends of the lake; publishes four newsletters each year; cooperates with other groups in shared events for the public, and educates/advocates for the protection of Cayuga Lake, its creeks, land and communities. The Network is a charitable nonprofit organization founded in 1997, today with over 400 members and an active Board of Directors.

The Cayuga Nation focuses on Land Rights and Economic Development. The Nation continues to be challenged on its Treaty Rights and its established reservation. Its businesses also are challenged and are currently in litigation in New York State courts. The Nation has approximately 493 enrolled members who primarily live in Western New York, but also can be found throughout the United States. Land acquistion continues to be a primary focus within the Land Claim area both in Seneca and Cayuga counties. The Nation currently holds approximately 824 acres in its land portfolio inside the land claim.

Citizen Action of Binghamton is devoted to the fight for social equality, quality affordable health care for all, fair government through Voter Owned Elections, quality public education as a fundamental right, employment that pays a fair living wage, equity in social security, thwarting attempts to destroy our environment through hydrofracking, ending tax breaks for the affluent, and closing corporate tax loopholes.

Citizens’ Climate Lobby is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, grassroots advocacy organization laser-focused on a specific piece of legislation and a proven strategy to gain its passage. They are working for the passage of Carbon Fee and Dividend, the climate change solution economists and climate scientists alike say is the “best first-step” to preventing the worst impacts of a warming world.

It is imperative to increase awareness and spur action on climate change: to support fair and just public policies and legislation, to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, to support regenerative agriculture and conservation. Climate Change Awareness & Action (CCAA) was formed for the purpose of educating others and actively working towards reversing the anthropogenic climate disruption that threatens the earth. They are a local 350.org group based in Syracuse, NY. As a local group, they have access to invaluable resources, including training and networking opportunities, helpful documents for planning and education, access to discussion groups, access to early announcements for 350.org events, and more. CCAA was formed in 2015 by a group of volunteers who spent countless hours working to educate and push others to take action in the fight against climate change.

CNY Solidarity Coalition is a grassroots coalition of organizations and individuals committed to tearing down the walls that divide and impoverish people, opposing any effort to register, detain, deport, or attack their neighbors, providing refuge for those in danger or need, and protecting water, air, and land. They aim to protect and fight alongside people of color, immigrants, refugees, LGBTQ+ people, the Muslim community, the Jewish community, women, people with disabilities, people with mental illness, the deaf community, teachers, scientists, environmentalists, and all other marginalized and oppressed groups and entities that are likely to be targeted in these uncertain times.

We envision a New York State where people have genuine governing authority to say NO to anything, such as fracking and related industrial activities, that will harm our health and welfare, our community, and the natural world it inhabits; and to say YES to that which we believe promotes the health and vibrancy of our land, our resources, and our selves. Stopping fracking and its infrastructure and related industrial activities is our primary initial battle and represents the many barriers we must overcome to achieve our vision. We are rural, urban, and suburban, and we live in Western, Central, and Southern Tier counties of New York State. We use public education, local ban laws, state law to make fracking a crime, and nonviolent creative action to foster our goals, which include Making Local Law.

The Dorothy Cotton Institute is a project of the Center for Transformative Action. Its mission is to develop, nurture and train leaders for a global human rights movement, to build a network and community of civil and human rights leadership and to explore, share and promote practices that transform individuals and communities, opening new pathways to peace, justice and healing.

The Alternatives Library is a small community library dedicated to alternative media and social/environmental justice. If it is not possible to come to the library, their materials are available through inter-library loan throughout the area served by the Finger Lakes Library System (FLLS). Programs include Prisoner Express distance learning for thousands of people in US prisons and the DIY Resource Center offering education and support for self-publishing and community organizing.

Extinction Rebellion is a worldwide movement to raise awareness of the ecological/climate crisis and agitate for swift and serious responses. Extinction Rebellion Ithaca, started in summer 2019, is a growing local group that is seeking to further XR’s goals locally and nationally through education, creative culture jamming and nonviolent direct action.

Federation of Monroe County Environmentalists supports responsible growth and development within the Monroe County area. Full protection of the environment must not be compromised. Their present focus is on sustainable development. They are working to familiarize citizens and decision makers in their community with the principles of balanced, sustainable development, to show that preserving and protecting environmental integrity benefits every citizen, now and in the future.

Gas Free Seneca was formed in early 2011 in response to Inergy, LP’s plan (now Crestwood) to build a liquefied petroleum gas storage facility in salt caverns north of Watkins Glen. It started as a small group of concerned citizens trying to spread the word about the proposed storage facility, and grew into a coalition of many concerned citizens, local business owners and regional environmental groups. The storage facility plan was halted, but Gas Free Seneca continues working to protect Seneca Lake, its environs, and local businesses from the threat of massive industrialization, with education and organizarion in opposition to present and threatened sources of water pollurion. Visit on Facebook or at https://gasfreeseneca.com

Get Your GreenBack Tompkins is a community-based campaign that brings together some 60 community organizations to inspire all 42,000 households and every business in Tompkins County to take meaningful steps to save energy and money in the areas of food, building heating and lighting, transportation, and waste.

Green Rochester started as a slate of candidates for local office in 2013 and continues as a vehicle to recruit people to run for office who are not beholden to corporate interests and subscribe to the Green Party's 10 Key Values: grassroots democracy, social justice and equal opportunity, ecological wisdom, non-violence, decentralization, community-based economics, feminism and respect for diversity, personal and global responsibility, and future focus and sustainability.

The Green Party of Onondaga County works to establish political action based on cooperation, rather than exploitation, on conservation rather than consumption, and on sustainability rather than short-term gain. They believe in an alternative, independent politics. The Syracuse Greens are the Coordinating Committee for the Green Party of Onondaga County, which is recognized as the county organization affiliated with the Green Party of New York State.

This group is interested in organizing to promote sustainable living and build the Green Party in the Southern Tier and Finger Lakes regions of New York.

The mission of the Human Services Coalition is to enhance the delivery of health and human services in the Tompkins County area. Human Services Planning encourages cooperation among providers to develop well-organized service delivery systems and provides links to local, regional, and national decision-makers. It convenes the Homeless & Housing Task Force, the Continuum of Care, and monthly Human Services Forums. The Health Planning Council conducts community health planning, promotes the development of needed health services and resources, increases access to health care services, and encourages the integration of the various components into a functioning system. 2-1-1 Tompkins/Cortland – Information and Referral (2-1-1) connects people in need with services designed to address that need by providing a central telephone information service, chat line, and maintaining a data base of community information.

The Ithaca Freeskool is a platform for free classes, discussion groups, skill shares, projects, and events hosted in a non-intimidating, informal, radical, creative, and fun environment. The Freeskool aims to bring people together to equalize the distribution of knowledge and confidence with an emphasis on skills and issues of local importance.

Ithaca Generator provides public access to 21st century tools and technologies like 3D printers, laser cutters, and microcontrollers. They make these tools available through affordable membership and through educational partnerships. By making these technologies accessible, they aim to transform the public’s conception of themselves from passive consumers to active designers, inventors, and innovators.

INHS is dedicated to helping people of modest incomes find and stay in high-quality housing throughout central New York, a goal that benefits the entire community. They’re accomplishing this by providing low-interest loans to first-time home buyers, managing well-maintained rental units, rehabbing old homes, providing home-repair assistance to seniors, building new LEED-certified green houses, and more.

The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan political organization encouraging informed and active participation in government. It influences public policy through education and advocacy. They never support or oppose any political party or candidate.

The League is a nonpartisan, political organization which encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government, and influences public policy through education and advocacy. The League is NOT limited to women — men can join in the fight as well.

The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan political organization encouraging the informed and active participation of citizens in government. It influences public policy through education and advocacy. It never supports or opposes any political party or candidate.

The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy. Any person of voting age, male or female, may become a League member.

Founded in January 2016, the Lower Falls Foundation is a social purpose enterprise in Rochester, New York dedicated to revitalizing the Lower Falls Gorge. Their mission is to make the Lower Falls a National Heritage Area by 2020.

Metro Justice seeks a better, more just world, free of economic, racial, and social injustice. They know that the way to move closer to this world is through an organized, collective struggle for justice. Their campaigns for specific social justice demands are the heart of their work. The 7-point Fight for Economic Justice vision statement is central to their work and helps inform what campaigns they take on.

Mothers Out Front members are mothers, grandmothers, and other caregivers who are coming together to make climate change an issue that leaders can no longer ignore. They are building a powerful grassroots movement to ensure a swift, complete, and just transition away from fossil fuels and toward clean and renewable energy.

Although they are a small organization, they have deep community impact! MRC has been dedicated to building community through cultural and political education, antiracism organizing, and cross-cultural movement building!

A network of neighbors concerned about their communities and helping to make sure those most vulnerable and affected by COVID-19 get the support they need. They are volunteer run, with no paid staff, and aid comes directly from the community. They help to match neighbors who need aid with neighbors able to support (especially supporting access to groceries, medicine, and supplies).They also organize neighborhood Pods in Tompkins County, a system in which ‘block captains’ work with folx in their area to do regular welfare check-ins with neighbors to ensure that everyone is being cared for and is getting what they need.

The Natural Leaders Initiative (NLI) is based on the belief that building strong, inclusive, equitable and sustainable communities requires widespread civic participation, with diverse community leadership. The organization works to support, catalyze and accelerate the growth of natural leaders, and assist people to organize within and beyond their own networks, and to take collective action for systemic change.

Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation (NOON) is a grassroots organization of Central New Yorkers which recognizes and supports the sovereignty of the traditional government of the Onondaga Nation. A program of the Syracuse Peace Council, NOON supports the right of native peoples to reclaim land, and advocates for fair settlement of any claims which are filed.

The Network for a Sustainable Tomorrow, formally the Binghamton Regional Sustainability Coalition, seeks to build a sustainable community through education and collaboration to generate partnerships and civic participation to achieve enduring social, environmental, and economic well-being. Their new name reflects the wider geographic scope of their work, which includes Broome, Tioga, Chenango, Delaware and Otsego Counties

NYPAN-SFL is a grassroots organization dedicated to the promotion of progressive issues at the local level. They are inspired by the political movement started by Senator Bernie Sanders but are open to participation from all progressives regardless of their political-party affiliation. Their leadership members meet regularly to plan activities (including public outreach and education around the issues), to build networks, and to recruit and support candidates for public office. They are a chapter of the statewide umbrella group New York Progressive Action Network (NYPAN).

People for a Healthy Environment, Inc, is a grass-roots organization dedicated to informing and inspiring fellow citizens to safeguards our air, water, soil and to maintain the health and natural beauty of our environment. Regular meetings of PHE are at 6:00pm on the third Tuesday of every month except December, at the Horseheads Library. In addition to a short business meeting, there is usually a short presentation on a topical subject, and updates about current projects.

Pro Action works to build a community of resilient individuals and families who can meet their basic needs, overcome adversity, and prosper. Their comprehensive family of services empowers participants to access a broad network of support while promoting efficiency in service delivery. An important part of Pro Action’s work is to build knowledge and understanding of the causes and conditions of poverty.

Reconnect Rochester is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting and promoting the expansion of transit services, including pedestrian, bike, bus and rail facilities, into a truly multimodal transportation network. They work to reconnect their community for improved personal mobility, urban vitality, environmental sustainability, and economic development.

Rise UP Ithaca! is a Facebook group created to serve as a hub of information on progressive social justice actions in the Ithaca and Southern Tier area of New York. Their mission is to promote activities that facilitate a return to democracy and activism in the Ithaca community, provide a forum for connecting people to local, regional, and national social justice issues and action, and provide a forum for support, engagement, and encouragement where activists can come together in an era where our own rights, our security, and the environment are threatened.

The Rochester Mutual Aid Network was started to help our community sustain itself. They're a cooperative network looking to connect people who are in need of aid to those who can offer it.

The Rochester Raging Grannies are women of a certain age, singing out for social justice, a clean environment, and peace.

Rochester Workers' Center is a community-based, democratic, worker organization, a place where communities join together to defend their rights and build relationships. Their aim is to educate, empower, and unite.

ROCitizen is a grassroots organization committed to building a healthy, sustainable, and just community. They support candidates who share their vision for a more equitable Rochester and work to strengthen awareness for policies and programs that would benefit all members of the city, county, and state. They are the Rochester chapter of NYPAN (New York Progressive Action Network) and a local affiliate of Our Revolution.

Save Owasco Now! formed when toxins were found on several occasions in the finished, treated drinking water drawn from Owasco Lake.

Seneca Lake Guardian is an all-volunteer, grassroots organization whose mission is to preserve and protect the region's air and water from irresponsible industry or development and to ensure that the waters of the Finger Lakes are swimmable, drinkable and fishable for generations to come.

The Seneca Lake Pure Waters Association (SLPWA) is the “voice of Seneca Lake.” An all-volunteer organization, SLPWA provides factual, up-to-date information to its members and the public. SLPWA leads efforts to maintain and enhance the quality of Seneca Lake as a source for drinking water and recreation, by educating and informing the public about issues. Financial support for these activities comes from our members, donors and grants.

STEPS is a neighborhood health improvement initiative for Seneca County's four southern towns of Covert, Lodi, Ovid, and Romulus. Using S2AY Rural Health Network funding from the Greater Rochester Health Foundation, they are assessing community assets to improve the health of all residents by increasing economic and educational opportunities, environmental stewardship, and greater social connectedness and physical activity. Their projects are resident-driven and include the Ovid Community Garden, Cooking Classes for healthier living, Community Book Boxes, programs for the youth in the area as well as Community Collectives which connect volunteers to community organizations that need help. Everyone who lives, learns, works or plays in the towns of Covert, Lodi, Ovid or Romulus are part of STEPS.

The Finger Lakes Group of the Sierra Club represents over 1000 Sierra Club members in eleven counties in New York State: Allegany, Chemung, Cortland, Livingston, Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins and Yates.

The purpose of the Sierra Club Rochester Group is to explore, enjoy, and protect the wild places of the earth; to practice and promote the responsible use of the earth's ecosystems and resources; to educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment; and to use all lawful means to carry out these objectives.

Skaneateles Lake Association, Inc. is a not-for-profit corporation and a member of the New York State Federation of Lake Associations and the Finger Lakes Regional Watershed Alliance (FLRWA). In order to ensure the integrity of the lake and its watershed for generations to come, their goals are to: Educate residents, government agencies and others using the lake about threats to the lake and its watershed, take all action necessary to protect and improve the water quality of Skaneateles Lake and to protect and improve its watershed, promote environmentally and aesthetically sound regional management of Skaneateles Lake and its watershed by encouraging cooperation among the Skaneateles Lake watershed municipalities, and engage in activities appropriate to further the mission of the corporation including public education, community organizing, fund-raising, publicity, working with village, town, county, state and federal officials.

Sustainable Tompkins is a community-based organization whose mission is to promote the long-term well-being of our region by integrating social equity, economic vitality, ecological stewardship, and shared responsibility. They act as convener, connector, and catalyst to engage both the grassroots and policymakers in the work of redesigning how people work and live, so that communities in Tompkins County and beyond can successfully cope with global influences such as climate disruption and energy transitions.

Syracuse Grows is a grassroots network that cultivates food justice through advocacy, education, and resources in support of urban food production. They envision a community where everyone has the equal opportunity to produce healthy and culturally appropriate food.

The Tompkins County Immigrant Rights Coalition strives to advocate for, support and empower people who are vulnerable under the immigration system on personal, institutional and systemic levels.They support the development of immigrant-led organizing, advocacy and services in Tompkins County and neighboring counties. They also intend to build community, sustain relationships and work with organizations that are responsive to the needs and concerns of immigrants as individuals, families and communities. TCIRC is a member of the New York Immigration Coalition. Members of TCIRC are active in community projects, such as the Tompkins County Rapid Response Network for Immigrants.

The Tompkins County Progressive Committee is a grassroots organization dedicated to the promotion of progressive issues at the local level. They are inspired by the political movement started by Senator Bernie Sanders but are open to participation from all progressives regardless of their political-party affiliation. Their leadership members meet regularly to plan activities (including public outreach and education around the issues), to build networks, and to recruit and support candidates for public office. They are a chapter of the statewide group, New York Progressive Action Network (NYPAN).

The vision of the Tompkins County Workers’ Center is that all people are respected in the workplace, have a Living Wage, the right to organize, quality health care, housing, childcare, transportation, and access to healthy food and water, as guaranteed by the Declaration of Universal Human Rights as ratified by the United Nations in 1948.

Trailblazers PAC provides resources for local candidates to rebuild ties between voters and their democracy, one "front porch" conversation at a time. Trailblazers is a nonpartisan political action committee dedicated to the funding and promotion of rookie candidates committed, first and foremost, to campaign finance transparency. Centered primarily in local races, Trailblazers PAC is pitched as a funding channel that “trains as it funds,” serving as a sort of farm program for ordinary citizens looking to take on more seasoned politicians. It's founder is Leslie Danks-Burke who ran for the state senate in 2016.

Uplift Syracuse is a progressive advocacy group, working to create a more equitable city by supporting social justice efforts throughout the surrounding region. They are developing a grassroots network to push for changes they hope to see in New York, including a single payer healthcare system, a transition to renewable energy, increased educational funding and equality, housing and economic justice, police reform, and reversing the trends in urban segregation. They organize events that increase outreach efforts and education, support progressive candidates running for public office who share these goals, and will continue to push for legislative and electoral change at the city, county, and state level.

Volunteers Improving Neighborhood Environments, INC. (VINES) is an organization committed to developing a sustainable and just community food system. They do this by bringing together diverse groups of people, with a focus on youth development, to establish community gardens, urban agriculture and community green spaces. They strive to develop and beautify urban sites and empower community members of all ages and abilities. The essence of VINES’ work is captured in its simple motto: growing food, growing community. VINES empowers people to improve their lives and communities through urban gardening and connecting urban consumers to rural farmers. The organization formed as a volunteer-led project building community gardens in 2007 but quickly grew as demand for urban gardening space, garden-based education, and access to local food exploded. VINES became an independent nonprofit in 2010, and now manages a number of programs including a community garden program, the Binghamton Urban Farm (BUF), Grow Binghamton (a summer youth employment program), the Green Thumb Educational Workshop Series, and the Binghamton Farm Share program (Farm Share). Demand for VINES’ programming continues to grow and the organization is working to expand their core programs both within and beyond Binghamton’s urban core.

Words Into Deeds brings cutting edge methods, and resources designed to promote greater youth awareness of and engagement in local and global human rights issues, helping them develop skills and confidence as informed, empowered, active citizens through the use of workshops, seminars, individual consulting, access to global platforms, and classroom activities.

The Workers’ Center of Central New York is a grassroots organization focused upon workplace and economic justice. They are part of a nation-wide network of innovative workers’ centers affiliated with the Chicago-based Interfaith Worker Justice (IWJ). They operate in and around the city of Syracuse, a city with one of the highest rates of poverty in the country, driven by deindustrialization and deunionization, the entrenchment of widespread joblessness and the proliferation of low-wage jobs. Through community organizing, leadership development, popular education and policy advocacy, the Workers’ Center of Central New York empowers low-wage workers to combat workplace abuses and improve wages and working conditions throughout the community. The Workers’ Center facilitates worker empowerment and leadership development through trainings related to workers’ rights and occupational health and safety, orchestrates campaigns to combat wage theft and to promote employer compliance with the law, and engages in organizing and coalition-building to push for policies that will increase wages and workplace standards and promote human rights.

The Workers Center of the Southern Tier of New York is a grassroots organization focused upon promoting dignity and human rights in the workplace that will bring about economic justice. Through community organizing, leadership development, popular education and policy advocacy, the Workers Center endeavors to empower low-wage workers to combat workplace abuses and improve wages and working conditions throughout the community. The Workers Center facilitates worker empowerment and leadership development through training related to workers’ rights and occupational health and safety, orchestrates campaigns to combat wage theft, promotes employer compliance with the law, and engages in organizing and coalition-building to push for policies that will increase wages and workplace standards.