Environmental Justice | Partnership for Onondaga Creek

Wednesday January 25, 2012 by Aggie

NYSDEC Awards POC and Its Partners a 2012 Environmental Justice Grant

The Partnership for Onondaga Creek (POC) and Onondaga Earth Corps (OEC) are pleased to announce the award of $49,967 by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) to their joint project called “Growing Syracuse’s Next Generation of Environmental Justice Leaders”. Out of 123 state applicants, the POC/OEC project is the sole winner for the Central New York region. The award will be administered by the groups’ fiscal sponsor, the Onondaga Environmental Institute.

“OEI is pleased to serve as the fiscal sponsor on this project,” stated Onondaga Environmental Institute President Edward Michalenko. “The project’s goals to empower youth to be active participants in creating positive change for their communities and the environment aligns nicely with OEI's mission to advance environmental research, education, planning and restoration in Central New York. Amy Samuels, OEI’s Education and Outreach Coordinator, is excited to provide youth technical training and mentoring.”

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NYSDEC awards Environmental Justice grant

Wednesday January 25, 2012 by Aggie

The NYSDEC granted $49,967 to the POC, the Onondaga Earth Corps and our fiscal sponsor Onondaga Environmental Institute. This two-year grant will help the POC run our Young Eco-'Cuse Explorer program.

Hydrofracking: POC comments to the second draft of NYSDEC's sGeis

File Download:

POC Frack SGEIS 2011 Comments.pdf (189.23 KB)

The POC focused on the Environmnetal Justice weaknesses of the NYDEC's second draft of the sGEIS. No hydrofracking permits can be issued without the DEC's sGEIS completed and in place.

Community Meeting on county's W. Castle St. Restoration Plan

Street:: 401 South Avenue
City:: Syracuse
Province:
Postal Code:: 13204

Contact Info

Mercedes Bloodworth

315-478-4571

The community meeting answering the question: After the County pipeline goes in what will our neighborhood look like?

This community meeting is especially for the residents near W. Castle Street but it is free and open to the public. Refreshment will be provided. Onondaga Earth Corp youth will present an introduction on Green Infrastructure followed by a county presentation on the proposed restoration plan.

Sunday June 19, 2011 by Aggie

POC strategy meeting

On May 21 from 9 am to 2pm, Partnership members reviewed its mission and the issues that it is committed to.

With facilitating help from Bob Graham and Jessica Maxwell, the POC examined its mission and the issues that the group wants to work on. We also looked at sustainability and community recruitment. Some useful ideas and recommendations came out of this meeting, namely, how to share the burden of various initatives and how to recruit more community members and train our future EJ leaders.

See the attached summary document for this meeting.

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Onondaga Nation

URL/Address:

http://www.onondaganation.org

Since 2000 the Partnership for Onondaga Creek has worked for environmental justice alongside the Onondaga Nation. In 2009 a new amended federal consent order made EJ real in Syracuse. This order allowed for the scrapping of three proposed sewage plants and a disruptive huge pipeline on the Southside. A combination of green infrastructure and storage and sewer separation projects replaced the previous combined sewer abatement plan.

Onondaga Earth Corps

URL/Address:

http://www.onondagaearthcorps.org

The Onondaga Earth Corps (OEC) is a youth development and employment program for youth ages 15 - 19 living in the City of Syracuse. As youth work on community and environmental service projects, they learn valuable job and life skills, civic engagement, environmental stewardship and technical skills in urban forestry and other urban green infrastructure.