On September 30th, 11 am, outside 100 E. Onondaga St. in Syracuse (Central Library if the weather is poor), join Haudenosaunee Nations and US allies working in solidarity for this peoples' meeting on nuclear energy and other dangerous false solutions to the energy and carbon emissions crises that impacts all our lives.

What: Let's help the New York State Governor get a clue outside the pro-nuclear "2025 Advanced Nuclear NY Summit": Stop wasting time, money, and lives! Climate Justice Now!

Why: Nuclear energy is a huge waste of time and money that we are already paying for. Mining/energy production continue to produce toxic waste that poisons land, water, air, and kills and disables people. Instead of nuclear or any other false climate or energy solutions, we want RENEWABLE energy like solar, wind and conservation and storage technologies- all of which are faster to build, cheaper, and safer than nuclear- which will get New York State and our communities to meet the energy and emissions mandates committed to in NY's Climate Justice Law.

Speakers: In consultation with Onondaga, we have decided to close opportunities for additional speakers due to the high number already on the list- both citizens of Indigenous Nations and the US- to respect people's time as well as that of the person doing the Thanksgiving Address opening and closing.

Visuals: Signs and banners will be provided, or bring your own sign, poster, or shirt focusing on no nukes, no gas, renewables now, climate justice now. No flags of any kind are allowed at this event. We are asking that attendees wear something orange, as September 30th is also Orange Shirt Day- a day that commemorates and honors the Indigenous people and communities harmed by "residential schools". You can learn more here: https://orangeshirtday.org/orange-shirt-day/

More Info About Nukes: Decades of experience demonstrate that nuclear energy is too toxic, too dangerous, too expensive, and too slow to build to be a climate solution. Additionally, the entire nuclear “cycle” perpetuates environmental injustice. Nuclear power generation is part of a uranium fuel chain which disproportionately impacts Indigenous communities. The process creates highly toxic radioactive waste, some of which is transported through Onondaga Nation land and directly through the city of Syracuse, in violation of treaty agreements between the US and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. All nuclear reactors (old and new) must also store waste on-site, and there is no long-term plan for storing the waste and no safe way to transport it. Want to learn more before this event? Please read the Onondaga Nation's "red paper" on nuclear energy:

https://aila.ngo/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/NukeRedPaper3-25-19.pdf

Travel and Parking: Paid parking available on-street in the city, at the open lot across the street, and at nearby parking garages. Want to carpool but need to connect with others? You can use this tool: https://www.groupcarpool.com/t/vograu

Spreading the Word:

–Respond “going” or “interested” on our Facebook event to help with visibility: https://www.facebook.com/share/1BqAmNwX8m/

Co-Sponsors include: Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation, Allies of the Tonawanda Seneca Nation, Food & Water Watch, Alliance for a Green Economy, Nuclear Information and Resource Service, Citizen Action of New York, NY Renews, Frack Action, Syracuse Peace Council, Seneca Lake Guardian (A Waterkeeper Affiliate), CNY Solidarity Coalition, NYPIRG SU and ESF, Zero Waste Ithaca, Network for a Sustainable Tomorrow, Three Mile Productions, Indivisible YorktownNY, Indivisible Scarsdale, IPSEC - Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition, Green Party of Onondaga County, Rockland Coalition To End The New Jim Crow, FrackbustersNY, Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter, New York Progressive Action Network Enviro Committee, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Energy Justice Law and Policy Center, United For Clean Energy, LEAF of Hudson Valley Ltd, Campaign for Renewable Energy, Jewish Voice for Peace Syracuse, The Alliance for Nuclear-Free New York, Green Education and Legal Fund Inc., Third Act Upstate New York, Veterans for Climate Justice, Climate Crisis Working Group of Indivisible Mohawk Valley, 350Brooklyn, Peace Action New York State, and Physicians for Social Responsibility - New York.