Photos by Stephanie Inserra and Harold Cribb Pictures taken of the Rally for Refugees in Utica’s Oneida Square. The rally, sponsored by local groups such as The Herkimer-Oneida Green Party, Central New York Citizens in Action, Love and Rage, Mohawk Valley Freedom School and members of local chapters […]
by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage UTICA – Wednesday night’s Common Council meeting carried a little extra weight going in. On the table for the evening would be Councilman Frank Vescera’s proposed moratorium to halt the relocation of Syrian refugees in Utica for two years; a hastily put-together piece […]
by Love and Rage/Press Releases In response to recent votes and moratoriums by our elected officials, Congressman Richard Hanna and Utica Councilman Frank Vescera, as well as the support of initiatives to ban the flow of Syrian refugees by New York State Senator Joe Griffo: The people are […]
by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage (Note: Due to the similarity of the posts, most of the sources used for this article have been used in the recently published article ‘Congressman Hanna Joins Cowards, Calls for Immigration Halt for Syrian Refugees’, to avoid recycling them the link for the […]
by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage In the wake of 30 states refusing or opposing to take in Syrian refugees, Congressman Richard Hanna (R) of New York’s 22nd Congressional District issued a statement urging the Obama administration to immediately cease plans to accept refugees in the aftermath of the terrorist […]
Hamilton College Media Relations/Press Releases Clinton, N.Y. – Four Hamilton College professors will debate the global refugee crisis in a panel discussion on Tuesday, Nov. 17, at 7 p.m., in the Red Pit, Kirner-Johnson Building, on the Hamilton campus. Participants will include Erol Balkan, professor of economics; Alan […]
by Sarah Abbas/Guest An interview between a father and daughter about the former’s journey from Iraq to the US. In March 2002, my mom and I left Iraq and traveled to Syria where we stayed for three months with my grandpa (my mom’s father). In April 2002, my […]
by Doug George-Kanentiio/Guest Any Native person who knows their history can see the similarities between the massive influx of refugees into Europe from Africa and Syria. They know that the European powers met after WWI to carve up the Middle East into areas of self-interest based upon the exploitation […]
by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage UTICA – Haneen Alsaad’s native language is Arabic, but the young Palestinian is making a name for herself with some impassioned speeches in her adopted tongue. Haneen is from one of several families of Palestinian refugees which call Utica home and after her […]
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