Show Your Support for Civic Literacy and Community Improvement!

Posted October 31, 2014

If you think we need more informed discussion and citizen involvement in resolving community issues, then please support OCL by becoming a member in November! Join OCL or make a contribution by November 20 and be entered into a drawing of 2014-2015 OCL members to win two tickets to the Dec. 6 Syracuse University basketball... Read more »

Endowed Scholarship Fund Honors Dr. Alice Sterling Honig

Posted October 23, 2014

The Dr. Alice Sterling Honig Endowed Scholarship Fund to benefit students majoring in child and family studies at Syracuse University has been created through a generous gift by her long-time colleague and retired Syracuse University faculty member, Dr. Bettye Caldwell. Honig and Caldwell met at Syracuse University in 1963 when Caldwell hired Honig as a... Read more »

Consensus Reviews Baseline Data and Analysis of Government Spending

Posted October 22, 2014

Consensus CNY, the Local Government Modernization Commission created earlier this year to conduct a comprehensive study of government structure and costs in Onondaga County, has begun to review baseline data collected by CGR, the project consultant. The first phase reports presented at the Commission’s public meetings, provide a common information base that will be used... Read more »

Refugee Alliance evolves from OCL’s “The World at Our Doorstep” study

Posted October 21, 2014

When OCL undertook its 2012 study, “The World at Our Doorstep,” the Gifford Foundation had already begun convening a working group of refugees and other stakeholders actively involved in refugee resettlement. Gifford recently asked Nicole Watts, executive director of Hopeprint, to share her thoughts about the now robust Refugee Alliance, its vision and impact on... Read more »

Join OCL or Renew Your Annual Membership Now!

Posted September 23, 2014

You have told us that together we are making an impact! Thanks, Citizens League members, for telling us that OCL‘s reputation as an instrument for community improvement is growing and our reports are taken seriously by community leaders. We believe that together we are making a difference in Syracuse and Central New York and we... Read more »