We are a coalition of organizations and residents of Onondaga County and the City of Syracuse. We are friends, neighbors, business people, and community-minded advocates. We are concerned about the lack of access to employment opportunities faced by citizens in Syracuse as well as the poverty that results from it. We work to combat poverty by advocating for job training and job opportunities for Syracuse’s unemployed and under-employed workers, especially minorities. We believe publicly subsidized economic development should give equal economic opportunity to all residents, and improve the well-being of all our neighborhoods. We fight for dignity and fairness in local economic policy.