WHEREAS, as the host organization for the Adirondack Diversity Initiative, and in the wake of national coalescing around the Black Lives Matter protests and actions, ANCA has committed to intentional action to disrupt 400 plus years of racism and to...
POTSDAM — Clean Transportation: the Adirondack ON-RAMP, a virtual summit hosted by the Adirondack North Country Association, Sept. 29 through Oct. 5. will explore transportation in the Adirondacks.
On its surface, racial equity implies the fair treatment of all people, regardless of race. However, America’s fraught history of race exposes how Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) have been disproportionately denied access to systems, structures and pathways...
SARANAC LAKE — The Adirondack North Country Association will hold its upcoming meeting as a virtual event focusing on racial equity. The meeting, which will be held via Zoom, will take place on Friday, Sept. 18 from 1 to 3:30...
*Adirondack Diversity Initiative works to create a more inclusive park* By Gwendolyn Craig Matt Hughey was at work in the North Country when a police officer pulled a gun on him. Hughey, a 29-year-old Black man raised in the Plattsburgh...
By Connor Smith: ANCA Graduate Fellow My introduction to the Adirondack Park was made through a summer camp in 2016 when a friend convinced me to work in Saranac Lake. As a resident of the West Coast, I was excited...
by Georgie Silvarole, New York State Team SARANAC LAKE — Since moving to the Adirondacks at the start of the year, Nicky Hylton-Patterson greets most mornings the same way. She laces up her neon pink-and-green sneakers, pulls on a bright...
ELIZABETHTOWN — Nicole Hylton-Patterson says she is a fighter ready to “double down” against racism. Confronted by racist graffiti in Saranac Lake painted on a railroad trestle bridge — which she believes was targeted toward her, one of the village’s...
This month, ANCA released our five-year strategic plan with “A New Economy that Works for All” as the central driving vision. Central to our goal of building prosperity across northern New York is creating and sustaining wealth and value in local communities; a key element of...
The Adirondack Park is one of the least diverse places in America. There’s evidence that people of color don’t feel welcome in the park’s overwhelmingly white, small towns. The Adirondack Diversity Initiative is starting a conversation about racial bias and...
