* In the fall of 2011, Helen Hudson brought in the most votes of any candidate for Councilor at Large, with 9,226. That is about 400 more votes than incumbent Kathleen Joy, who also won, brought in. Information is from 2011.

Biography

Occupation: the AFL-CIO Labor Liaison at the United Way of Central New York

Family: One son and a grandmother of two

Education: Nottingham High School; Industrial Labor Relations Certificate of Study (Cornell University)

Community Involvement: Co-Founder & President of Mothers Against Gun Violence in Syracuse, after her son survived two violent attacks by knife and then by gun. The group stands vigil with families who’ve lost members to gun violence. Hudson also is a member of United Auto Workers Local 624; Trauma Response Team; Women Transcending Boundaries Advisory Council; the NAACP and Operation Big Vote. She is a Workforce Development Institute Trainer and also a volunteer with the William G. Pomeroy Foundation, recruiting people of color as marrow donors. In 2010, she won a Post-Standard Achievement Award.

Previous political experience: Volunteer with Get Out the Vote

Labor Endorsements

Greater Syracuse Labor Council, National Association of Lettercarriers Local 134, IBEW Local 43, Laborers Local 633

Contact Information

241 Hall Ave.
Syracuse, N.Y. 13205