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How to take out an ad for the 2025 Dinner Journal!
Deadline is Friday, May 23! Dear Friends of WESPAC, On Tuesday, June 10th at 5:45pm, WESPAC friends and members will be gathering in person at Red Hat on the River on the Hudson River waterfront in honor of WESPAC's 51st Anniversary. WESPAC will be...
Animal Footnotes: Stories from Turtle Island
"Our current predicament requires more love, more accountability, and more solidarity for the benefit of our collective futures." — Kyle T. Mays Perhaps the animals can show us the way... STRENGTH IN NUMBERS In these dire times, the wisdom of wildlife encourages us...
Raising Our Voices – From Nancy Kricorian
As many of you know, my spouse James teaches at Columbia University, which has again been much in the news. Things have been moving so fast that it’s hard to keep up with a situation that grows ever more dire. On Friday, March 7 when the Horsemen of the...
From Pollinator Pathway Newsletter!
Spring has arrived and so have the pollinators! Cued by warmer temperatures and longer days, early native pollinators like Unequal Cellophane Bees have started to emerge from winter diapause in the Northeast. On sunny days you may see a Mourning Cloak, one of the few...
Correctional Association NY Data Exposes Need for Transparency
*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE* March 17, 2025 Contact: media@correctionalassociation.org Sunshine Week: CANY Data Update Exposes Need for Transparency Visualized Data Shows Sharp Increase in Prison Deaths, Changes in Population Under Custody New York, NY – In...
Animal Footnotes: Stories from Turtle Island
Dear WESPAC members, WESPAC’s Friends of Turtle Island Committee is happy to announce the launch of Animal Footnotes—a new web blog about shifting away from a colonial mindset and experiencing what it means to live on Turtle Island together. At its core, Animal...
OPEN LETTER TO THE PEOPLE OF WESTCHESTER, THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AND THE ADL
OPEN LETTER TO THE PEOPLE OF WESTCHESTER, THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AND THE ADL Dear All, In a recent issue of its “Anti-Semitism Briefing” on WESPAC, the ADL describes WESPAC as an organization that does good in the world, serving to support equity and social justice and...
Major Underground Electric Transmission Project
For those concerned about this major underground electric transmission project: On behalf of The New York Power Authority (NYPA) and New York Transco, we want to make you aware of the upcoming Propel NY Energy Community Information Sessions in Westchester...
Job Openings – Community Organizer and Trainer Consultant
Proyecto Faro is looking for an organizing trainer ASAP as we are on a tight timeline and need to provide skills to parents organizing for educational justice in Rockland County. We are also looking to hire an organizer full-time so if any candidates for the full time...
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When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it or it's been deleted.Workshops: Create Your Own Meadow — Wild Gardens Nursery
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Create Your Own Pocket Meadow • Dry Northeastern Meadow • Moist Northeastern Meadow • Woods’ Edge Meadow • Shortgrass MeadowThese workshops are for gardeners who want to convert a piece of t...Food Sovereignty, Filipa Costa RSVP
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A discussion with Filipa Costa and Professor John Brown about Food Sovereignty/community level food solutions held at 78 North Broadway, White Plains NY on April 25thThis content isn't available right now
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Communities Not Cages Second Look Symposium | Center for Justice https://centerforjustice.columbia.edu/events/communities-not...
Chief Judge Rowan Wilson supports the Second Look Act in today’s State of the Judiciary. “Put simply, our criminal justice system isn’t working. Maybe it hasn’t really ever worked. Prolonged incarceration is very expensive, and it does not make us safer.” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/nyregion/second-look-pris...
Proud to partner with @AthenaFilmFest for their 15th year of celebrating women and leadership at @BarnardCollege, March 6-9. Tickets are now on sale: check out the amazing lineup!
https://athenafilmfestival.com/
A Land for All is based on international law and is a confederation of Palestine and Israel. Prof Oren Yiftachel was excellent yesterday in presenting this Palestinian and Israeli peace movement: https://youtu.be/KSQ1bJvWSL0?si=8PYm3Cw_iqIUu9Ed
The public banking movement is sweeping New York State.
In this powerful op-ed, David Sprintzen of @EHSLI calls for a public bank to address Long Island’s affordability crisis.
@AndreaSCousins @CarlHeastie: It’s time to bring public banking to New York!
https://www.newsday.com/opinion/commentary/guest-essays/long...
🚨NEW: "Behind every slumlord harassing and neglecting tenants is a bank fueling these practices."
NYC needs a public bank that invests in communities—not speculation, writes Public Bank NYC coalition member @CooperSq’s Jodie Liedecker in @CityLimitsNews:
https://citylimits.org/2025/01/31/opinion-wall-street-fuels-...