Surya Peterson on Black History

wespac-adminPosted on August 21, 2008 Posted in Director's Blog

Listen to Surya talk about the history of African Americans in Westchester County on WBAI Radio 99.5FM. First segment is Michael Kuzma, attorney for Leonard Peltier, and Paulette with the Leonard Peltier Support Group and the NYC Jericho Movement: archive.wbai.org/ and then click on the radio interview for First Voices Indigenous Radio for August 21st, 2008.

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With Covid-19 rates spiking across New York, we are on the verge of another crisis. If we protect workers, we can stop the spread of this virus in communities. It’s time to #ProtectNYHeroes and pass the NY Hero Act: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-state-leaders-pass-covid-safety-standards-to-protect-workers?sourc... ... See MoreSee Less

Tell State Leaders: Pass COVID Safety Standards to Protect Workers!

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New York State has yet to set safety standards to prevent millions of workers from contracting COVID-19 on the job. While New Yorkers are reminded to wear masks and practice social distancing, our sta...

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The Antiracist Alliance put together this important presentation on racial inequities in school suspensions and our juvenile justice system. Our esteemed speakers were Allison Moore Lake, Executive Director of the Westchester Children's Association, the Honorable Judge Kathie Davidson, Administrative Judge with the 9th Judicial District and Dr. Edwin Quezada, the Superintendent of the Yonkers Public School System. You can access the conversation here: ... See MoreSee Less

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We all need this training:
Braver Angels National Online Workshop on Skills
for Political Depolarization Within

(For more information, contact Orlando Rodriguez, Organizer at [email protected])

Workshop: Saturday September 19, 2pm Easter time
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This is a course designed to foster skills to help you lessen the effects of polarization when you encounter them in your political conversations. We are not referring to healthy disagreements over issues or philosophy. We are talking about how we regard and talk about large groups of ordinary people on the other side of the political aisle.

This workshop teaches skills to become more aware of your own inner polarizer and finding ways to counteract that impulse; learning how to be critical without stereotyping, dismissing, ridiculing, or showing contempt; and building skills for intervening in a constructive way in social conversations that veer into contempt and ridicule for people who hold other political views.

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Events - Join us in person! - Braver Angels

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We bring Reds & Blues together to find common humanity and depolarize our politics. Join us in person for a workshop or a debate in your town!

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