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For high school students only! Link to register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdHyp2vgDk8045ol4kk4Gx7YPlpgcbMQRlECKzgkyDAhV4ExA/viewform
Tonight at the WESPAC Office (77 Tarrytown Road, Suite 2W, White Plains, NY)! Please join us!
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 23 AT NOON:![]()
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A coalition of New Yorkers are rallying at the headquarters of the New York Power Authority, 123 MAIN ST, WHITE PLAINS to demand that Hochul build 15 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2030. More at the link below:![]()
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We're at the edge of climate disaster, & the burden of suffering will fall on the working class around the world. Meanwhile Kathy Hochul is set to roll back NYS carbon targets signed into law in 2019. ![]()
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The Climate Leadership & Community Protection Act of mandated carbon targets for NY State. The 2023 NY Build Public Renewables Act made it possible to bypass for-profit energy companies so that we can meet them. WE ALREADY HAVE THE LEGISLATION WE NEED TO MEET OUR CARBON TARGETS ![]()
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Kathy Hochul insists that private energy companies will take the lead in developing renewable energy production to meet our carbon targets. She also recently admitted that NYS WILL FAIL TO MEET THOSE TARGETS. But she's blocking enactment of the BPRA to protect her energy corp. donors from having to compete with cheap publicly produced renewable energy. Her solution is to roll back the targets.
Rally at NYPA for Public Renewables!
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Five years ago, New York State passed landmark climate legislation that would quickly transition us off of fossil fuels, calling for the state to get 70% of its energy from renewable resources by 2030...
Thank you, Mayor Armacost, for hosting this important event:![]()
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Mayor Nicola Armacost invites you to an intimate conversation with Israeli and Palestinian members of the Parents Circle - Families Forum. The Parents Circle is a joint Israeli-Palestinian organization made up of more than 750 bereaved families. Their common bond is that they have lost a close family member to the conflict. But instead of choosing revenge, they have chosen a path of reconciliation. Even since October 7th, 2023, its staff, members, and thousands of participants are still committed to peace and a way forward that centers around empathy and humanization. The PCFF focuses on the shared value of the sanctity of human life.![]()
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Join to hear their stories of loss and their unique choice of reconciliation. How do they engage across divides, and what might we learn from those who have paid the highest price? ![]()
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Monday, September 16 at 7:00pm![]()
James Harmon Community Center, Hastings-on-Hudson![]()
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Robi Damelin: spokesperson and director of International Relations for the Parents Circle - Families Forum joined the organization after her son was killed by a Palestinian Sniper. All her work on the ground in Palestine, Israel, and internationally is geared towards non-violence and reconciliation as a means to end the occupation. ![]()
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Layla AlShekh: joined the Parents Circle in 2016, over a decade after a military checkpoint led to her son's death. Since his death, Layla has devoted her time and energy to ensuring a better, more peaceful future for her children.![]()
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Arab Aramin: In 2007, his sister Abir was shot and killed in front of her school by an Israeli border police officer. Arab and his family are all members and activists in the Parents Circle – Families Forum.![]()
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Yonatan Zeigen: After losing his mother, Vivian Silver (renowned peace activist) in the October 7 th attack and being heartbroken from the war in general he decided to dedicate himself to peace and reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians.![]()
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Register for the event here: secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/B_IYaRzTnn3_nyMKqx4raw