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Co-founder of "A Land for All" to present at WESPAC: Ending the Madness of War and Moving towards an Israeli-Palestinian Confederation![]()
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WESPAC is delighted to welcome Professor Oren Yiftachel to Westchester County on Wednesday, February 5th at 6pm at the WESPAC office located at 77 Tarrytown Rd, Suite 2W, White Plains, NY 10607. Directions to the office can be found here![]()
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One of the Founding Board Members of A Land for All,, Prof. Yiftachel is a professor (em.) of political geography and urban studies at Ben Gurion University and University College London (hon.). He studied in Australian and Israeli universities; and was visiting scholar in a dozen international universities. He holds the Hurst Chair for Urban Studies and is an editor and board member of several renowned journals.![]()
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Yiftachel is a leading activist in human rights and social justice organizations, including a founding board member of 'Adva' (center for social equality) and chair of 'Btselem' – (monitoring human rights in the Occupied Palestinians Territories); He has also worked as a planner for the unrecognized Bedouin communities. Prof. Yiftachel will present the changing political geography of Israel/Palestine, as the settings for the recent eruption of unprecedented violence in Gaza and beyond after Oct 7. His discussion will focus on the possibilities for reconciliation between Jews and Palestinians under the Confederation framework envisioned by A Land for All.![]()
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"A Land for All is a shared movement of Israelis and Palestinians who believe that the way towards peace, security and stability for all passes through two independent states, Israel and Palestine, within a joint framework allowing both peoples to live together and apart. Israeli-Jews and Arab-Palestinians are heavily intertwined on both sides of the Green Line and therefore building walls between them is neither realistic nor desirable. Recognizing that both Jews and Palestinians are part of the same shared homeland, and respecting their equal individual and national rights, A Land for All provides pragmatic and viable solutions to the obstacles that have stymied prior negotiations, moving us from a paradigm of separation towards a future based on power sharing and shared interests."![]()
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This discussion is free and open to the public. RSVPs requested at [email protected]
Advance registration required here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/qW2Yr63nSMWQTN7eY3FZlQ
This is Tara Taylor, the new Food Forest Manager at Unadilla Community Farm & Education Center after a warm hand off of operations. We’re excited to be carrying the torch of bringing you and yours fresh food, medicinal herbs, and paid education opportunities, season over season!![]()
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I am writing with a brief update, and a humble request.![]()
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We’ve just opened up the applications for our 2025 Beginning Farmer Training Program, a 22-week paid fellowship teaching the planting, care & maintenance, and harvesting of our Food Forest crops for donation to food pantries, mutual aid groups, and free herbal clinics. We couldn’t have provided 8,758.90 lbs of food to over six thousand people last year, saving them $129,653.17 in grocery and healthcare costs, without these limited experience growers engaging in fellowship with us. Our incoming leadership team is excited to continue this program’s many years of success with students across 7 continents by seeking out more beginning farmers local to the tri-state region to invite to join us.![]()
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We humbly ask that you help us make this paid opportunity accessible by posting up a flyer within your community on our behalf. The flyers can be taped up on doors or walls for set and forget support. If printing is a challenge, let us know and we’re happy to drop off or snail-mail you some perforated copies.![]()
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The description below can also be forwarded to email lists and organizers in your community with the description below to multiply our outreach with the click of a button.![]()
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Thank you for your ongoing support of the Unadilla Community Farm & Education Center!![]()
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Beginning Farmer Fellowship![]()
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Unadilla Community Farm is a 501(c)3 non-profit farm education center in West Edmeston, NY, donating 100% of harvest from our multi-story Food Forest to food pantries, mutual aid groups, and free herbal clinics, serving low-income and historically underserved communities.![]()
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Our Farm Fellowship is a paid, season-long opportunity for experiential, hands-on learning of the humble tasks that ensure the planting, care & maintenance, and harvesting of our Food Forest crops for donation to food pantries, mutual aid groups, and free herbal clinics.![]()
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Fellows will learn how to: 1) tend to a food forest by applying principles of no-till organic farming, regenerative agroforestry, and permaculture design, with a focus on growing perennial fruits & herbs, cover crops, and annual vegetables; 2) carry out sustainable harvest, storage & distribution techniques at-scale; and 3) participate in public education through Community Volunteer Days and optional weekly classes.![]()
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Time Commitment: 23 weeks from April 27-October 4, 2025. Fellows who live on-site must be able to commit to the full season. This is a seasonal part-time contracted position.![]()
Schedule: 8:00am-12:00pm Mondays-Saturdays. We offer paid sick days and unpaid vacation (with two weeks notice).![]()
Wage: $20 per hour. Must be authorized to work in the U.S. (we cannot offer work visas).![]()
Required Experience: Applicants must have 1 season of farming experience (at a production farm/nonprofit farm or other farm type), OR must have completed Unadilla Community Farm’s Permaculture Internship.![]()
Work Environment: Fellows should be able to carry 40 pounds and be on their feet walking, standing, moving, or squatting for up to 4 hours a day, 6 days a week. Fellows should feel comfortable with a variety of outdoor working conditions, including full sun, light rain, or light frost.![]()
Room & Board: Fellows may commute to the farm, or apply to live on-site. For fellows who live on-site and can commit to the 24 hr/wk full-season schedule, room and board are provided at no charge.![]()
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On behalf of the planning team for the 2025 Lower Hudson Valley Social Forum, I am delighted to invite you to our Sunday, April 27th forum where we will join dozens of community organizations to celebrate our work for collective liberation. We will be listing the organizations involved on our page. In the meantime, please see the flyer attached and our registration link here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSerKHGar0DHB3q7sLVsWKUy_IjnZk4TvuePJN6hThlojgR8IA/viewform?usp=s...