by Nada Khader | Sep 12, 2014 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Director's Blog, Movement Building
Membership Update September 2014 Many of you have received this via the postal mail. We are sending electronically for those who are not in our mailing database. Thank you very much for responding: Dear WESPAC friends and supporters, Thank you very much for your...
by Nada Khader | Sep 12, 2014 | Communities & Focus Areas, Militarism and Foreign Policy
From Selma to Gaza: the moral decline of the American Jew. This summer, I returned to Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center to relax in the Connecticut woods, canoe on the lake and take part in the workshops that participant/leaders were offering. When I...
by Nada Khader | Sep 12, 2014 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Director's Blog, Militarism and Foreign Policy, Movement Building
9/11 Loved One’s Stories: ‘I Helped Save an Al-Qaida Terrorist from Death, Even Though His Plans Killed My Son’ Greg Rodriguez, pictured in 2000Phyllis and Orlando Rodriguez In the second of our interviews with 9/11 family members provided by...
by Nada Khader | Sep 2, 2014 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Director's Blog, Movement Building
Join us as we reconvene after the summer months for a WESPAC Community Potluck where we will hear updates from folks working on various campaigns and learn of ways we can be helpful. We will hear from: Nick Mottern, KnowDrones.org Lutonya Russell-Humes, Campaign to...
by Nada Khader | Aug 29, 2014 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Director's Blog, Environmental and Food Justice, Movement Building
This is an invitation to change everything. In September, world leaders are coming to New York City for a UN summit on the climate crisis. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is urging governments to support an ambitious global agreement to dramatically reduce global...