Remembering Mel Tanzman
Dear WESPAC Community, It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of Mel Tanzman, a longtime and deeply respected disability rights advocate whose life and work helped advance the dignity, independence, and full inclusion of people with...Attendance Needed at NY DEC Online Meeting Aug 27th!
Attendance Needed at NY DEC Online Meeting August 27th on Legislation that Protects Pollinators! Dear New York Pollinator Pathway, You may remember the landmark law passed by New York in 2023, the Birds & Bees Protection Act (BBPA), which restricts the use of...2026 WESPAC Annual Awards Journal!
Dear all! We will be creating a dedicated page on the WESPAC website to celebrate all of our honorees over the decades and to upload all the award journals for future reference, documentation and commemoration! Here is the link to the 2026 Annual Awards Journal:...WESPAC Celebrates 52 Years of Organizing for Progressive Social Change
On June 7, 2026, friends, supporters, activists, community leaders and students, gathered at Fairways at Dunwoodie in Yonkers to celebrate the 52nd Anniversary of WESPAC and to honor two outstanding organizations that have strengthened grassroots democracy and...WESPAC on Facebook
WESPAC Foundation has secured the screening rights to make the documentary Who Killed Alex Odeh? available to our community for one day. This film is deeply personal to me. I was a high school student here in Westchester County at Horace Greeley when Alex Odeh, a Palestinian American civil rights leader and regional director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, was assassinated by a bomb planted at his office in Santa Ana, California, on October 11, 1985. I remember how deeply disturbing it was to learn of his murder, and I remain profoundly shaken by the fact that, more than four decades later, no one has been brought to justice. Even more troubling is the history of suspects who were able to leave the United States without facing prosecution. For me, Alex Odeh’s murder came to symbolize something that Palestinians have experienced for generations: a devastating sense that those who take Palestinian lives can do so with impunity. That failure of accountability has continued to haunt our people, culminating in the mass killing and destruction we have witnessed in Gaza over these past several years. When violence against Palestinians goes unpunished, it sends a dangerous message that Palestinian lives are somehow less worthy of protection, dignity, and justice. I hope our WESPAC community will take the time to watch this important film with me on December 2nd at 7pm at WESPAC, reflect on the decades of injustice it exposes, and recommit ourselves to the principle that every human life is sacred and that justice must never depend on one’s nationality, ethnicity, or identity.Wednesday, December 2nd at 7pm at WESPAC77 Tarrytown Road, Suite 2WWhite Plains, NY 10607
Come out on Sunday and support the Yonkers Sanctuary Movement!
Celebrating Community, Art, Music & Our Shared Commitment to JusticeThursday, November 12, 2026 at 6:00 PMWESPAC Foundation77 Tarrytown Road, Suite 2WWhite Plains, NY 10607Dear WESPAC Friends, Members, and Community Partners,We warmly invite you to join us for WESPAC’s Annual Meeting of Members, an evening of community, reflection, inspiring art, live music, and renewed commitment to building a more just, peaceful, and compassionate world.At a time when our collective voices, creativity, and solidarity matter so deeply, we look forward to gathering with old friends and new, sharing a meal, reflecting on the challenges and opportunities before us, and celebrating the extraordinary power of ordinary people to shape history. Full details at www.wespac.org