by Nada Khader | Jul 1, 2017 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Director's Blog, Environmental and Food Justice
Dear Friend – We urge your group to sign a letter to stop a dangerous energy bill being rammed through Congress: http://bit.ly/StopDirtyEnergy Senator Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is attempting to rush this 891-page bill to a vote the week of July 10 without...
by Nada Khader | Jul 1, 2017 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Director's Blog, Environmental and Food Justice, Movement Building
Date: Monday, July 17, 2017 Time: 5:30 p.m. Place: on the steps of the Westchester County Office Building 148 Martine Ave. White Plains, NY Join us as we raise awareness about the negative financial and environmental impacts that would result from privatization...
by Nada Khader | Jun 23, 2017 | Director's Blog
WESPAC Director has been offered a scholarship to represent the Westchester Coalition for Police Reform at this national conference on civilian oversight of local law enforcement. Non-profit professional association of Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement agencies,...
by Nada Khader | Jun 23, 2017 | Director's Blog, Militarism and Foreign Policy
Michael Friedman reviews Jeff Halper’s book “War Against the People,” where Halper argues Israel has no intention of “winning” the conflict with the Palestinians. It’s protracted state is far too valuable for its international...
by Nada Khader | Jun 23, 2017 | Criminal Justice
US prisons may be largely hidden from sight, but their environmental toxicity spreads far beyond their walls.Source: America’s Toxic Prisons: The Environmental Injustices of Mass Incarceration