by Nada Khader | Sep 9, 2016 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Director's Blog, Environmental and Food Justice, Militarism and Foreign Policy, Movement Building
The birth of agro-resistance in Palestine For decades Israel has been driving Palestinian farmers off their land by imposing restrictions on agriculture. But one company, Canaan Fair Trade, has found an innovative way to resist Jonathan Cook The Link...
by Nada Khader | Sep 9, 2016 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Criminal Justice, Director's Blog
From The New York Times: When Police Unions Impede Justice It’s time to revise police contracts that make it almost impossible to bring officers to...
by Nada Khader | Sep 9, 2016 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Director's Blog, Economic and Human Rights, Militarism and Foreign Policy, Movement Building
Last December, Farah Pandith of the Council on Foreign Relations, who was the first State Department special representative to Muslim communities, called for Saudi Arabia to face consequences if it did not stop promoting extremism. She wrote in the New York Times: ...
by Nada Khader | Aug 17, 2016 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Community Gardening, Director's Blog, Environmental and Food Justice, Frontpage
A big thanks to Sadie’s initiative at the Bethel Baptist Community Gardens in White Plains. The WESPAC plot has produced dozens of pounds of fresh produce for the Open Arms Men’s Shelter in downtown White Plains. Thank you, Sadie, and to all who have...
by Nada Khader | Aug 17, 2016 | Communities & Focus Areas, Environmental and Food Justice, Militarism and Foreign Policy, Racial Justice
The birth of agro-resistance in Palestine For decades Israel has been driving Palestinian farmers off their land by imposing restrictions on agriculture. But one company, Canaan Fair Trade, has found an innovative way to resist Jonathan CookThe Link (Americans...