by Nada Khader | Apr 9, 2020 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Director's Blog, Environmental and Food Justice, Frontpage, Movement Building
This is such an amazing offering from our precious local farmers. Thank you, thank you, thank you: This is a community effort of farmers, growers, and non profits organizing to support our community in this time of need, in the Westchester, NY area. Our Mission is...
by Nada Khader | Apr 2, 2020 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Community Gardening, Director's Blog, Environmental and Food Justice, Frontpage
Ruby Olisemeka is a Food Justice leader in Mount Vernon and will be coordinating a new CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) delivery in her home town of Mount Vernon. The food is being produced by Rock Steady Farm in Millerton, NY, and will help provide nourishing,...
by Nada Khader | Mar 17, 2020 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Director's Blog, Frontpage, Uncategorized
WESPAC’s investment advisor is Andrew Friedman with AJF Financial Services. In this one hour Zoom presentation, Andrew will discuss recent market turmoil, the importance of “systems investing” and the urgent need to protect ecosystems, that when...
by Nada Khader | Dec 13, 2019 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Director's Blog, Frontpage, Movement Building
Westchester Social Forum POSTPONED! After consultations with the Westchester County authorities, the Westchester Social Forum planning committee is postponing the March 29th social forum. In addition, all meetings, forums and events that were scheduled for the WESPAC...
by Nada Khader | Dec 10, 2019 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Community Gardening, Director's Blog, Environmental and Food Justice, Frontpage
Corinne Segal has done a fabulous job with this interview on our food system, and how appropriate that it comes out on International Human Rights Day and on the day that we discuss Eric Holt-Gimenez’s book tonight at WESPAC at 7pm on Can We Feed the World...