by Nada Khader | Mar 25, 2025 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Director's Blog, Environmental and Food Justice, Friends of Turtle Island, Movement Building
“Our current predicament requires more love, more accountability, and more solidarity for the benefit of our collective futures.” — Kyle T. Mays Perhaps the animals can show us the way… STRENGTH IN NUMBERS In these dire times, the wisdom of...
by Nada Khader | Mar 17, 2025 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Criminal Justice, Director's Blog, Economic and Human Rights
*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE* March 17, 2025 Contact: [email protected] Sunshine Week: CANY Data Update Exposes Need for Transparency Visualized Data Shows Sharp Increase in Prison Deaths, Changes in Population Under Custody New York, NY – In...
by Nada Khader | Mar 17, 2025 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Director's Blog, Environmental and Food Justice
For those concerned about this major underground electric transmission project: On behalf of The New York Power Authority (NYPA) and New York Transco, we want to make you aware of the upcoming Propel NY Energy Community Information Sessions in Westchester...
by Nada Khader | Mar 17, 2025 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Criminal Justice, Director's Blog, Militarism and Foreign Policy, Movement Building, Racial Justice
As many of you know, my spouse James teaches at Columbia University, which has again been much in the news. Things have been moving so fast that it’s hard to keep up with a situation that grows ever more dire. On Friday, March 7 when the Horsemen of the...
by Nada Khader | Mar 16, 2025 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Director's Blog, Environmental and Food Justice, Friends of Turtle Island, Progressive News Network
Dear WESPAC members, WESPAC’s Friends of Turtle Island Committee is happy to announce the launch of Animal Footnotes—a new web blog about shifting away from a colonial mindset and experiencing what it means to live on Turtle Island together. At its core, Animal...
by Nada Khader | Mar 10, 2025 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Director's Blog, Immigration, Progressive News Network
Proyecto Faro is looking for an organizing trainer ASAP as we are on a tight timeline and need to provide skills to parents organizing for educational justice in Rockland County. We are also looking to hire an organizer full-time so if any candidates for the full time...
