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Animal Footnotes: Stories from Turtle Island

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...

Job Openings – Community Organizer and Trainer Consultant

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...

CFOW Newsletter!

by Nada Khader | Feb 17, 2025 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Director's Blog, Economic and Human Rights, Environmental and Food Justice, Militarism and Foreign Policy, Movement Building, Progressive News Network, Racial Justice

From Frank Brodhead: Hello All – In less than a month, Donald Trump and Elon Musk have grabbed power and created chaos. We call this a “coup,” meaning an unconstitutional overturn of our government. They must be stopped. But how? Tens of thousands of people have...

NOON Newsletter 2025

by Nada Khader | Feb 17, 2025 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Director's Blog, Economic and Human Rights, Environmental and Food Justice, Friends of Turtle Island, Movement Building, Progressive News Network, Racial Justice

Welcome to the NOON e-newsletter for February 2025. Enjoy, and please share widely! This poem was written for the candlelight vigil preceding the Onondaga Nation’s Land Rights hearing in Federal District Court, October 18, 2007. For Onondaga By Robin Wall Kimmerer...

Plastic Waste Trade Watch

by Nada Khader | Feb 8, 2025 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Director's Blog, Environmental and Food Justice, Movement Building, Progressive News Network

Plastic Waste Trade Watch January 2025 Plastic Waste Trade Watch is a monthly review of information on the international trade in plastic waste. It is produced by Basel Action Network’s (BAN) Plastic Waste Transparency Project, which undertakes campaigns,...

2025 Athena Film Festival!

by Nada Khader | Feb 8, 2025 | Blogs, Director's Blog, Economic and Human Rights, Movement Building, Progressive News Network

Special Discount Tickets Available for the 2025 Athena Film Festival Our friends at Athena Film Festival just dropped their 2025 lineup, and we are PUMPED! Taking place during Women’s History Month from March 6 – 9, 2025 at NYC’s Barnard College, Athena...

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