You can now see excellent film on the Tar Sands, their need for so much water and the consequences. Gorgeous shots of the Columbia Ice Fields, the source of the water; interviews with natives, etc. It's about 50 mins. <Vimeo.com/32526916> then the password, must...
WESPAC supports the work of the Progressive News Network which is a group of people in Westchester County committed to Community-produced independent media for peace and social justice in Westchester County, NY: progressivenewsnetwork.blogspot.com/
From Jeanne Shaw
http://www.lohud.com/article/20130306/NEWS/303060086/Indian-Point-foes-plan-Fukushima-anniversary-events?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Frontpage|s This weekend! Come one come all!!! For an hour, half of a day, a day, all weekend!! Saturday, March 9: 12...
Letter to Schumer on Drones
We are still accepting signatures. Please email [email protected] to add your name: Senator Charles...
Update on Free School 19 Yonkers
Hello everyone! As you probably know, on February 27th, CGDC & the Free School 19 campaign submitted the community's proposal for the acquisition and redevelopment of School 19 into a multi-use community center for SW Yonkers. We are still...
FBI Repression in Boston
*FBI Repression in Boston*Richard HugusFebruary 14, 2011Since before the raids on international solidarity and antiwar activists in the midwest United States last September, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has also been steadily at work on a campaign of frameups...
April Days of Action to Protest Drone Killing
"April Days" to Protest Drone Killing and Surveillance, Long Planned,Gets Boost From Opposition to Drone Use Inside the U.S. FOR IMMEDIATE...
In Support of Wisconsin Workers
United National Antiwar Committee Calls for Solidarity with Wisconsin Workers From Cairo to Madison, we must raise high the old union slogan: “AN INJURY TO ONE IS AN INJURY TO ALL!” UNAC salutes the heroic workers of Wisconsin and calls on...
Monsanto Rider Slips Through Congress
Outrageous! Please make calls to the White House to express your concern at 202-456-1111. This Monsanto rider was attached to the budget that the President has signed:http://inhabitat.com/?p=496861
By Mike Levinson
WHY AND HOW I BECAME AN ACTIVIST By MIKE LEVINSON Originally published by TNS News Service July 30, 2010 It is really a surprise that I have not given up all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet...
Vote for Meredith Ryan!
Meredith has been a principled social justice advocate for many years and deserves this scholarship! http://www.democracyforamerica.com/netroots_nation_scholarships/1143-meredith
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November 19th marks the tragic police killing of Mr. Kenneth Chamberlain, Sr. Kenneth his son will open up the community forum with welcoming words and thoughts on this current moment:Please save the date and help us share widely!Our current slate of confirmed panelists includes: - Deputy Commissioner of Public Safety for the City of White Plains Joseph Castelli (Commissioner Hardy is already committed to another panel that evening)- Peekskill Police Chief Adam Renwick - Omar Lopez (Deputy Mayor and CCRB Chairman, Ossining) - Dennis Adams (CCRB Chairman, Peekskill) - Jay Buckiewicz (Secretary CCRB, Peekskill)Invited but not yet confirmed - City of Yonkers Public Safety Commissioner and Westchester County Public Safety CommissionerWe will have light refreshments from 6pm to 6:15pm and then we will head to the auditorium: @followers
WESPAC Foundation has secured the screening rights to make the documentary Who Killed Alex Odeh? available to our community for one day. This film is deeply personal to me. I was a high school student here in Westchester County at Horace Greeley when Alex Odeh, a Palestinian American civil rights leader and regional director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, was assassinated by a bomb planted at his office in Santa Ana, California, on October 11, 1985. I remember how deeply disturbing it was to learn of his murder, and I remain profoundly shaken by the fact that, more than four decades later, no one has been brought to justice. Even more troubling is the history of suspects who were able to leave the United States without facing prosecution. For me, Alex Odeh’s murder came to symbolize something that Palestinians have experienced for generations: a devastating sense that those who take Palestinian lives can do so with impunity. That failure of accountability has continued to haunt our people, culminating in the mass killing and destruction we have witnessed in Gaza over these past several years. When violence against Palestinians goes unpunished, it sends a dangerous message that Palestinian lives are somehow less worthy of protection, dignity, and justice. I hope our WESPAC community will take the time to watch this important film with me on December 2nd at 7pm at WESPAC, reflect on the decades of injustice it exposes, and recommit ourselves to the principle that every human life is sacred and that justice must never depend on one’s nationality, ethnicity, or identity.Wednesday, December 2nd at 7pm at WESPAC77 Tarrytown Road, Suite 2WWhite Plains, NY 10607
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