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2012 National Ground the Drones Tour
WESPAC Foundation www.wespac.org 914.449.6514 For immediate release: WESPAC to help coordinate the 2012 National Ground the Drones Tour with kick off WESPAC Panel on drones scheduled for Monday, March 12th at 7pm at the Mapleton Conference Center at Good...
Crime, Punishment and the Rutgers Case
Crime, Punishment and the Rutgers Case Published: March 21, 2012 NYT To the Editor: Re “Jury Finds Spying in Rutgers Dorm Was a Hate Crime” (front page, March 17): This case raises critical questions for the gay community and for us all. How do we...
Local coverage of Occupy Westchester
Local coverage of Occupy May Day Westchester: Video from Journal News online (lohud.com) featuring Rachel, Andrew and Roger: http://bcdownload.gannett.edgesuite.net/westchester-mobile/37861007001_1616383121001_me050112occupy.mp4 TV from News12...
Letter from Ann in response to County Executive
Re: Letter to the Editor in response to Robert P. Astorino ,Tuesday May 29th, 2012 I was pleased to read that our County Executive is committed to affordable housing, but somewhat perplexed that he thinks that...
From Chuck Bell
A group of students and supporters from Westchester are planning to attend the National Dream Act Graduation mobilization in Washington DC on next Tuesday, June 26. The organizers are seeking individual or organizational donations to help write...
From Adalah-NY
You may have seen yesterday's news that Caterpillar has been removed from TIAA-CREF's Social Choice accounts. This is a major step forward in the campaign to get TIAA-CREF to fully divest from Israel's human rights abuses. Let's keep the pressure on to win full...
From Sandy Bernabei
Talking points about the situation in Peekskill: http://db.tt/MRYMd3bt
Important Report Back on Drone Replicas
DRONE REPLICAS DELIVERED Submitted by Nick Mottern On Sunday, July 15, in the parking lot of Fristch's Big Boy Restaurant in Huber Heights, Ohio, next to Dayton, George Guerci and I delivered four Reaper drone replicas to anti-drone war organizers...
Important WESPAC Announcement
Membership Dues 2012 July 2012 Dear Friends and Supporters of WESPAC, We hope you are all very well. Have you had a chance to read our latest Summer newsletter? Please do send in your feedback and take the members survey as your input will help determine...
WESPAC on Facebook
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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