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From Andrew Courtney
SAVE THE DATE!! Sunday September 23rd. 4-6pm United Memorial Methodist Church (Fireplace lounge) SYRIA, IRAQ AND THE IRAQI STUDENT PROJECT: a street level viewpoint Gabe Huck and Theresa Kubasek will have just returned from living...
Fabulous report from Maryam
WESPAC is very proud to support this work: Dear Friends of LEAP, As we reflect on the remarkable successes of this past summer, we would first like to express our deepest gratitude to our supporters who helped us educate and, in turn, empower...
Request from Laura to circulate:
Dear Laura, Last November 15th our peaceful occupation exposing Wall Street greed was violently evicted from Zuccotti Park. One year later, we are launching the Rolling Jubilee - the next step in our movement to shine a light on the system that allows Wall Street to...
Update from Mike Levinson
HELLO FRIENDS! I'm here in Washington DC with Witness Against Torture, participating in our annual Fast and Protests to shut down Guantanamo torture prison and stop all torture and wars. Each day we parade thru downtown DC in orange jumpsuits and black...
The Myth of Energy Independence
Community View Piece The Myth of Energy Independence For decades, WESPAC members have been advocating for a clean energy agenda and have been exposing the harms of Indian Point, fossil fuels and hydraulic fracturing. The definition of “energy...
Compassionate Care NY update
Thank you for your interest in and help with the Compassionate Care Act (Assembly Bill 7347-B / Senate. 7283-A), which would establish a carefully regulated medical marijuana program to relieve the suffering of thousands of seriously ill New Yorkers. This is the...
YWCA Residence looking for volunteer yoga instructor
If you are qualified to teach yoga, the YWCA Residence in White Plains (69 North Broadway) is looking for a volunteer yoga instructor who can teach a gentle class once a week for the ladies. Thank you.
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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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