WESPAC Board member Sundiata Sadiq speaks to Mumia rally in London: This is the clip of the connection between London and Philadelphia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVtR28oPqGA
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/
2010 WESPAC Annual Report
WESPAC Annual Report 2010 In our thirty-sixth year of operation, WESPAC continues to remain a hub of progressive organizing in Westchester County. 2010 was a year where we reached out to more youth, embarked upon our chapter concept, moved our office...
WESPAC member teaches Swahili
One of our fair trade vendors, Kajogo Iguna, is from Kenya and is teaching Swahili to any one interested in learning. He sells beautiful handmade items from Kenya. Here is his note: Nada, I want to teach Swahili to individuals who are interested in...
WESPAC Holiday Appeal 2010
Dear WESPAC friends and members, The WESPAC family would like to thank all those who responded to our membership drive this year and those who have participated in our campaigns and fundraisers for peace with justice both at home and abroad. We have much to...
WESPAC at County Budget Hearing
Roger Drew, Steve Glusker and Nada Khader made it into a photo in the Journal Newspaper today regarding the County budget hearing last night in White Plains. We handed out 200 flyers to people attending the public hearing regarding the proposed extension of the...
Lynne Stewart being transferred
Greetings It is official. Lynne Stewart, our shero and people's lawyer is at this very moment in transti to the Oklahoma prison complex which is a transit point for the prison system. We still have no confirmation as to where they will send her. ...
A Salute to the People of Tunisia
A SALUTE TO THE PEOPLE OF TUNISIA The US Palestinian Community Network is honored to stand in full, unequivocal, support of the people of Tunisia as they remain steadfast in their struggle against a corrupt, brutal, and oppressive regime. In...
Letter to Gov. Cuomo
January 10, 2011 Governor Andrew Cuomo State...
Important Request from HVCC
Dear partners: We are looking at getting a bus for Immigrants Day of Action in Albany March 1 that would leave from somewhere in Hudson Valley (perhaps 2 locations?) For those who haven’t participated in this Day of Action previously, it is the 14th...
Tell Lowey to vote NO on Korea FTA
From NY Citizens Trade Campaign:Please Urge Congresswoman Lowey to vote NO on the Korea FTA The proposed Korea-U.S. “free trade agreement” poses serious negative consequences for New York. This deal replicates many of the same threats to our economy and...
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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