From Egypt to the Promised Land Sunday, January 30, 2011 Crowds are just starting to gather in Tahrir Square to continue voicing their demand that the Mubarak regime go. The army remains stationed on the roads leading into the square, preventing...
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Geese Slaughter in Scarsdale
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 09:11:38 -0500 From: Taffy Williams Subject: Fwd: CONTACT SCARSDALE, NY RE GEESE SLAUGHTER To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Please write a few words to save some beloved geese here...
Church in Pleasantville chartering bus for Million Mom March
Candy with the Emanual Lutheran Church in Pleasantville is organizing a bus to travel down to Washington, DC, this Saturday (Jan 26, 2013) for the historic "Million Mom March Against Gun Violence". The bus is leaving at 5am on Saturday from the church located at...
Human Rights Defenders Under Siege
Egypt: Human rights defenders under siege JOINT PRESS RELEASE ...
Volunteer Opportunity to help English Language Learners
Please share widely with Westchester-area groups and individuals: Volunteer Opportunity to help English Language Learners The Westchester Hispanic Coalition (WHC) and Westchester Community College (WCC) are proud partners in a New York State Office for New...
WESPAC supports Peekskill Community
WESPAC Foundation Statement of Support for Community Members in Peekskill For Immediate Release: February 14, 2011 Contact: Jalal Sabur, #914-439-1746 (c) or Roger Drew, #914-316-8833 (c), [email protected] Attention: Peekskill City Council...
WESPAC needs Sponsors for Annual Awards Dinner
For Wide Distribution: Dear Friends of WESPAC and Supporters of Peace and Justice, We hope this letter finds you in good health and spirits. The WESPAC Awards Dinner Planning Committee would like to identify sponsors and patrons for this year’s awards...
FBI harasses another activist
FBI harasses Michigan anti-war activist By Tom Burke | February 13, 2011 Read more articles in FBI Repression...
Ride Share NY
In an effort to improve the environment, see cleaner air quality in our area and experience less traffic on our roads, the New York State Department of Transportation sponsored program www.511NYRideshare.org assists individuals, companies and organizations to identify...
Congress needs to vote NO on Korea FTA
Congress Needs to Vote NO on the Korea FTA More of the Same Bad Trade Policy: The Korea-U.S. “free trade agreement” (FTA) poses serious negative consequences for New York’s economy and regulatory policies. This deal replicates many of the same...
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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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