Please enjoy our February newsletter: WESPAC February 2024 Newsletter
Save the Date for the Westchester Social Forum!
BUILDING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE: Divest from Violence and Invest in Communities! SOCIAL JUSTICE FORUM TO CREATE SPACE FOR PUBLIC TO ENGAGE IN CRITICAL ISSUES OF 2024 Palestinian Liberation, Climate Justice, Immigrant Justice, Decarceration, Worker Justice and...
WESPAC Board Chair on His Jewish Identity
Good morning, all! I hope everyone is warm and healthy. Howard Horwitz, Chair of the Board of WESPAC Foundation was recently interviewed by media about his Jewish identity and how that relates to his peace and justice work and his relationship with and tenure at...
Weather alert! We are postponing our Solidarity Singers launch to Thursday, Feb. 1st at 5:30pm!
I have consulted with Brook and have received some messages from concerned singers about road conditions. Some of our members are coming from Northern Westchester. We may have freezing rain this evening and it is best for everyone to remain safe. We will launch...
Job opportunity at Threefold Community Farm
Threefold Community Farm seeks a full-time Vegetable Grower and Co-Manager of Farm Operations with extensive knowledge of regenerative farming practices, excellent communication skills, servant leadership capacities, proficiency with tractor and/or draft power, and...
Interest for Upcoming Narcan Training
Via Kenneth Chamberlain Junior: I'm reaching out on behalf of Shatirra Lee, a Health Educator with the Urban League of Westchester. She and I were having a conversation about the pressing issue of opioid overdoses and community safety, Shatirra expressed a valuable...
NYS Community Equity Agenda Coalition Statement on CFPB’s Proposed Overdraft Rule
WESPAC is a member of the NYS Community Equity Agenda: The NYS Community Equity Agenda released the following statement in response to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)’s announcement of its proposed rule on overdraft fees: “We applaud the CFPB for...
January 2024 Newsletter
Hello and Happy New Year, WESPACers! Please enjoy this month's newsletter here
Solidarity Singers at WESPAC!
Happy New Years! Starting in the second half of January, WESPAC will be hosting the Solidarity Singers. Singing... builds community elevates the energy of direct action is profound self care ties us to social justice movements historically and internationally is...
The Children of Gaza
12-year-old Dunia lost her leg in an Israeli airstrike that killed her whole family. We filmed this video with Dunia during the seven-day truce, and yesterday an Israeli tank-fired shell killed her while she was recovering in Naser Hospital in Khan Younis....
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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
Come out on Sunday and support the Yonkers Sanctuary Movement!
Celebrating Community, Art, Music & Our Shared Commitment to JusticeThursday, November 12, 2026 at 6:00 PMWESPAC Foundation77 Tarrytown Road, Suite 2WWhite Plains, NY 10607Dear WESPAC Friends, Members, and Community Partners,We warmly invite you to join us for WESPAC’s Annual Meeting of Members, an evening of community, reflection, inspiring art, live music, and renewed commitment to building a more just, peaceful, and compassionate world.At a time when our collective voices, creativity, and solidarity matter so deeply, we look forward to gathering with old friends and new, sharing a meal, reflecting on the challenges and opportunities before us, and celebrating the extraordinary power of ordinary people to shape history. Full details at www.wespac.org