by Ainsley Zimmer | Oct 7, 2022 | Director's Blog, Immigration
From the NYIC: Today President Biden is visiting New York. He has arrived when the state is being used by politicians in Texas and Florida to score political points by abusing and misleading asylum seekers. We need the president to show leadership in addressing the...
by Nada Khader | Sep 28, 2022 | Blogs, Director's Blog, Economic and Human Rights, Frontpage, Movement Building, Racial Justice
Hello all! With a public bank, we can ensure that our public dollars work for the public good. Instead of lining private pockets, our money would build community wealth.That’s why we’re part of the @PublicBankNYC coalition.Check out this great new video produced by...
by Nada Khader | Sep 27, 2022 | Blogs, Director's Blog, Environmental and Food Justice
From: Thomas Meyer, National Organizing Manager (He/Him) | Cell: 360-460-7397 Food & Water Action and Food & Water Watch Huge news: Senators Manchin and Schumer just WITHDREW the permitting deal that would have forced approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline,...
by Ainsley Zimmer | Sep 20, 2022 | Director's Blog
From Extend: Judy Roth, an Extend board member, is a mental health practitioner committed to the need for reckoning with historical and current calamities. Below she shares her reflection on a visit to Israel-Palestine earlier this summer. –I walk with my kids in...
by Ainsley Zimmer | Sep 20, 2022 | Criminal Justice, Director's Blog
The ABA Annual Meeting in Chicago has presented its 10 principles for ending pass incarceration and lengthy prison sentences. Read more here “The working group includes the following in its 10 principles: • Limit the use of pretrial detention. • Increase the...
by Ainsley Zimmer | Sep 15, 2022 | Director's Blog
Please send resume & cover letter to: [email protected] September 30, 2022 About FCWC: FCWC, founded in 1965, is an environmental education and advocacy 501(c)(3),non-profit,whose mission is to empower Westchester County environmental non-profits and residents...