Hello everyone, WESPAC was able to connect teachers at White Plains High School with a tour of the survivors of the U.S. atomic bombs dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The tour is being organized by a group called Nihon Hidankyo. This delegation will also be...
A Young Prince May Cost Syria and Yemen Dear
A Young Prince May Cost Syria and Yemen Dear As the US and Iran reach accord, Saudi Arabia endangers the status quo in the Middle East Patrick Cockburn The Independent April 5, 2015 Protestors in Washington march near the White House last week. AP A succession of...
On The Side of the Road
“This is the story of those who tried to erase Palestine, creating an Israeli landscape of denial” The film, "On the Side of the Road" made by a former West Bank settler Lia Tarachansky was a powerful and interesting documentary we saw last night. Admittedly, this...
Your Help Needed to Ensure a World Class Cleanup of Hudson River PCBs!
Attached please find a fact sheet on the Hudson River PCB Remediation and a resolution addressing the need for a more thorough removal of PCBs contamination from the Hudson River. If adopted, your organization will call upon General Electric (GE) to enter into a...
WESPAC Awards Dinner – Sunday, April 26th at 5:30pm
Please scroll down for details about this year's honorees and keynote speaker: 2015 Honoree Howard Horowitz has been a WESPAC activist since its founding in the 1970s, having served on the WESPAC Foundation Board and as Chairperson. A current focus of his work is...
Film Screening with Israeli Director at WESPAC
Screening and Discussion with Filmmaker Lia Tarachansky Monday, March 30th, at 6:30pm Mapleton Conference Center Good Counsel Campus (next to Pace Law) 52 North Broadway White Plains, NY 10603. In By the Side of the Road, former West Bank settler Lia...
Womyn in the Movement
Phyllis Bennis at WESPAC’s Annual Meeting
Message from NYS DREAM Coalition
Please see below a message from the New York State DREAM Coalition. Please circulate widely! The New York Immigration Coalition is a member of the NYS DREAM Coalition. We need your help! We can win this year! Over 3,600 undocumented students graduate from New York...
The Passing of Tonya Gonnella Frichner
Tonya Gonnella Frichner, Esq. Gowanahs, Snipe Clan name, a citizen of the Onondaga Nation, Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy, Haudenosaunee. Ms. Gonnella Frichner, the eldest of eight children of Henry and Maxine Nolan Gonnella. A global indigenous leader and President...
WESPAC on Facebook
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Dear Friends,We are pleased to announce the launch of a new dedicated Annual Awards page on the WESPAC website.For more than fifty years, WESPAC has honored individuals and organizations whose leadership, vision, and commitment have helped advance peace, justice, human rights, environmental sustainability, and dignity and freedom for all. Our Annual Awards Gala has become an important opportunity to celebrate the people and movements working to create a more just and compassionate world.The new webpage serves as a central location for information about our Annual Awards program, including details about current and past honorees, event materials, photographs, and our Awards Journal. We hope it will help preserve the history of this important tradition while highlighting the inspiring work of those we have been privileged to recognize.We invite you to visit the page and explore the 2026 Awards Journal, which features this year's honorees and many of the community partners who work alongside WESPAC in advancing progressive social change.Thank you for your continued support of WESPAC and our shared commitment to building a more peaceful, equitable, and sustainable future.In solidarity,Nada
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WESPAC Annual Awards! WESPAC Annual Awards Celebration For more than five decades, WESPAC has celebrated and honored individuals and organizations whose courage, vision, and dedication have helped adv...