WESPAC hosted an important meeting yesterday in White Plains with the family members of the Newburgh Four. We heard very emotional and heart wrenching testimony about the impact that this entrapment has had on their personal lives, their careers, homes, relationships...
Khusro on Pakistan
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Musings on the Rule of Law
People often say the Palestine/Israel issue is sooooo complex. (I usually say it is simple – one nation illegally occupying another), but a few recent Kafkaesque incidents might make me change my mind. The Free Gaza movement sent a ship loaded...
For Immediate Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 31, 2010 Contact: Gael Murphy: Washington DC, USA, +1 202-412-6700, [email protected] Felice: New York, USA, +1 917-912-2597, [email protected] Sandra Ruch: Toronto, Canada, +1 416-716-4010, [email protected]...
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News on the Iraqi Student Project
We tried to stop the war on Iraq, but did not succeed. Helping Iraqi refugee students complete their college education is one small thing we can do in recognition of the grave injustice our country perpetrated in Iraq.It was a year ago, summer 2008, when the Iraqi...
From a Flotilla Survivor
http://blogs.aljazeera.net/middle-east/2010/06/06/kidnapped-israel-forsaken-britain It was this time last week that I was on the top deck of the Mavi Marmara, and first spotted Israeli war ships in the distance, as they approached the humanitarian flotilla. ...
Tent City Poem
By WESPAC Board member Geoff Smith:TENT CITYWelcomeTo our Tent CityWe need your helpMore than publicityYou've seen our villageOn your TVYou can do moreThan just look at me.You know my fateBut not my nameGot no solutionsGot no time for blamePlease turn your eyesFrom my...
From Nick Mottern
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Wespac Middle East Committee and Iraqi Student Project
Here is an update on just one of the projects of the Wespac Middle East Committee: A year ago, in July of 2008, the Iraqi Student Project (ISP) was presented to a large and welcoming crowd at the WESPAC Pleasantville Office. Now, a year later and with the...
From Bo Lipari
BO LIPARI: How New Yorkers Can Ensure That Our Paper Ballots Are All Counted This Fall! Software engineer Bo Lipari, founder of New Yorkers for Verified Voting, spoke at the Riverfront Library in Yonkers on Thursday, June 3rd, 2010, about the...
WESPAC on Facebook
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