Great article, Nada. It is very difficult work to really face racismhead on with white people, and I admire how you have madethat possible for WESPAC.I would like to add that there is a need for our awareness andcommitment to work against racism on a global as well as...
From Felice
Thoughts on the US Social Forum Submitted by Felice Gelman This is huge! Thousands of people, cavernous spaces in the Cobo Hall convention as well as events scattered rather widely around the city of Detroit – offering the opportunity for very...
Another Response to Resist Article
This was an eye opener for me. I am white and think I am not racist, but again and again, I find myself affected by the socialized racism of which you speak in this article. I hate it but it is a part of me and I need to work to overcome it. I think your article is...
WESPAC @ Albany National Peace Conference
For those of you planning to attend this national conference at the end of the month in Albany http://nationalpeac econference. org/Home_ Page.html, our friend Stanley Heller wrote an informative article about the same conference that was held two years ago in...
From Rev. Joe Agne
I concur with Sandy. I could even see participation in the full Undoing Racism Workshop becoming a requirement for Board membership. This workshop, which I attended many times and to which I constantly recruited people to attend, proved very important to me and our...
Schedule at Albany Peace Conference
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Letter to NY Times from Felice
Dear Editor:I read Ethan Bronner's article with interest. Palestinians non-violent protests against the Israeli occupation of their land, though frequent, are rarely covered in the mainstream press. However, Mr. Bronner was careful to state Israeli claims that the...
Olympia Food Coop first in US to boycott Israel
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A Victory for Non-Violent Resistance
In 2005, 170 civil society organizations in Palestine united in calling upon the world to wage a campaign of boycott, divestment, and sanctions against Israel's violations of international law and the universal declaration of human rights. (you can read...
On the passing of Lenny Ruderman
Over the years, the decades, Lenny Ruderman was a regular at our WESPAC demos and vigils and rallies at the Fountain in White Plains. I see him at one end of Margaret Eberle's banners. I think of him there during the days of...
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