On December 12 I attended the Center for Working Families New York State Policy Conference. Attendees were mostly activists and representatives of community organizations, trade unions, and state level politicians. The topics that were covered included addressing the...
From Tracy Basile
Word is out that Hilltop Hanover Farm and Environmental Center may be forced to close by January 2011. No operating budget as of the end of this year – due to budget cuts. No staff, no farmers, no programs. This is short-sighted. Earlier in...
35 People attend WESPAC Town Hall Meeting
35 people attended WESPAC's Town Hall Meeting on Thursday, December 11th. People brought alot of issues to the table and gave an update about what they were working on. Several people expressed an interest in ending the wars in Afghanistan, Pakistan and...
From Al Awda
Al-Awda Shocked by Gruesome Murder of Abu Obeida Omran Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition is shocked, saddened and outraged at the gruesome and trajic murder of Abu Obeida Abdel Salam Omran. On Friday August 13, 2010, Abu Obeida was deliberately run over...
From Center for Constitutional Rights
Dear Allies, We realize most everyone has either left or is getting ready to leave on vacation, but if you could take a moment to send a brief statement to Obama's liaison to the progressive community, Mike Lux ([email protected]), about the...
Toxic Gas Drilling Tours Upstate NY
TOXIC GAS DRILLING TOURS OF CHEMUNG COUNTY Sunday August 15, 2010, at 3:00pm We will meet at the corner of Route 14 and Wygant Road in Horseheads, New York (Dandy Mini Mart) to begin our tour. Look for the NO FRACK SIGNS....
Volunteer Coordinator needed for Gaza Relief
At the Middle East Cte meeting yesterday it was decided that I would send a note out to the WESPAC list asking for a volunteer to coordinate a clothing, blanket and toy drive for Palestinians living in Gaza. This position entails coordinating the delivery of the...
What Happens to Women in Afghanistan…
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/08/14-4
WESPAC Member returns to Gaza next month
Dear friends, Please help break the siege and open the borders. Join a trip to Gaza at the end of May.More than 50 people (including one of us) recently traveled to Gaza on a trip led by Code Pink. Everyone on that trip was deeply moved by the scenes of destruction...
Palestinians do not recognize Mahmoud Abbas
*Join Palestinians in Washington, DC on Thursday, Sept. 2 for a picketoutside the US State Department to say: Palestinian National Rights Are NotFor...
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