Listen to Surya talk about the history of African Americans in Westchester County on WBAI Radio 99.5FM. First segment is Michael Kuzma, attorney for Leonard Peltier, and Paulette with the Leonard Peltier Support Group and the NYC Jericho Movement:...
Call for Community Action
CALL FOR COMMUNITY ACTION Based on concerns about the treatment of Peekskill City employees and residents of Bohlmann Towers The Cortlandt Peekskill Anti-Racism Collaborative (CPARC) is organizing around two initiatives intended to raise awareness and invite...
First Blog Entry by the Website Administrator
Hello WESPAC Family,I am really excited about this website. Designing it has been at times a challenge and at other times an obsession. I also learned a lot about WESPAC while doing it. I'm sure there will be bugs to work out but I am equally sure that it can be...
America’s Endless Wars
America's Endless Wars Are Destroying this Great Nation Can we stop the train before it crashes? Probably not. Terrence McNally and Andrew Bacevich AlterNet September 6, 2010 Andrew Bacevich speaks with a fairly unique mix of experience, authority, passion and wisdom...
Letter to WESPAC Friends and Members
Letter to MembershipAugust 2008Dear WESPAC Foundation Friends and Members,This summer has been a really busy and inspiring one for WESPAC Foundation on many levels. We are witnessing renewed progressive youth activism and initiative, and we are also helping to create...
Rev. Lucius Walker Jr.
New York Times September 11, 2010 Lucius Walker, Baptist Pastor for Peace, Dies at 80 By DOUGLAS MARTIN The Rev. Lucius Walker, a Baptist minister who gained national attention with calls for reparations for the descendants of slaves and with repeated violations of...
From WESPAC Director
Hello everyone, I am really grateful to Daniel for all his help in getting this website off the ground! Thank you, Daniel!I intend to use this blog as a means of keeping in touch with the WESPAC family.There has been a good amount of interest in organizing a...
Protest John Hall Sunday
Please contact Kwame Madden at (914) 469-2222 if you can join him this Sunday evening in Peeskill (See below) to protest John Hall’s continuing support for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Gather at the Colonial Terrace at 5:15 pm. It is extremely important...
Statement on Rene Perez verdict
WESPAC is an active member of the Hudson Valley Community Coalition:FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact:John RileyHudson Valley Community CoalitionPhone: 917-921-9519JRiley@hvccoalition .orghttp://hvccoalition .orgCommunity Group Joins Call for Civil Rights Investigation...
Oct. 2 Buses to Washington, DC
A big thank you to Andrew Courtney who did some investigation to find these buses. The bus coordinator would like WESPAC to give her names of the WESPAC folks early next week. NYSUT members have the first priority in reserving seats, but there should be...
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