Alice Walker: Why I'm sailing to Gazahttp://edition.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/06/21/alice.walker.gaza/Editor's note: Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker will join an international flotilla of boats sailing to Gaza to challenge Israel's blockade of the territory....
Update on US Boat and more
Yonatan Shapira, U.S. Boat to Gaza Crew Member, Explains Why He Is Involved: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=efLbthGLggM Berlin Boat manifestation in solidarity with Gaza and the Freedom Flotilla! Berlin, Germany - Sunday 26th June Today...
Support Group in White Plains for depression and bipolar disorder
More than 21 million people in the US are affected by depression or bipolar disorder. No one should feel alone. DBSA (Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance) support groups are places where people with mood disorders and those who care about them can share...
WESPAC opposes execution of Devenderpal Singh Bhullar
WESPAC Foundation 52 North Broadway White Plains, NY 10603 (914) 449-6514 www.wespac.org WESPAC Foundation Joins U.S. and International Human Rights Organizations in Opposing Execution of Devenderpal Singh Bhullar Statement of Charles Bell, Human...
From WESPAC member
Hi! I follow Maggie Doyne's blog every day. She's amazing -- happened to be traveling in Nepal when she was 19 and saw little girls breaking rocks by the road to make a living. She discovered that they were orphans, and decided to build a children's home. Now she's 24...
Update from Phyllis
August 29, 2001Gayla Jamison, Producer-DirectorIn Our Son's NameLightfoot Films, Inc.www.inoursonsname.com I'm pleased to announce that Al Jazeera English is picking up a halfhourversion of my documentary, In Our Son's Name, to air September6-11 as part of their...
What has WESPAC been up to?
Dear WESPAC supporters, WESPAC has been very busy the past few months. The Food Justice Committee recently held a very successful food justice gathering. This meeting brought in many new people, who will be working to fight for access to good quality food...
December 10th Voting Rights Mobilization Underway
Dec. 10th Voting Rights Mobilization is Underway! www. stand4freedom.org Last week's meeting to get the NYC area organizing for the Dec. 10th Voting Rights Mobilization up and running was a big success. With over 80 people attending from a wide range of...
WESPAC member has film featured in Intl Black Man Film Festival
Andrew Courtney's "African Palestinian: Ali Jiddah" will be featured next week in the International Black Man Film Festival. Congrats, Andrew. By the way, for any one who has not seen it, it is a very interesting film and can be purchased online at...
Help Us Celebrate 14th Annual Margaret Eberle Fair Trade Festival
Hello everyone, WESPAC is delighted to be working with the Westchester MLK Institute for Nonviolence, the LOFT and the Memorial United Methodist Church (MUMC) this year to plan the 14th Annual Margaret Eberle Fair Trade Festival. This year the festival will take...
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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