This is a list of local and on-line souces for fair trade products.
WESPAC has exquisite hand embroidered items from the Sulafa Women’s Embroidery Cooperative in the Gaza Strip, including cushion covers, bag, shawl, ornaments. Please consider supporting these women who are the breadwinners of their families. We also have some Fair trade black and green tea, hand painted ceramic bowls and social justice calendars. I’m happy to ship items to you – please see attached:
Susan Sheppard's class at WESPAC has begun!
Quote from Roger: "I want to say: Today's class was truly amazing, fun, healing, relaxing and a lot of other positive things!
I absolutely loved this and really suggest this to anyone that can make it. Susan was incredible! Thank you so much for guiding us today."
It is not too late to sign up!
Art Journaling Class at WESPAC every Wednesday with Susan Sheppard alternating start time 6pm or noon. Next Wednesday, July 25th, the class starts at noon. Please contact Susan with all questions and to register [email protected] . $20 per class towards WESPAC - no one turned away:
From Susan: An art journal is a “visual diary.” In addition to (or maybe in place of ) words, the journal keeper uses visual images to portray his/her thoughts and feelings. During these very stressful times an art journal can serve as a little haven in a world of madness.
My vision of this class is having the participants create an art journal over a series of workshops with or without the guidance of prompts combined with a variety of art techniques. For example, for the first class I would like to prepare the first few pages for future work and creating a self-portrait using collage. The prompt would be “The Me Nobody Knows.” The class would occur over several weeks depending on interest. Each participant would have to provide a “journal” (water color pad, composition book, or a hard cover book) , magazines and images that appeal to them, and writing tools of their choice. I would provide other tools and materials.
Some techniques are collage, printing, stenciling, drawing, painting, Zentangle, etc. The prompts can be whole class , personal to the participants, or pulled from a jar.
Please join us for the WESPAC Book Club’s discussion of James Baldwin's "The Fire Next Time"
available in the Westchester Library System. Please try to read the entire 100 page essay by August 2nd
The Book Club will meet at WESPAC on
Thursday, August 2nd at 7pm
For more information, please email Tracy at [email protected]
James Baldwin’s 100+ page classic essay
The Fire Next Time published in 1963
“Basically the finest essay I’ve ever read. . . . Baldwin refused to hold anyone’s hand. He was both direct and beautiful all at once. He did not seem to write to convince you. He wrote beyond you. -–Ta-Nehisi Coates
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Manuel Zhinin -- a father and husband from New York -- was detained outside his home as he was leaving for work. Add your name now and share to demand his release!Important Community Forum that WESPAC is co-sponsoring on the racial impact of marijuana policing in Westchester County. Please save the date:
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In a state where racially biased policing is the norm, Westchester County stands out as one of the worst offenders. Between 2013 and 2017, Black and Latino people were vastly overrepresented among tho...
