by Nada Khader | Apr 27, 2022 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Criminal Justice, Director's Blog, Frontpage, Movement Building, Racial Justice
Scroll down below image for all details! Dear Friends of WESPAC, On Sunday, June 5th at 2pm, WESPAC friends and members will be gathering in person at Wainwright House in Rye on the waterfront on the Long Island Sound in honor of WESPAC’s 48th...
by Nada Khader | Apr 26, 2022 | Blogs, Criminal Justice, Director's Blog, Movement Building, Racial Justice
Excellent panel discussion this evening on Rikers Island with Jose Saldana, Vincent Schiraldi, Alelur Duran and Steven Dominguez. It’s been a disaster since it opened in 1932. Plans for closure began with Ed Koch. Will Eric Adams move forward or wiggle out? Where will...
by Nada Khader | Apr 21, 2022 | Blogs, Director's Blog, Economic and Human Rights, Movement Building, Racial Justice
Get on the New York bus to the June 18th Poor People’s And Low-Wage Workers Assembly and Moral March On Washington. New York is joining people from across the nation to gather in Washington, DC for the June 18th Poor People’s and Low-Wage Workers Assembly...
by Nada Khader | Mar 27, 2022 | Blogs, Director's Blog, Economic and Human Rights, Militarism and Foreign Policy, Movement Building
From the VVAW National OfficeMarch 25, 2022In our 55 years as an organization, Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) has witnessed way too many wars. We know firsthand the consequences and devastation of imperial wars.We are saddened and angered at the unnecessary...
by Nada Khader | Mar 22, 2022 | Blogs, Director's Blog, Environmental and Food Justice, Frontpage
No one should be allowed to gamble with clean, safe water – but that’s exactly what financial speculators are trying to do by trading water futures. Allowing financial speculators to profit off of and drive up prices on a resource that we all need is dangerous!Will...