OPEN LETTER TO THE PEOPLE OF WESTCHESTER, THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AND THE ADL Dear All, In a recent issue of its “Anti-Semitism Briefing” on WESPAC, the ADL describes WESPAC as an organization that does good in the world, serving to support equity and social justice and...
The WESPAC Committee for Justice & Peace in the Middle East is a group of concerned people from the Westchester County area formed to educate the general community, promote open discussion and dialogue and advocate for just solutions to the current destructive situations in the Middle East, particularly in Palestine/Israel. WESPAC supports the call by over 200 Palestinian civil society organizations for punitive measures including boycotts, divestment, and sanctions to be maintained until Israel meets its obligation to recognize the Palestinian People’s inalienable right to self-determination and fully complies with the precepts of international law. We call for an end to all occupations in the region. The committee meets regularly and invites participation from the public. Please contact the office at 914.449.6514 or email [email protected] for more information.
Raising Our Voices – From Nancy Kricorian
As many of you know, my spouse James teaches at Columbia University, which has again been much in the news. Things have been moving so fast that it’s hard to keep up with a situation that grows ever more dire. On Friday, March 7 when the Horsemen of the...
Feb. 19th is Day of Remembrance for Japanese American Community
From UMass Office of the President: February 19th is a significant date for the Japanese American community. On this day in 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which gave the U.S. Army the authority to remove civilians from the military...
Puppet making for the Social Forum Opening March!
The LHV Social Forum planning team is delighted to be working with the @boxcutter_collective to make large puppets for the social forum scheduled for Sunday, April 27th in White Plains! Boxcutter Collective is a New York City based puppet troupe made up of 6...
CFOW Newsletter!
From Frank Brodhead: Hello All - In less than a month, Donald Trump and Elon Musk have grabbed power and created chaos. We call this a “coup,” meaning an unconstitutional overturn of our government. They must be stopped. But how? Tens of thousands of people have lost...
Statement from the NYS Community Equity Agenda
The 50+ member organizations of the NYS Community Equity Agenda, representing hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers statewide, made the following statement responding to the Trump Administration’s assault on the Consumer and Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)—and...
The Forgotten Occupation: Jim Crow goes to Haiti
Filmmaker Alain Martin frames the forgotten history of his country’s brutal occupation at the hands of the United States as an epistolary that finds him penning a letter to his deceased grandfather about the subject. He confesses to Brunel Martin, the grandfather in...
Toolkit for the Movement
Toolkit for the Movement: Guides for community defense Recent years have seen our community and movement partners on the frontlines wracked by COVID-19, ongoing systemic anti-Black racism, accelerating climate disasters, and growing authoritarian repression, which...
A Land for All Presentation at WESPAC
We had a wonderful evening at WESPAC last night with Professor Oren Yiftachel who presented A Land for All. A Land for All is a shared movement of Israelis and Palestinians who believe that the way towards peace, security and stability for all passes through two...
They Called me a Lioness
Librarians and Archivists with Palestine is proud to announce They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl’s Fight for Freedom by Ahed Tamimi and Dena Takruri as our pick for the 2025 “One Book, Many Communities” international reading campaign! In this memoir, Ahed...
WESPAC on Facebook
Dear friends,On Tuesday, December 1, at 10:45 AM, the People’s Campaign for Parole Justice, a statewide grassroots coalition, will hold rallies across the state to kick-off our march to victory in the coming legislative session and we need you to make it powerful. This election brought a tsunami of new committed Parole Justice supporters into office. Now is the time for action!So RSVP today at tinyurl.com/pcpjkickoff. LOCATIONS:NYC: Macedonia Baptist Church of Harlem (452 W 147th St.)Albany: Love Albany Center (8 Kate St. in Albany)Newburgh: The Cathedral at The House (127 Broadway in Newburgh)Long Island: Memorial Presbyterian Church (189 Babylon Turnpike #1 in Roosevelt)Yonkers: Yonkers Riverfront Library Yonkers Library (1 Larkin Center)Rochester: VOCAL-NY Office (189 N Water St.)Buffalo: Location TBDPlease arrive by 10:45 AM so we can get started on time!
Come and meet other progressive young adults in the Westchester County area and learn about ways to plug into the local social justice community. RSVPs requested at [email protected]:
Chuck Schumer Rep. George Latimer Kirsten Gillibrand DEFUND THE WAR ON IRAN NOW!