Dear WESPAC Community, It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of Mel Tanzman, a longtime and deeply respected disability rights advocate whose life and work helped advance the dignity, independence, and full inclusion of people with...
WESPAC promotes Economic Justice through promoting fair trade year round and helping to organize the annual Margaret Eberle Fair Trade Festival in White Plains. We also partner with the Wassaic Community Farm CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) http://wassaiccommunityfarm.com. WESPAC is an active member of the Hudson Valley Fair Economy Coalition that meets monthly at the Union Hall in Port Chester, and we have taken a lead role in promoting a public bank for the State of New York. To get involved, please contact the office at 914.449.6514 or by email at [email protected].
Community Parenting Workshop at April 26th Social Forum
https://www.eliasfoundation.org/fellowship-cohorts/2025-lala-montoya-heredia Lala ( mamita lala, we , she her ) is mama in many of the spaces she shows up, she plays an active role as Tia- aunt - titi to the youth she building a bond with either by being part of...
How Spain is Carving a different path on Immigration
How Spain is carving a different path on immigration By Amanda Taub Governments in nearly every wealthy country — and a number of less wealthy ones — have struggled for years with a seemingly intractable dilemma. More immigration would grow their economies, increase...
Epstein and Mossad
"The Epstein case points not to isolated depravity, but to structured leverage: an architecture of blackmail in which sexual crimes become instruments of power rather than grounds for prosecution. That is why the fixation on individual scandal – princes, parties, and...
Training Tools on how to deal with ICE raids
Important training tools here on dealing with ICE raids: https://www.youtube.com/live/zqka9fUTwdA @followers
Government Funding Update
From Mark Schlosberg: Dear colleague, Thank you for signing on to the letter we circulated in August and September urging senators to take strong stand against partisan rescissions. I’m writing to provide an update. Senate Democrats are under increasing pressure...
Correctional Association of NY releases findings
**For Immediate Release** October 9, 2025 Contact: [email protected] Correctional Association of New York Releases Monitoring Findings at Two State Prisons Reports on Gouverneur and Cayuga Correctional Facilities Find Significant...
Congo Week October 19th
Peace NadaI trust that all is well with you. I am reaching out to let you know that Friends of the Congo has Congo Week and Congo in Harlem coming up from October 19 - 25. We would love to WESPAC participation. It could be encouraging your network...
A Short Course on Palestine with Rashid Khalidi
https://peoplesforum.org/events/guest-course-a-short-course-on-palestine-with-rashid-khalidi/
Jump Start Cooperative Development Hudson Valley
Dear neighbors, this is special edition newsletter is an invitation for you to check out JUMPSTART—a hands-on co-op development lab for local Hudson Valley co-op dreamers. If you or other co-conspirators you know are curious about joining this Fall’s cohort, check out...
WESPAC on Facebook
All are welcome and please share widely. We have several new people to WESPAC this summer. This gathering on September 16th would be a lovely introduction to the broader social justice community: @followers
@everyone @followers
This content isn't available right now
When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it or it's been deleted.
Dear Friends,![]()
![]()
We are pleased to announce the launch of a new dedicated Annual Awards page on the WESPAC website.![]()
![]()
For more than fifty years, WESPAC has honored individuals and organizations whose leadership, vision, and commitment have helped advance peace, justice, human rights, environmental sustainability, and dignity and freedom for all. Our Annual Awards Gala has become an important opportunity to celebrate the people and movements working to create a more just and compassionate world.![]()
![]()
The new webpage serves as a central location for information about our Annual Awards program, including details about current and past honorees, event materials, photographs, and our Awards Journal. We hope it will help preserve the history of this important tradition while highlighting the inspiring work of those we have been privileged to recognize.![]()
![]()
We invite you to visit the page and explore the 2026 Awards Journal, which features this year's honorees and many of the community partners who work alongside WESPAC in advancing progressive social change.![]()
![]()
Thank you for your continued support of WESPAC and our shared commitment to building a more peaceful, equitable, and sustainable future.![]()
![]()
In solidarity,![]()
![]()
Nada ![]()
WESPAC Annual Awards! | WESPAC Foundation
wespac.org
WESPAC Annual Awards! WESPAC Annual Awards Celebration For more than five decades, WESPAC has celebrated and honored individuals and organizations whose courage, vision, and dedication have helped adv...
We went today to Delaney Hall ICE Detention Center in New Jersey to show our solidarity to those incarcerated and to their families. There have been people on hunger strike since last Friday and the community is out in front in support around the clock: