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WESPAC Annual Awards 2022!

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...

Rikers Island from those who have lived there

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...

Westchester #CommunitiesNotCages Town Hall

by Nada Khader | Mar 16, 2022 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Criminal Justice, Director's Blog, Economic and Human Rights, Frontpage, Movement Building, Racial Justice

Dear friends and members of WESPAC,   Will you join us on April 19 at 6pm for an online Westchester + Hudson Valley #CommunitiesNotCages Town Hall on Zoom? RSVP here!   At the Town Hall, you’ll hear from formerly incarcerated leaders and families about the fight...

Westchester DA launching new program

by Nada Khader | Oct 1, 2021 | Blogs, Criminal Justice, Director's Blog

Thank you very much for this initiative, DA Rocah!  https://www.lohud.com/story/news/2021/09/28/westchester-miriam-rocach-fresh-start-program-may-spare-some-offenders-jail/5899836001/   The program announced by the Westchester District Attorney will allow certain...

Attica is All of Us

by Nada Khader | Sep 9, 2021 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Criminal Justice, Director's Blog, Movement Building, Racial Justice

Attica is All of UsTo commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Attica uprising, AFJ (Alliance of Families for Justice) and the National Lawyer Guild NYC will be cohosting two evenings of panel discussions about the uprising and its aftermath. Both will be live...

Community Cookout – Decarcerate Hudson Valley

by Nada Khader | Aug 31, 2021 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Criminal Justice, Director's Blog, Frontpage, Movement Building, Racial Justice

WESPACers will be driving up:
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  1. “When you lift from the bottom, everybody rises! Social workers and the Poor People’s Campaign.”

    May 23 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
  2. NY for All Mobilization in Albany

    May 24 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
  3. In Anger and Mourning: Shireen Abu Akleh and East Buffalo

    May 25 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
  4. WESPAC Annual Awards 2022!

    June 5 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
  5. Yorktown Pride!

    June 11 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

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"When you lift from the bottom, everybody rises! Social workers and the Poor People's Campaign."What is it?: A webinar on May 23rd at 7PM ESTFeaturing: SWEPT (Social Workers Ending Poverty Together)Hosts: SWAA (Social Welfare Action Alliance), NWRU (National Welfare Rights Union), and NUH (National Union of the Homeless)The contemporary Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival aims to eradicate the interlocking systemic injustices of poverty, racism, militarism, and environmental devastation; it also confronts the false moral narrative that sustains them. Social workers involved in the Poor People’s Campaign have found that it enhances the effectiveness and ethical dimensions of their daily work from the clinic to the community and from direct practice to policy and research. In this webinar we explore how and why that happens, and the ways that the campaign turns pain into power for lasting change.To register for the webinar, visit us at www.socialwelfareactionalliance.orgTo read the bios of the social workers in the SWEPT Collective, click here.For more information, visit our website or see the flyer below!Zoom link will be sent to all participants the day of the event.Registration for the event is required. ... See MoreSee Less

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