WESPAC Foundation is concerned about the criminal justice system. We work in solidarity with other groups and organizations in Westchester County to repeal the Rockefeller Drug Laws, to eliminate racial profiling, and to address the structural and institutional...
WESPAC Foundation is concerned about the criminal justice system. We work in solidarity with other groups and organizations in Westchester County to repeal the Rockefeller Drug Laws, to eliminate racial profiling, and to address the structural and institutional biases inherent in our criminal justice system. We stand to permanently remove the death penalty as a legal option for the state, and we seek to significantly reduce the prison populations by working towards a more benevolent economic system that guarantees meaningful jobs and training at a living wage to all people.
Rally to support Luis Quiros
The rally took place Feb. 28, 2013: http://larchmont.patch.com/articles/mamaroneck-activist-appears-in-village-court#video-13509612
Phyllis Rodriguez returns from Guantanamo
Phyllis will also report back in Mapleton on Monday, Feb. 25th: http://www.lohud.com/article/20130221/NEWS/302210126/Searching-9-11-justice
Pelican Bay Hunger Strikers
MEDIA ADVISORY--JULY 15, 2011 Pelican Bay Hunger Strikers Reject CDCR Proposal Strike Continues Press Contact: Isaac Ontiveros Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity Office: 510 444 0484 California—This afternoon leaders of the...
Hugo Pinell on Hunger Strike
Via Kiilu Nyasha Greetings All: I got a letter today from Yogi Bear, Hugo Antonio Lyons Pinell. As most of you know, Yogi has been tortured in the Pelican Bay SHU since 1990 and in other California gulags since the early 1970s. He began ...
Mumia Abu Jamal
"For the Liberation of Mumia Abu Jamal!" Note: Following is an interview with Suzanne Ross, International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal, William E. Bachmann, US Labor activist involved in Mumia's defense, and Omowale...
Kevin Powell needs support
A group called the Friends of Kevin Powell Support Committee is assisting Kevin's family (mom Sandy and brother Peter). There will be things the community can do down the road but there is an immediate need. This Friday, July 1st Kevin will appear in Judge...
Sundiata Sadiq on Mumia
PHILADELPHIA IS FRANZ FANON’S “BLACK SKIN, WHITE MASKS” IN REAL TIME The white ruling class strategy since the end of the ruthless reign of Frank Rizzo, as former chief of police and then mayor of Philadelphia, is to replace white faces with black...
Jalil Muntaqim update
Jalil Muntaqim is a political prisoner being held at Auburn Correctional Facility in NY as a member of the Black Liberation Army and victim of COINTELPRO. Recently denied release on parole for the third time, as well as release by pardon or commutation of sentence,...
The Gutted Writ
The Gutted Writ: On Habeas Corpus Robert Perkinson The Nation January 10, 17, 2011 On a lazy afternoon in February 1961, Wilbert Rideau decided to rob a bank in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Rideau, a smart but impulsive eighth-grade dropout from a violent home, had...
WESPAC on Facebook
November 19th marks the tragic police killing of Mr. Kenneth Chamberlain, Sr. Kenneth his son will open up the community forum with welcoming words and thoughts on this current moment:Please save the date and help us share widely!Our current slate of confirmed panelists includes: - Deputy Commissioner of Public Safety for the City of White Plains Joseph Castelli (Commissioner Hardy is already committed to another panel that evening)- Peekskill Police Chief Adam Renwick - Omar Lopez (Deputy Mayor and CCRB Chairman, Ossining) - Dennis Adams (CCRB Chairman, Peekskill) - Jay Buckiewicz (Secretary CCRB, Peekskill)Invited but not yet confirmed - City of Yonkers Public Safety Commissioner and Westchester County Public Safety CommissionerWe will have light refreshments from 6pm to 6:15pm and then we will head to the auditorium: @followers
WESPAC Foundation has secured the screening rights to make the documentary Who Killed Alex Odeh? available to our community for one day. This film is deeply personal to me. I was a high school student here in Westchester County at Horace Greeley when Alex Odeh, a Palestinian American civil rights leader and regional director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, was assassinated by a bomb planted at his office in Santa Ana, California, on October 11, 1985. I remember how deeply disturbing it was to learn of his murder, and I remain profoundly shaken by the fact that, more than four decades later, no one has been brought to justice. Even more troubling is the history of suspects who were able to leave the United States without facing prosecution. For me, Alex Odeh’s murder came to symbolize something that Palestinians have experienced for generations: a devastating sense that those who take Palestinian lives can do so with impunity. That failure of accountability has continued to haunt our people, culminating in the mass killing and destruction we have witnessed in Gaza over these past several years. When violence against Palestinians goes unpunished, it sends a dangerous message that Palestinian lives are somehow less worthy of protection, dignity, and justice. I hope our WESPAC community will take the time to watch this important film with me on December 2nd at 7pm at WESPAC, reflect on the decades of injustice it exposes, and recommit ourselves to the principle that every human life is sacred and that justice must never depend on one’s nationality, ethnicity, or identity.Wednesday, December 2nd at 7pm at WESPAC77 Tarrytown Road, Suite 2WWhite Plains, NY 10607
Come out on Sunday and support the Yonkers Sanctuary Movement!