WESPAC Foundation supports the work of the Anti-Racist Alliance which is the lead group in Westchester that explores the ongoing harm of institutionalized and systemic racism in our country today. We have honest discussions in a mixed group of how white privilege impacts both people of color and white folk in Westchester County in the form of excessive police force, access to quality education, employment and housing and many other areas. We listen to the range of experience that people of color have to endure in a society that continues to disproportionately benefit white people . For more information, visit antiracistalliance.com

Release from Detention – Know Your Rights

Release From Detention WorkshopHello,The Legal Hand Call-In Center serving Westchester County has partnered with the Westchester Bar Association of New York to host an informative Know Your Rights workshop taking a comprehensive look at the bond process and...

WESPAC Agent of Change Internship

WESPAC “Agent of Change” Internship Internships are available during the fall, spring, and summer. About WESPAC For more than 50 years, WESPAC Foundation has worked to advance peace, justice, and progressive social change in Westchester County and beyond. WESPAC...

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...

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 as fiscal sponsor of Advocacy Video Project

Hello everyone, The below gifted video via NY Times is a must see here.  WESPAC has proudly served as the fiscal sponsor of this initiative since its inception.  You can learn more about it here  It is a project of Transforming Lives...

Escalation is Not Security! End the Cycle of War!

Paris Call for the Two-State Solution, Peace and Regional Security - Paris Peace Forum From our Community Partner in Israel: The Mossawa Center calls on the UN Security Council and the UN General Assembly to immediately intervene to stop the war declared by the...

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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 ...
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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 ...
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