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
Video clip from WESPAC’s Food Justice Community Self Reliance celebration:
We’re all feeling good & gathered at our community self reliance celebration with delicious food from Giovanni “Chef D’Amour” with Break Bread not Hearts pic.twitter.com/5XBTr1TCTs
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Imani McCalla is a Journalism Major at SUNY Purchase and has been interning this semester at WESPAC. She recently attended the Westchester MLK Institute's annual conference on Ending Violence, Building Hope and took the time to write an article about her experience....
A group gathered the evening of Tuesday, January 26, 2016, focused on supporting parole for Herman Bell as well as for the First International Day of Action in Solidarity with Trans Prisoners. We wrote birthday cards to former Black Panther Herman Bell...
It is very disappointing that our local NYS Assembly Member David Buchwald is a co-sponsor of A8220. I am trying to set up a meeting with him. If you are in his district and would be willing to attend this meeting, please let me know. In the meantime, please do be in touch with your state representatives on this free speech matter. The NY State Senate passed a bill last week that will create a blacklist of individuals and institutions that are engaged in a boycott of a U.S. ally. 55 NY state senators voted in favor and 6 senators voted against
These six NYS Senators who voted against are all African American and Latino.
As the tides of refugees from war in the Middle East literally wash ashore in Europe, we are witness to human tragedy of unfathomable proportions. In a world where governments wage wars that result in the displacement of tens of millions of people, we as human beings face a responsibility and a real opportunity to do the right thing. We welcome the tired, the poor the hungry and endangered to our country and community. We cannot be witness and not take action. All around the country, municipalities and local communities are calling for the United States of America to open wide the doors to the refugees, and are ready to welcome refugee families into their communities. We in the Westchester, Rockland and Hudson Valley Community join in the call for action to save and welcome refugees as follows:
Please let the WESPAC office know if you would like to attend this breakfast and sit at the WESPAC table: Greetings Friends of Slater Center: On Monday, January 18th we will commemorate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King at our annual unity breakfast. Come hear...
The Westchester Coalition Against Islamophobia invites you to this important conversation: Thursday, November 5, from 7 to 9 p.m. Ethical Culture Society of Westchester 7 Saxon Wood Rd. White Plains, NY 10605 (Ample, free parking available – bus #60 stops on ...
Reflections on the Community Forum at Greenburgh Town Hall The immediate observations Not a single member of the organizing committee lost their cool; all of us were frustrated and offended, but not a single person acted out of order. It is admirable. As the...
