http://www.yesmagazine.org/commonomics/mississippi-capital-jackson-wrestles-economic-vision?b_start:int=0 yes! magazine After Death of Radical Mayor, Mississippi's Capital Wrestles With His Economic Vision Mayor Chokwe Lumumba implemented only the first steps of his...
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
Take a Pledge to Support Principles of Anti-Racist Education for All
Sign the Dignity for All Petition: http://tinyurl.com/o3h5bxw
Hoodies Up Westchester
WESPAC was covered in the local media here: Rally in White Plains to mark 2-year anniversary of Trayvon Martins death Ways to Support Join the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/400978070039048/?ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular Photo(s): Take a photo...
WESPAC Discussion on the New Jim Crow
Once you read it, you have crossed the Rubicon and there is no return to sleepwalking." --- Cornel West Please see the schedule here of the March study circles on the topic all around Westchester County and contact the study group coordinator to join the group most...
Chamberlain Vigil
Muslim Youth Speak Out!
On August 14, Muslim students from across NYC held a press conference to make their voices heard about Islamophobia. One WESPAC volunteer went to this event to show support and to connect with the organizers of the event. Now we want to highlight the words and...
How White folk are socialized to fear Black men
How white folk are socialized to fear black men: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiYQSWps7zY
Race and Marijuana Law Enforcement
Please let us know if your organization would like to endorse/co-sponsor this February panel at the Yonkers Riverfront Library next month. Contributions to help cover the cost of refreshments are welcome:
Race and Marijuana Law Enforcement in Westchester County: Taking the Target Off Communities of Color
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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
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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