I have some exciting news. The farmers at Hilltop Hanover have offered to do an educational series on a variety of topics, and they are flexible regarding the date, time, and location. A few potential ideas are:...
WESPAC has cultivated an extensive and cooperative network of food justice advocates throughout the county where we work together to enhance the existing expertise within diverse communities in the quest for a more sustainable food shed with more widespread access to fresh, local produce. We are proud of our role in promoting a more inclusive local food movement, and we continue to serve as an important resource for community gardens in the county by providing organizational and material support to both new projects and old.
WESPAC Annual Awards! Sunday, June 2nd at 2pm in Rye, NY!
Turning Lawn into Native Pollinator Garden!
https://youtu.be/yaFr_J4GFSs
Rock Steady CSA Delivery in Mount Vernon
WESPAC Director on our Food System
Corinne Segal has done a fabulous job with this interview on our food system, and how appropriate that it comes out on International Human Rights Day and on the day that we discuss Eric Holt-Gimenez's book tonight at WESPAC at 7pm on Can We Feed the World Without...
The Story on Soil
http://woodstockearth.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-storyon-soil-carbon-microbes-and.html
WESPAC Plot at Bethel Baptist Community Gardens
Community Earth Day Celebration
Celebrating New Partnerships and FriendsJoin us as we prepare community gardens, composting bins, neighborhood cleanup and more Sunday, April 17th, from 10am to 3pm First Seventh-day Adventist Church of White Plains 180 Juniper Hill Road Greenburgh, NY 10607 Join...
Next WESPAC Food Justice Planning Committee Meeting
A big thank you to all who attended our community harvest dinner on Monday. By all accounts, it was a memorable evening as we transition now to the holiday season. A special thank you to Professor Tracy Basile at Pace University who brought Micmac elder Evan Pritchard with her as well as the students in her Food Revolution class. We all appreciated Doug’s presentation that expressed a spiritual dimension to our life and work and relationship with the life around us, the plants and the food we eat.
We announced that the next WESPAC Food Justice Planning Committee meeting will take place on Thursday, December 17th, at 7pm in the WESPAC office. People may ask – what is food justice? One definition that we are comfortable with is: Food Justice means communities exercising their right to grow, sell, and eat healthy food. Healthy food is fresh, nutritious, affordable, culturally-appropriate, and grown locally with care for the well-being of the land, workers, and animals. Our collective food justice work can lead to a strong local food system, self-reliant communities, and a healthy environment.
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Join us online October 12, at 8:00 PM for a teach-in on the Beacon Pipeline and to learn what we can do to stop it coming to Westchester. Register for the meeting link: bit.ly/4ddjc9
Dear Friends and Members of WESPAC,If concrete steps toward a peace deal aren’t taken before the midterm election, we risk the war against Iran spiraling into a permanent, multi-trillion-dollar quagmire.The administration has burned an estimated $2 billion a week on this conflict. These are funds that could build 4,000 new homes every single week or fix our failing roads and hospitals. Instead, our taxpayer dollars are being wasted on a war that a growing number of Americans do not want.We need decisive congressional action before the election.On Tuesday, October 20th, two weeks before the election, join a nationwide coalition to gather at U.S. House and Senate district offices, arriving 30 minutes before doors open to speak directly with lawmakers and their staff as they arrive for the day.Will you join our nationwide call to Congress outside your lawmaker’s office on October 20th to end the war against Iran?WESPAC will be outside of Congressmember George Latimer’s office located at 222 Mamaroneck Avenue in downtown White Plains.👉 RSVP and let us know if you’ll be outside your local congressional office.Check out the Action Kit with resources including social media posts, a customizable flyer, and a rally check list to make it easier to organize a rally! Comment endMore information about the nationwide Day of Action can be found here, including a growing list of rallies that are being planned around the country.In solidarity,Nada
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Dear WESPAC Members, Friends, and Supporters,In these extraordinarily challenging times, strong and independent community organizations are more important than ever. We invite you to renew your WESPAC membership—or to become a member for the first time—and help sustain our shared work for justice, peace, and meaningful social change.As we celebrate WESPAC’s 52nd anniversary, we remain inspired by our rich history and deeply grateful for the community that has sustained us. WESPAC continues to serve a unique and essential role as a hub for progressive organizing in Westchester County and throughout the Lower Hudson Valley. You can donate at wespac.org/donate