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.
Fresh Food to combat racial inequity
http://yesmagazine.org/peace-justice/radical-farmers-use-fresh-food-fight-racial-injustice-black-lives-matter
Upcoming Food Justice Events
Upcoming Food Justice Events Healthy Food is a Human Right! What is Food Justice? Food Justice is communities exercising their right to grow, sell, and eat healthy food. Healthy food is fresh, nutritious, affordable, culturally-appropriate, and grown locally with care...
Vacant Lot for Urban Farm
Bronx Activist Eyes Vacant Lot for Urban FarmDNAInfoAugust 23, 2013http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20130823/longwood/bronx-activist-eyes-vacant-lot-for-urban-farm Bronx Activist Eyes Vacant Lot for Urban Farmby Patrick Wall Slideshow Simpson Street Urban Farm...
Great article on Doug and Food Justice
http://dissentmagazine.org/online.php?id=610
Growing Food and Justice for All Initiative
GFJI gathering clips: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOegNX9Cnus
WESPAC members attend Growing Power
Jalal and Surya, members of WESPAC's Food Justice Committee, travelled to Milwaukee to participate in this food justice gathering: http://browngirlfarming.com/2011/09/15/the-mushy-center/
From our local farmer, Feb 2011
Good Day All, Today awoke as if the tinder of the sky was sparked by a flint manifested by the birdsong's and tree buds of early Spring. As the clouds took their shape around the yawning body of the suns awakening, the warm airs carried the subtle hints of...
Spring Seeds Support WESPAC!
Many thanks to local farmer Doug DeCandia for connecting WESPAC with this wonderful opportunity:
New Resources for Community Garden Info
Two New Resources for Community Garden Info in NYC To download the report please go to: http://farmingconcrete.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/GrowNYC_CommunityGardenReport.pdf For more information go to:...
WESPAC on Facebook
All are welcome and please share widely. We have several new people to WESPAC this summer. This gathering on September 16th would be a lovely introduction to the broader social justice community: @followers
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We are pleased to announce the launch of a new dedicated Annual Awards page on the WESPAC website.![]()
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For more than fifty years, WESPAC has honored individuals and organizations whose leadership, vision, and commitment have helped advance peace, justice, human rights, environmental sustainability, and dignity and freedom for all. Our Annual Awards Gala has become an important opportunity to celebrate the people and movements working to create a more just and compassionate world.![]()
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The new webpage serves as a central location for information about our Annual Awards program, including details about current and past honorees, event materials, photographs, and our Awards Journal. We hope it will help preserve the history of this important tradition while highlighting the inspiring work of those we have been privileged to recognize.![]()
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We invite you to visit the page and explore the 2026 Awards Journal, which features this year's honorees and many of the community partners who work alongside WESPAC in advancing progressive social change.![]()
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Thank you for your continued support of WESPAC and our shared commitment to building a more peaceful, equitable, and sustainable future.![]()
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WESPAC Annual Awards! WESPAC Annual Awards Celebration For more than five decades, WESPAC has celebrated and honored individuals and organizations whose courage, vision, and dedication have helped adv...
We went today to Delaney Hall ICE Detention Center in New Jersey to show our solidarity to those incarcerated and to their families. There have been people on hunger strike since last Friday and the community is out in front in support around the clock: