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...
WESPAC Foundation supports Environmental and Food Justice with a separate listserv used for promoting upcoming events and discussion. WESPAC opposes fracking and two of our members have produced a documentary that highlights Indigenous Peoples’ perspectives on fracking: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdwCKzqVRdQ. We have cultivated an extensive cooperative network of food justice activists around the county who seek to expand access to fresh, local food. We also partner with the Wassaic Community Farm CSA (Community Supported Agriculture): http://wassaiccommunityfarm.com. To get involved or for more information, please contact the office at 914.449.6514 or by email at [email protected].
Vigil Against Keystone XL
On Monday, join fellow activists in your community for an important vigil against Keystone XL. In Westchester, Lisa Moir is organizing a vigil at 7pm tomorrow, Monday, February 3rd, in front of the Blue Pig Cafe in Croton-on-Hudson locate at 121 Maple Street in...
Don’t turn NY into transit route for fracked gas
http://www.lohud.com/article/20140201/OPINION/302010017/Don-t-turn-N-Y-into-transit-route-fracked-natural-gas Don't turn N.Y. into transit route for fracked natural gas The Algonquin Incremental Market project is a plan by Spectra Energy to convey an additional 300...
Comments Needed to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Dear Friends, Our wonderful colleagues at Sierra Club - Atlantic Chapter have simplified an important opportunity for you to submit comments to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) regarding the proposed Spectra Algonquin Incremental Market (AIM) project...
Farm Bill Cuts Funding for Hunger
Statement by Mark Dunlea, Hunger Action Network of NYS, On House Passage of Farm Bill Farm Bill Cuts Funding for Hunger; Favors Agribusiness and Unhealthy Foods; Environmentalists Lose The last time the Farm Bill passed in 2008, House Speaker leader Nancy Pelosi...
WESPAC helping to fill a bus from White Plains!
WESPAC Letter to EPA in support of Ramapough
Statement of Support Submitted to the EPA on November 9, 2013 in support of a total cleanup of Ringwood, NJ Superfund Site, home of the Ramapough Nation. We come before you tonight on behalf of WESPAC, a 500-member strong Westchester-based non-profit organization...
Fracking Impact Hits Close to Home
Fracking Impact Hits Close to Home … and new pipeline project looms Increasing Radon Levels Alert for NY, CT & New Jersey BY ELLEN WEININGER Agrowing number of people are beginning to comprehend the health and environmental impacts of hydrofracking, or shale gas...
Politics of Hunger
The Strange Politics of Southern Hunger October 19, 2013 By Sue Sturgis Sue Sturgis's ZSpace Page / ZSpace Date on which the Republican-controlled U.S. House, led by majority leader Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.), voted to make deep cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition...
Emergency Plans won’t protect Residents from Radiation
Former NRC Chair: Emergency Plans Won't Protect Residents from Radiation Indian Point Should Be Closed By Roger Witherspoon http://spoonsenergymatters.wordpress.com/ The former head of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said yesterday that emergency plans...
WESPAC on Facebook
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