by Nada Khader | Jan 17, 2025 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Director's Blog, Environmental and Food Justice, Movement Building, Progressive News Network
TAKE ACTION: TELL YOUR LEGISLATORS TO PROTECT AMERICANS FROM TOXIC FOOD PRODUCTION PRACTICES Our government has propped up an industrial food and farm system that has harmed human health and the environment for far too long. Today, the largest agrochemical...
by Nada Khader | Nov 26, 2024 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Director's Blog, Environmental and Food Justice, Progressive News Network
Dear Members of WESPAC, I hope this message finds you well. My name is Jennifer Schidlow, and I am a resident of Larchmont, NY. I am reaching out to seek your support and expertise regarding a proposed development at 2399 Boston Post Road, which has raised...
by Nada Khader | Nov 26, 2024 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Criminal Justice, Director's Blog, Economic and Human Rights, Environmental and Food Justice, Progressive News Network
Dear all IADL members and friends, We are announcing the launch of a new issue of the IADL Review on Climate and Social Justice, as well as multiple new statements highlighting key issues and developments in this moment, especially the ongoing Israeli genocide in...
by wespac-admin | Sep 17, 2024 | Director's Blog, Environmental and Food Justice
APPLICATION DEADLINE THIS FRIDAY. Visit bit.ly/calabashTAacademy to learn more: The Calabash Network is calling for applications for the inaugural Calabash TA Academy, a pilot 12-week accelerated training program cohort designed to orient & prepare a network of...
by Nada Khader | Jul 30, 2024 | Blogs, Director's Blog, Economic and Human Rights, Environmental and Food Justice, Movement Building
Excellent (and lengthy) article about the devastating environmental and human effect of NAFTA and neoliberal policies on a community in Mexico. Persisting even under AMLO and possibly Sheinbaum… US Corporations Pump Aquifers Dry as Police Kill Water Defenders in...