From Divest NY Coalition: Dear Divest NY allies, Thank you for supporting the Divest NY campaign. Our major focus this fall is to press NY State Comptroller DiNapoli to fully divest the NYS Common Retirement Fund (CRF) from Exxon and other gas and oil companies. His...
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].
WESPAC at #MarchToEndFossilFuels
Here is a brief clip of Sunday's #MarchToEndFossilFuels in New York City. The march was very well attended with over 75,000 participants. Thank you to everyone who helped make it so memorable! Watch the video here Photos courtesy of Andrew Courtney– thank you!
No Dumping Radioactive Waste into the Hudson Action Call
Dear Friends, We need all hands on deck! Please sign up below to join these urgent call relays that will be held TOMORROW - THURSDAY JULY 6th AND FRIDAY, JULY 7th to contact Governor Hochul and tell her to IMMEDIATELY sign the "Save the Hudson" bill Senate...
WESPAC in Lohud Article on Indian Point
Good morning, all! WESPAC is mentioned here in this important article about the history of Indian Point thanks to the excellent work of our founder, Connie Hogarth and others who worked closely with her:...
Fishing Compliance Patrol in Westchester Nets 38 Tickets
PLEASE CROSS POST Fish are sentient, intelligent, friendly and sociable. Pls encourage DEC commissioner Seggos to continue to crack down in all such illegal activity; some of these fish were slaughtered with bow and arrow. Remind him that both fishing and hunting...
Stop Dumping of Radioactive Contaminants into the Hudson River!
From Marilyn Elie: Act Now! Watch the video and amplify it on social media or other lists. Send a copy of the Resolution banning dumping in the Hudson River to your town officials. Send them the link to this video. Make sure that your community gets...
Farm Bill Action!
Farm Bill Action! Support Agriculture as part of the solution to the climate crisis, Support Racial Justice, Support Local Food and Organic Farms Farm Bill Action! Support Agriculture as part of the solution to the climate crisis, Support Racial Justice, Support Local...
Here’s how to STOP HOLTEC from dumping radionuclides into the Hudson
From United for Clean Energy: Dear community member, Over 100,000 people in seven municipalities source their drinking water from the Hudson River, as Native Americans call Muhheakantuck, “the river that flows both ways.” Other communities along the river rely on it...
We have derailed the Dirty Deal!
From: Thomas Meyer, National Organizing Manager (He/Him) | Cell: 360-460-7397 Food & Water Action and Food & Water Watch Huge news: Senators Manchin and Schumer just WITHDREW the permitting deal that would have forced approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline,...
Turning Lawn into Native Pollinator Garden!
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WESPAC on Facebook
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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