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...
WESPAC connects organizations, people and issues across all divisions, recognizing that we cannot win a better world if we stay divided. WESPAC promotes movement building through regular potlucks that bring people together to share food, knowledge and build relationships. WESPAC has developed a Speakers Bureau that can provide effective speakers on a variety of current social justice issues. WESPAC is an active member of a number of local coalitions including: the Hudson Valley Fair Economy Coalition, the Hudson Valley Community Coalition and the Westchester Coalition for Police Reform.
WESPAC Community Potluck
Hello everyone, As we approach the holiday season, WESPAC will be hosting a community potluck on Monday, November 18th at 6pm. Our guests will include Chief Dwaine Perry of the Ramapough Nation and local farmer Doug DeCandia. Chief Perry will share some Ramapough...
WESPAC Fall Newsletter
Newsletter, Fall 2013, Full LaMont article-1 A huge thank you to Laura Myerson who worked so hard on the layout, editing and collecting the articles from WESPACers. Thank you, Laura!
TPP is an Attack on Food Sovereignty
TPP is an Attack on Food Sovereignty by Mark Dunlea The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is the latest Free Trade Agreement (FTA) assault against food sovereignty, where the profits of multinational companies are placed ahead of the food security needs of individual...
Report from Nick on Know Drones
Dear Friends: This is preliminary report on last week's six-day street witness that was organized at the busiest locations in New York City by the Granny Peace Brigade (GPB) to call for an international ban on weaponized drones and drone surveillance. (See...
NSA shares Americans data
http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/secret-deal-allows-nsa-share-americans-data-israel
Media Coverage on the 24 Hour Encampment
We have received significant responses and media coverage from the Emergency Mobilization and 24-hour Encampment Against an Attack on Syria last Friday, September 6 - Saturday, September 7. Below is a partial list of media coverage: New 12 Westchester & News 12...
Excellent Interview with Congressman Opposed to Syria Attack
http://dontattacksyria.com/
Syria: Not in Our Son’s Name!
Syria: Not in Our Son’s Name! September 1, 2013 To the editor: Are we mad? Are we going to fire missiles at yet another country because our administration has been offended by the actions - “moral obscenity” in this case - of yet another sovereign nation? When...
To the Editor
The hypocrisy concerning Syria coming from a bellicose Washington and US media is frightening. Whence comes Washington ’s selective indignation when it comes to Syria? There has hardly been a dictator recently that we have not embraced. We armed our former friend...
WESPAC on Facebook
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
Come out on Sunday and support the Yonkers Sanctuary Movement!
Celebrating Community, Art, Music & Our Shared Commitment to JusticeThursday, November 12, 2026 at 6:00 PMWESPAC Foundation77 Tarrytown Road, Suite 2WWhite Plains, NY 10607Dear WESPAC Friends, Members, and Community Partners,We warmly invite you to join us for WESPAC’s Annual Meeting of Members, an evening of community, reflection, inspiring art, live music, and renewed commitment to building a more just, peaceful, and compassionate world.At a time when our collective voices, creativity, and solidarity matter so deeply, we look forward to gathering with old friends and new, sharing a meal, reflecting on the challenges and opportunities before us, and celebrating the extraordinary power of ordinary people to shape history. Full details at www.wespac.org