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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.
Workshop Schedule for December 3rd!
The entrance to these workshops will be the same Asbury Hall entrance as for the Margaret Eberle Fair Trade Festival located at the Memorial United Methodist Church on 250 Bryant Avenue in White Plains, New York.
Help Us Celebrate 14th Annual Fair Trade Festival
WESPAC is delighted to be working with the Westchester MLK Institute for Nonviolence, the LOFT and the Memorial United Methodist Church (MUMC) this year to plan the 14th Annual Margaret Eberle Fair Trade Festival.
What has WESPAC been up to?
Dear WESPAC supporters,
Photos from Oct. 5th Wall Street Occupation
Courtesy of Len Tsou: https://picasaweb.google.com/109077540544836974769/OccupyWallStreetWeAre99?authkey=Gv1sRgCLzG7uKs16Cu8QE
WESPAC and Sisters of Divine Compassion Tag Sale
This year, WESPAC will be collaborating with the Sisters of the Divine Compassion in hosting a tag sale the Friday right after Thanksgiving, Friday, November 25th from 10am to 3pm in the Mapleton Conference Center.
WESPAC Annual Meeting
WESPAC will be hosting our Annual Meeting of Members on Monday, October 24th at 7pm at the Mapleton Conference Center here at Good Counsel in White Plains.
WESPAC Summer Newsletter, 2011
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WESPAC Summer Lunch gatherings
In the summer months, WESPAC organizes lunch meetings in different municipalities for progressives to get to
Forum on Federal Budget Priorities
Westchester Community Forum on Federal Budget Priorities, Wed. June 29, White Plains
A coalition of community organizations will hold a forum on the 2012 federal budget and future directions for America on Wednesday, June 29th at 7:00 PM in White Plains. The event will be held at The Mapleton Conference Center at Good Counsel. 52 North Broadway.
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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
Come out on Sunday and support the Yonkers Sanctuary Movement!