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.
Regional Social Forum planning
We had a really successful meeting on June 10th 2008 and have created a separate listserv for those interested in planning for the social forum 2009. Please e-mail [email protected] if you would like to be part of planning the action.
Do Not Pity the Democrats
Do Not Pity the Democrats Chris Hedges Truthdig September 13, 2010 AP/Elise Amendola There are no longer any major institutions in American society, including the press, the educational system, the financial sector, labor unions, the arts, religious...
Planning for a Regional Social Forum
Westchester social justice activists are planning a Regional People's Summit or Social Forum to strengthen our local movement building and grassroots organizing.
Micheal Ratner speaking at WESPAC Awards Dinner
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WESPAC is moving! Sept. 20 Open House
Our new home will be 52 North Broadway in White Plains, on the campus of Good Counsel and adjacent to the Pace Law School. Free parking, wheelchair accessible and public transport accessible.
Interview with Arundhati Roy
http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/faultlines/2010/05/20105610311806602.html
WESPAC @ National Conference in Albany
A national conference July 23 to 25 to bring the troops home now:
Building Arab and Black Solidarity
Here is the write up about the WESPAC workshop in Detroit. The presenters include the coordinator of the Detroit Coalition Against Police Brutality, Ron Scott, the son of the recently assassinated Imam Luqman, Omar Regan, Lena Masri from CAIR-Michigan and WESPAC Director, Nada Khader.
The Greeks Get It
The Greeks Get It Chris Hedges Truthdig May 24, 2010 Numerous riots have gripped Athens during the last year or so of unrest. AP / Petros Giannakouris Here’s to the Greeks. They know what to do when corporations pillage and loot their country. They know what to do...
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
Come out on Sunday and support the Yonkers Sanctuary Movement!