A group gathered the evening of Tuesday, January 26, 2016, focused on supporting parole for Herman Bell as well as for the First International Day of Action in Solidarity with Trans Prisoners. We wrote birthday cards to former Black Panther Herman Bell...
NY Wants to Tell You What You Can and Cannot Boycott
It is very disappointing that our local NYS Assembly Member David Buchwald is a co-sponsor of A8220. I am trying to set up a meeting with him. If you are in his district and would be willing to attend this meeting, please let me know. In the meantime, please do be in touch with your state representatives on this free speech matter. The NY State Senate passed a bill last week that will create a blacklist of individuals and institutions that are engaged in a boycott of a U.S. ally. 55 NY state senators voted in favor and 6 senators voted against
These six NYS Senators who voted against are all African American and Latino.
A Deadly Deployment, A Navy SEAL’s Despair
From The New York Times: A Deadly Deployment, a Navy SEAL’s Despair Fellow officers saw the death of Cmdr. Job W. Price, which was ruled a suicide, as a cautionary tale of how men were ground down by years of fighting and losing comrades....
100% Renewables Now NYS
100% Renewables Now NYS Written by Mark Dunlea Jan. 14, 2016 www.gelfny.org Hundreds of climate change activists rallied in front of the state Capitol on Wednesday, then flooded the hallways to make sure legislative and political leaders understand that more is needed...
US Intelligence sharing in the Syrian war
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v38/n01/seymour-m-hersh/military-to-military London Review of Books Vol. 38 No. 1 · 7 January 2016 pages 11-14 | 6853 words Military to Military Seymour M. Hersh on US intelligence sharing in the Syrian war Barack Obama’s repeated insistence that...
Herbal Tea Tasting with Dana Ludmer – REGISTRATION CLOSED but we will offer again. Room is at capacity.
WESPAC Food Justice in partnership with the Westchester County Youth Councils of Family Services of Westchester present:
Herbal Tea Tasting Workshop with Dana Ludmer: Developing our Relationship with Plants and Herbs at this time of Planetary Change and Transformation There is a great practice of sampling tea without knowing what the herb is allowing people to move beyond “this herb is good for this problem” (which is quite allopathic) and start building a relationship with herbs that is more descriptive, personal and experiential. We will engage in conversation about the benefits of plants and how we can nurture them.
“10 things we should do to fix our broken food system”
Take a look at this article written by Tamar Haspel entitled "10 things we should do to fix our broken food system". Haspels lays out a comprehensive list of the major problems with our food system and ways in which we can implement better societal practices to...
WESPAC 2015 Annual Report
Refugees: A Call to Action by the Westchester, Rockland and the Hudson Valley Community
As the tides of refugees from war in the Middle East literally wash ashore in Europe, we are witness to human tragedy of unfathomable proportions. In a world where governments wage wars that result in the displacement of tens of millions of people, we as human beings face a responsibility and a real opportunity to do the right thing. We welcome the tired, the poor the hungry and endangered to our country and community. We cannot be witness and not take action. All around the country, municipalities and local communities are calling for the United States of America to open wide the doors to the refugees, and are ready to welcome refugee families into their communities. We in the Westchester, Rockland and Hudson Valley Community join in the call for action to save and welcome refugees as follows:
Would you like to sit with WESPAC members at MLK Breakfast?
Please let the WESPAC office know if you would like to attend this breakfast and sit at the WESPAC table: Greetings Friends of Slater Center: On Monday, January 18th we will commemorate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King at our annual unity breakfast. Come hear...
Taking Climate Change Seriously
Interview with Naomi Klein is now online: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/12/naomi-klein-cop-21-paris-climate-change-this-changes-everything/ Taking Climate Change Seriously Naomi Klein on the crackdown against COP21 protesters and “why system change not climate...
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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