WESPAC members have delivered petitions with hundreds of signatures to Senators Schumer and Gillibrand and Congress members Lowey and Engels asking them to vote NO to authorization of US military strikes against Syria. This position reflects a broad consensus among...
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...
Syria and America exchange messages
Syria & America exchange messages as both peoples breathe more easily… for now Franklin Lamb Veterans Today September 2, 2013 Damascus – The morning following President Obama’s announcement he would not bomb Syria immediately, the streets of Damascus were packed...
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...
To the Editor
To the Editor: We have about a week to stop our government from bombing Syria. With the political action focused in Congress, Rivertowns residents have a significant role to play. This is because our congressman, Eliot Engel, is a leading advocate of bombing and a...
To the Editor
To the Editor: Do we detect a pattern here? Rep. Eliot Engel supported George W. Bush’s rush to war in Iraq, which resulted in over one million casualties and two million refugees—based on jerry-rigged intelligence. Rep. Engel supported the invasion and...
To the Editor
To the editor: Syria, the next target? I’m trying to understand again. There’s a civil war that is burning the people of Syria. All the people. My country, The United States and it’s leadership propelled by the neocons and the so- called humanitarian...
Emergency Mobilization Against US Military Action in Syria
EMERGENCY PROTEST AGAINST U.S. MILITARY ATTACK ON SYRIA FRI., SEPT 6, 5pm Meet at the Plaza Fountain, White Plains, Main St. & Mamaroneck DEMAND CONGRESS REFUSE AUTHORIZATION TO BOMB AND KILL March to Cong. Nita Lowey’s office, then to the Federal...
Please participate in Know Drones Action
Dear Friends: This email is to follow-up on conversations that I have had with most of you about the action to promote a worldwide ban of weaponized drones and drone surveillance action that is being planned in New York City during the annual meeting of the UN...
CCR Statement on Syria
WESPAC fully supports this statement on Syria from CCR. We will plan an emergency action at the fountain in White Plains if there is any US attack and will post details on the WESPAC website. In the meantime, the WESPAC Middle East Cte will meet on Sept. 10th at 7pm...
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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