Fracking Update: Last week, news broke that several companies hired as consultants by the NY Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) are members of IOGA (a gas industry lobby group). These companies were paid $50 million...
LHV Organizer
Organizer - Lower Hudson Valley Chapter The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) is one of the nation's foremost defenders of civil liberties and civil rights. Founded in 1951 as the New York affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union, the NYCLU is a...
Phyllis Rodriguez returns from Guantanamo
Phyllis will also report back in Mapleton on Monday, Feb. 25th: http://www.lohud.com/article/20130221/NEWS/302210126/Searching-9-11-justice
32 people displaced for fracking industry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21-s2cNF14I
Growing Food and Justice for All Initiative
GFJI gathering clips: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOegNX9Cnus
Rethinking the DREAM Act
Behind the Latest Version of the DREAM Act: Is This Legislation We Should Support? By ALEJANDRA JUAREZ "When that [DREAM Act] passes, millions of children will be able to get the education they need to contribute to our economy," stated Sen. Harry Reid...
The Israeli Strikes on Syria
The Israeli strikes on Syria 6 May 2013 Israel’s bombing of Damascus International Airport Thursday night and Syrian army targets across Damascus yesterday morning are unprovoked and illegal acts of war, abetted by Washington and its European allies as part of their...
Public Comment on XL Pipeline
Calls for Public Comment on Keystone XL Pipeline: http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/04/12040/350org-calls-public-comment-keystone-xl-pipeline
FOR looking for Executive Director
The Fellowship of Reconciliation is in search of an Executive Director to lead the organization through the next generation of peace-building. We are looking for someone who will bring passion, experience, and a commitment to shared leadership to FOR and the movement...
Race and Marijuana Law Enforcement
Please let us know if your organization would like to endorse/co-sponsor this February panel at the Yonkers Riverfront Library next month. Contributions to help cover the cost of refreshments are welcome:
Race and Marijuana Law Enforcement in Westchester County: Taking the Target Off Communities of Color
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