Despite decades of clean-up, the Hudson River is still at risk from dirty energy projects. Join us for a special screening of Jon Bowermaster's film The Hudson, A River at Risk, a powerful look at the impacts of dangerous fossil fuels on the river — including oil-carrying barges, the Spectra AIM fracked-gas pipeline under the river, dangerously close […]
CORRECTION WESPAC published the following: “The Edgemont residents advocating for incorporation are pushing for privatization of sanitation which will lead to layoffs of public works employees.” The Edgemont Incorporation Committee (EIC) does not, and cannot, recommend policies for a village government that does not yet exist, and may never exist. It presents data and provides […]
– INTERFAITH VIGIL FOR THE COMMON GOOD – Sunday April 2nd 2017 5:30 – 6:30pm – 4 Bittersweet Lane - Mount Kisco, NY Bring family and friends and help us spread the word! Here’s the FB event link https://www.facebook.com/events/274518702988523/ "Spring has arrived and we, as members of different faith communities and environmental organizations, […]
The Benefits and Limits of Civilian Review Boards Monday, April 3rd at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University in White Plains, NY 6pm to 6:30pm light refreshments and networking 6:30pm panel begins promptly An interactive panel discussion with law enforcement, members of the Albany and Syracuse Civilian Review Boards, and the President of […]
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Great Choir: Britten's War Requiem THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF SAINT JOHN THE DIVINE 1047 Amsterdam Avenue at 112th Street New York, NY 10025 (212) 316-7540 [email protected] FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 2017 7:30 PM – 9 PM, NAVE Join us for this first performance of Britten’s War Requiem in the Cathedral since the 1990s under Kurt Masur. […]
Press Release For immediate release Contact: Martha Hennessy - 802-230-6328; [email protected] Carmen Trotta - 347-259-8536; [email protected] Cathy Kelly - 773-619-2418; [email protected] Yemen Is Starving: Peace activists, protesting the mounting humanitarian crisis in Yemen, to begin week-long fast and vigil at the UN. New York, NY -- On April 10, 2017, approximately 20 […]
Title: Wasteful Consumption and Smart Decomposition Date: Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at 7:00pm Details: Every day, the average American throws away 4lbs of trash. Join us for an in-depth look at the value of our waste and hear the success story of a local municipality that is reclaiming their food scraps. Get the answers to your recycling […]
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) presents: Obliterated Families: The Shattered Lives of People in the Gaza Strip Photos & Stories Everyone welcome! Friday, April 14 7:00-8:30pm 15 Rutherford Pl, Room 1 (1st room on left upon entry), NYC An evening of stories and conversation about Gaza with photo journalist Anne Paq, a member of the […]
Money for Jobs, Education, Housing and Healthcare - NOT WAR! Join the Westchester Social Justice Community as CFOW takes the lead on Monday, April 17th at noon at the Fountain in downtown White Plains as we challenge militarism and illegal wars and drone strikes. Please share widely: https://www.facebook.com/events/1601281416556484/ Why We Oppose the US Attack on Syria […]
Dear Friends, We look forward to seeing you at the re-scheduled workshop, Learn and Develop Skills to Transform Communities, hosted by Community Voices Heard, Westchester for Change, Indivisible Westchester and WESPAC on Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at the Riverfront Library 1 Larkin Plaza, 4th Floor in Yonkers, NY 10701. We will meet at 5:30 […]
League of Women Voters - White Plains presents Voting Issues and Reforms in NY State Wednesday, April 19, 7:00 PM at Church Street School Auditorium 295 Church Street, White Plains An informative evening of speakers, panel discussions, and a Q&A Session on voting issues including: Voting issues in the 2016 election Voting issues […]
Today across the country Community, Environment, Faith, Health and Labor organizations are actively engaging to make positive change and resist policy that that adversely affects us all. If we are able bring our separate silos together, these movements, sprawling across our country have a tremendous potential for sustainable change much like we realized in […]
From the ratification of the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery in 1865 to the presidential election in 2016, the Oscar-nominated film "13th" lays out the ways in which a new form of slavery -- the mass criminalizing and undermining of opportunity of black people, especially poor black people -- has come about in the US and […]
A screening of "Cries from Syria" will be held on Sunday, April 23rd from 3-6 pm in the Stony Point Center Auditorium. The program will include viewing the 1 hour 51 minute film followed by reflection, discussion and Q&A for about an hour with Ahed and Sana. Dinner will be available at the cafeteria of […]
Local Food 101: What is Community Supported Agriculture? Wednesday, April 26th at 6:30pm at the Memorial United Methodist Church located at 250 Bryant Ave in White Plains Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1897726413840587/ Interested in fresh, local food and meeting the farmers who grow it? Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) might be for you! Join us on Wednesday, April 26, […]
Purchase tickets here: https://wespac.org/2017/01/13/wespac-2017-awards-dinner/
From Pelham, New Rochelle and North White Plains: Saturday, April 29th People's Climate March in DC: https://peoplesclimate.org/ Here is the North White Plains bus link: http://act.foodandwaterwatch.org/site/Calendar?id=121425&view=Detail Please share widely! Mount Vernon Pelham (MVP) Indivisible has organized a bus to the March for Climate, Jobs and Justice in Washington D.C. Saturday, April 29, 2017 Bus […]
PROTEST 100 DAYS OF SHAME April 29 marks 100 days of the new administration in DC. The executive orders and failed legislation they have proposed have already hurt many American families and diminished the global prospects for peace and a healthier climate. If you cannot attend the March in DC on Saturday April 29, you can […]
Sadie Heald and another person in recovery are presenting In Our Own Voice about mental health for the National Alliance on Mental Illness at the Church in the Highlands located at 35 Bryant Avenue, White Plains NY 10605 on April 30th at 11:30 am. All are welcome!