Our People Are Suffering & We Can’t Wait What: #HALT Rally to End Solitary Confinement in NYS! Where: Outside Yonkers Riverfront Public Library (1 Larkin Center) When: Wed, 10/2 @ 12 PM (Meet @ 11:30AM) Contact: Luke 917-702-8781 Register here to join us! Thousands of people remain in solitary confinement in New York’s prisons and jails each day, […]
The NRC meeting will focus on what a citizens board should look like. A copy of the of the one developed by Convergence partners is posted on the IPSEC website. We need a board that is legislated by the state so that it cannot disappear at the whim of local politicians. It must represent […]
One Step Ahead, A Memoir by Vivian Francis Longtime WESPAC member Vivian Francis, a retired NYC high school art teacher, will be reading excerpts from her memoir on Thursday, October 3rd at WESPAC at 7pm. If you would like to read her book before then, please contact the office for a copy. Sheila D. Collins […]
AVP Westchester needs more peacemakers! AVP is looking tor people who would like to become conflict resolution facilitators to fill the growing need for the program. In 2018 we were invited to do the first workshops for the men at Garner Prison in Connecticut. In June 2019 we were invited to do the first workshop […]
Community Partners Undoing Racism/ Westchester County This meeting is for graduates of the Undoing Racism Training offered by the People's Institute. Agenda Friday October 4th 10-11:30AM WESPAC office 1- Follow up to “When they see us” series What a fabulous success! Congratulations to Tasha Young and organizing organizations! Planning for an organizing […]
JOIN THE FIGHT Blank Slate is a public art intervention to demand that the United Nations take action to ban autonomous weapons of war. We must begin anew our relationship with robotics and use their proliferation for good, ending the death, destruction and intimidation they so often cause. Brought to you by the artist who […]
Are you interested in helping us spread the word about the new Green Light Driver's License legislation that just passed in NYS? Perhaps your church groups, community orgs, or neighbors are just hearing about Green Light for the first time and have questions? Then this is the training for you! Join us next Tuesday, Oct. 8th […]
Please share widely: Important Fall 2019 Regional Nuclear Decommissioning Forum Please join Clearwater on Thursday, October 10, from 1:00 to 4:30 p.m. at the Hendrick Hudson Free Library, 185 Kings Ferry Rd., Montrose, NY 10548. The forum is sponsored by NYS Senator Peter Harckham, NYS Assemblymember Sandy Galef, who will offer welcoming remarks, and Westchester County Legislator Catherine Borgia, who […]
10/12 RALLY TO CLOSE THE CAMPS Large numbers of immigrants and refugees are being held captive in Trump’s concentration camps. Being denied basic necessities like soap, or a toothbrush. Being denied medication to the point of death. This is happening. Moments like this are critical for allyship from citizens. Join New York Immigration Coalition, along […]
REV UP Westchester, a nonpartisan coalition of people with disabilities and local organizations, is sponsoring an election information event. Come to register, educate and vote! When: Tuesday, October 15 from 9:30 am-12:30 pm Where: Greenburgh Public Library, 300 Tarrytown Road, Elmsford, NY 10523 RSVP: Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/empowering-the-disability-vote-tickets-73450429211?utm-medium=discovery&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&aff=escb&utm-source=cp&utm-term=listing
An Evening with Yousef Aljamal Tuesday, Oct. 15th at WESPAC 77 Tarrytown Road, White Plains, NY Doors open at 6:30pm; discussion starts promptly at 7:00pm Yousef Aljamal is coming to WESPAC to speak with us about current conditions in Gaza, often referred to as “an open-air prison” and the issue of Israeli military […]
Westchester County Budget Input Sessions Before the 2020 budget is finalized, you are invited to share your thoughts as to where the county money needs to be allocated. When: Tuesday, October, 15, Wednesday October 23 7pm. Where: Oct. 15th at Sarah Lawrence College, Barbara Walters Campus Center, Room B, 968 Kimball Avenue, Yonkers Wednesday, October […]
Please see pdf flyer here: Immigration - Detention Centers Program - Flyer
The big Exxon climate trial starts on October 22 in NYC! New York Attorney General Letitia James is suing ExxonMobil for lying to its shareholders, highlighting years of deception, disinformation and lies. Will you join us to kick it off with a rally outside the courthouse? The trial starts a week before the 7th anniversary […]
PANEL DISCUSSION Police, ICE and Immigrant Safety in Westchester County Tuesday, October 22nd at 6pm • Yonkers Riverfront Library • 1 Larkin Center in Yonkers, NY 10701 Event details below. Click here to see full-size flyer. PANELISTS Joseph Castelli Police Chief, White Plains Police Department John J. Mueller Acting Police Commissioner, Yonkers Police Department Richard Conway […]
Airport Information:Airport Noise Study Results Unveiled Wed. October 23rd, 7:00p.m. at the Westchester County Airport (free parking) Coalition supporters are urged to come out to the Westchester County Airport Advisory Board meeting on Wednesday, October 23rd at 7:00p.m. to receive the results of the County's airport noise study. Residents will be able to speak on this […]
Westchester County Budget Input Sessions Before the 2020 budget is finalized, you are invited to share your thoughts as to where the county money needs to be allocated. When: Tuesday, October, 15, Wednesday October 23 7pm. Where: Oct. 15th at Sarah Lawrence College, Barbara Walters Campus Center, Room B, 968 Kimball Avenue, Yonkers Wednesday, October […]
General members of the Westchester Coalition for Police Accountability will convene at the Thomas H. Slater Center on the upper level for the regularly scheduled monthly meeting.
Invitation International Conference for Korea Peace 2018 was a year of peace breeze in the Korean peninsula. The inter-Korean summits were held and the following Panmunjeom Declaration in April and Pyongyang Declaration in September have impressed peace-loving global citizens. The US and DPRK summit was also held in Singapore and it was promised that the […]
WESPAC Annual Meeting of Members Please save the date for the 2019 WESPAC Annual Meeting of Members. We will gather at the WESPAC office on Monday, October 28th with food served at 6pm, WESPAC business at 6:40pm and our guest speaker will present at 7pm. Alessandra Biaggi is the Democratic New York State Senator in her […]
This Friday (11/1), Fridays For Future NYC Youth Strikers will be holding their weekly school strike outside of the New York County Supreme Court where the People of the State of New York v ExxonMobil Trial is currently taking place. As we all know, this case is monumental because it aims at holding Exxon fossil […]