Hi all,   Sending this to leaders in the faith community and friends in Westchester and more broadly who I think have interests in supporting diversity and inclusion within our houses of worship or for awareness in the broader context and who might enjoy this service and at a time where marginalized populations are under […]

Here is the RSVP form for the "Interview" screening about parole justice. The film itself is approximately 20 minutes. The "Interview" asks viewers to confront their feelings about justice and redemption, while exposing the unfair practices of the New York State Parole Board. After the film there will be a panel discussion with formerly incarcerated […]

From Gregory Jost Policy and Campaigns Advisor Banana Kelly Community Improvement Association We joyfully invite you to attend the ribbon cutting for the newly opened Bronx People's Federal Credit Union branch on Friday, April 4 from 11AM to 1PM at 941 Intervale Avenue! This first Bronx People's brick-and-mortar branch is the most recent outgrowth of […]

Huge thanks for CFOW for putting this together!  Details here They're taking everything they can get their hands on—our health care, our data, our jobs, our services—and daring the world to stop them. This is a crisis, and the time to act is now.  On Saturday, April 5th, we're taking to the streets to fight back with […]

Dear friends, Next Monday, April 7th, join the Release Aging People in Prison Campaign (RAPP), a statewide grassroots collective, for a rally in NYC to demand Governor Hochul expansively use her executive clemency powers to reunite families NOW! State prisons are killing people. The brutal lynchings of Robert Brooks and Messiah Nantwi are two horrific […]

Press Release For Immediate Release Northwest Yonkers Neighbors for Black Lives Matter  March 24, 2025  Contact: Sue McAnanama suemcananama@gmail.com 607-759-8495   Yonkers, NY – Our community members have been gathering in Unity and solidarity since the tragic murder of George Floyd almost 5 years ago.  WE RESUME OUR WEEKLY VIGIL ON MONDAY, APRIL 7THat 5:30pm at […]

ON MONDAY APRIL 7TH , OUR YONKERS VIGIL RETURNS TO OUR WEEKLY SCHEDULE, AT 5:30-6:00PM. We stand on the corner of Odell & Warburton.     JOIN US AS YOU ARE ABLE.  We will be standing up to honor the victims of racial injustice, and police violence.   We will be standing up for DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND […]

United Way of Westchester and Putnam announced its 2025 Nonprofit Leadership Summit will be held on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at The Performing Arts Center at Purchase College. In its 23rd year, the Nonprofit Leadership Summit is United Way of Westchester and Putnam's core capacity-building program and supports professional excellence in purpose-driven organizations throughout […]

Fyi, join us if you can. It’s free… please register…   AIN’T NO BACK TO A MERRY-GO-ROUND is the untold story of the first organized interracial civil rights protest in U.S. history. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/aint-no-back-to-a-merry-go-round-new-rochelle-screening-tickets-1272692249779

The next book club will be in person at WESPAC on Wednesday, April 9th at 7pm.  The book that will be discussed is Jason Stanley's How Fascism Works - the Politics of Us and Them   “With unsettling insight and disturbing clarity, How Fascism Works is an essential guidebook to our current national dilemma of democracy vs. authoritarianism.”—Jelani […]