Learning to Sketch and Watercolor

Join us at WESPAC, our local social justice center, for some fun art classes! With experienced art teacher Gayle Dunkelberger Appropriate for ages 10 and up How much: $20 per class (All funds to support WESPAC) Scholarship funds available To register email [email protected]

Movie “Bag It!” About Impact of Plastic Bags

Date:Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at 7:00pm  Title : Movie "Bag It!" About Impact of Plastic Bags Location: Greenburgh Nature Center  99 Dromore Road, Scarsdale Details: Learn about where the bags and other plastics end up. Join us for a screening of the documentary film Bag It! Is Your Life Too Plastic?, which exposes the impact of plastic bags and their […]

Naila and the Uprising

Dear Friends at WESPAC, The Human Rights Watch Film Festival is back! . This year, we are screening a film, NAILA AND THE UPRISING, about the courageous Palestinian women activists who played a pivotal role in the first Intifada, that I thought would be of interest to you and your community at WESPAC (and beyond!). I hope you can […]

Westchester Disabled On The Move’s Annual Meeting: A Community Conversation Around The Stigmas Facing People With A Mental Health Diagnosis

Every year Westchester Disabled On The Move has an annual meeting focused on a topic important to people with disabilities. This year that topic will be the issues and stigmas facing people with mental health diagnoses. On June 20th from 1:00-5:00 p.m. we are going to host  a community conversation about these problems and solutions for overcoming […]

Alternatives to Violence Project – Conflict Resolution Training

The Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) is looking for peacemakers who want to become AVP conflict resolution workshop facilitators. We are working to create peace in our communities and in our prisons. The next Basic Workshop will be held at Purchase Quaker Meetinghouse near the Westchester airport on June 22-24, 2018. A flyer is attached. AVP in […]

Author Talk at WESPAC: Deep Denial by David Billings

Meet David Billings, Author of "Deep Denial: The Persistence of White Supremacy in United States History and Life", Friday June 22 at 7:30pm.  "Deep Denial," part popular history and part personal memoir, documents the 400-year racialization of the United States and how people of European descent came to be called white. Author David Billings focuses primarily on […]

Public Hearing on Westchester County Airport

Dear concerned fellow residents and Westchester neighbors,   Join us at a public hearing on Westchester County Airport operations led by County Executive George Latimer and his administration.    Monday June 25th 7PM - until the last speaker is finished West Harrison Senior Center 251 Underhill Ave, West Harrison   Airport operations includes topics like: […]