The campaign to divest New York State’s pension fund has grown by leaps and bounds this past year - so we are hosting an end of year event and virtual rally! We will be celebrating all that we have achieved this year, our growing coalition, and what we are looking forward to next. And […]
On December 9th at 11am, we are launching a new coalition: Decarcerate the Hudson Valley. Together, we are fighting for a world without cages where all of our communities have what they need to thrive. Please join us! There are four ways to join on December 9th: On Zoom: RSVP here. In person (wear a mask!): Sing […]
Join us on Thursday, December 10th at noon for a community conversation with Doug and Jalal to learn more about how we can be supportive of local, regenerative farming, as well as small scale local ecological farmers and especially farmers of color as we move towards a world of healing, reparations and racial equity. Register […]
Amnesty International USA Mid-Hudson is hosting our annual virtual Zoom Global Write for Rights letter-writing event on Zoom Sunday, December 13th from 2:00-3:30 pm. This year we will be writing letters on behalf of 7 human rights defenders. We’re urging ICE to release families from detention. We are demanding victim’s compensation for Chicago teen Teyonna who was shot. Two college students in Turkey […]
On Wednesday, December 16th at 6 pm, Release Aging People in Prison/RAPP Campaign will be hosting its first Westchester/Hudson Valley Regional Open Membership Meeting. We'll be doing introductions, overviewing RAPP's history and mapping out our advocacy for 2021. Zoom: bit.ly/dec-westchester-meeting Join the movement to end mass incarceration of older people in New York State. Hope to […]
EQUITY IN EDUCATION What Does That Mean? DECEMBER 28th, 5:00-6:00 PM. CURE is honored to engage in a conversation with experts in Educational Equity, Congressman Elect Jamaal Bowman & Dr. Rosa Rivera-McCutchen, Associate Professor of Education Leadership, CUNY Lehman College. Given the recent launch of our own district's Diversity Equity Team, the timing of this talk […]
Please join us for an informational presentation about residential tenants’ rights during the COVID-19 crisis. Attendees will hear from Legal Services of the Hudson Valley (LSHV), Hudson Valley Justice Center (HVJC), and Westchester County. Tenants’ Rights During the COVID-19 Crisis Wednesday, January 13, 2021 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM Tune in for the […]
RAPP is part of this new campaign for Parole Justice that is launching tomorrow and we hope to see some of you, virtually, tomorrow afternoon! The People's Campaign for Parole Justice will launch our 2021 platform this Thursday, January 14th. The event will include speakers currently incarcerated in New York State prisons whose lives depend on parole […]
Trita Parsi, an award-winning author, is the co-founder and executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, as well as the founder and former president of the National Iranian American Council. Negar Mortazavi is an Iranian-American journalist and political analyst covering Iran in English and Persian. She is a columnist for The Independent and […]
