On Saturday April 29 at 11:45 Divest NY is holding a rally in Albany outside the NYSUT (teachers union) annual meeting calling for the NY Teachers Retirement System to divest. Join us at the Albany Capitol Center, 55 Eagle Street in Albany. You can register here or just show up. If you are coming from NYC […]
Please join RAPP-Release Aging People in Prison, The People’s Campaign for Parole Justice and the Kingston Public Library for a screening of the documentary “The Interview.” There will be a panel discussion to take place after the screening! This event is FREE and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided. DATE & TIME: Saturday, […]
To the RAPP family, Noel Casey, the WESPAC Foundation Director, would like to announce the following event, where phone calls will be made to help drive turnout for RAPP's May 8th Advocacy Day in Albany. If you have time, consider helping out. Please email or text her if you'd like to register on Zoom! […]
In honor of the loving memory of our founder, Connie Hogarth, a group of WESPACers are putting together an afternoon to celebrate Connie, with Amy Goodman and Phyllis Bennis among others, on Sunday, April 30th at 2pm at the Yonkers Riverfront Library Auditorium. RSVPs are a must! Please scroll down and fill out the brief form […]
EVENT: Tour Scarsdale's Recycling Center & Food Scraps Collection Site DATE&TIME: Wednesday, May 3rd at 9am LOCATION: Scarsdale Recycling Center, 110 Secor Road, Scarsdale On Wed., May 3 at 9 am, the Village of Scarsdale will be giving a tour of the Scarsdale Recycling Center and Food Scraps Collection Site. The basic presentation/tour will take […]
EVENT: A Love Letter to Nature DATE(S): May 6, 7, 13, 14, from 10AM to 3PM (garden work days) May 20, from 10AM to 3PM (community grow bag event) LOCATION: Mount Vernon High School, 100 California Road, Mount Vernon, NY 10552 Check out this interdisciplinary garden project proposal in partnership with BioEnergy DevCo, Westchester […]
PLEASE JOIN US AND ALERT ALL BOATERS! Read the entire post before joining. This is a rally for the Hudson & not a paddle. Location for launch: approximately 26 Riverview Ave, Verplanck, NY. We will meet at 12:05 pm to get a parking spot & into the water to paddle until the rally starts at […]
EVENT: Rally to save the Hudson River DATE&TIME: Saturday, May 6th, 2-5 PM (Rain date: May 7) LOCATION: CORTLANDT WATERFRONT PARK 77 RIVERVIEW AVENUE, VERPLANCK Join WESPAC to rally against Holtec's plan to discharge one million gallons of radioactive water into the Hudson River. Organizations, featured artists, and elected officials will be attending. More information […]
EVENT: Rally to save the Hudson River DATE & TIME: Saturday, May 6th, 2-6PM LOCATION: Cortlandt Waterfront Park in Verplanck WESPAC recently signed onto a letter to Governor Hochul urging Gov. Hochul to stop Holtec International, the organization responsible for decommissioning the Indian Point Energy Center power plant, from dumping tons of radioactive waste […]