FORUM ON EDUCATIONAL INEQUALITY Join Westchester for Change at our upcoming forum with featured speaker New York State Regent, Judith Johnson Date: October 20, 2015 Time: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Place: The Ethical Culture Society of White Plains, 7 Saxon Woods Road, White Plains The greatest education reforms in our country have been born when […]
Energiewende Germany’s Transition to Renewable Energy Wednesday, October 21, 2015 Stony Point Center 7 Cricketown Road, Stony Point, NY Alexander Franke of the Heinrich Böll Institute, Berlin will talk about what is really happening in Germany and answer questions Why it is important? What does it means for the Hudson River Valley? Energy Transformation! That’s what the German policy of Energiewende is all about […]
What: A trilogy of mini-documentaries, followed by a panel discussion. When: October 22, 6-8 PM Where: Ossining Public Library, 53 Croton Avenue, Ossining, NY Bomb trains. Indian Point. Tappan Zee Bridge construction. Watch Jon Bowermaster’s powerful trilogy of short documentaries on these time-sensitive issues affecting the Hudson, collectively known as "The Hudson: A River at Risk" at the […]
Model Suburb or Dystopian Sprawl? The Past, Present and Future of Community Planning & Affordable Housing in Westchester. A Planners Network/WESPAC Foundation/CSEA Roundtable Saturday, October 24th, 12pm at the CSEA Local 860: 595 W. Hartsdale Avenue, White Plains NY, 10607. Accessible via I-287, the Bronx River Parkway and the #5 & #6 Bee Line bus […]
The Peace and Social Concerns Committee of Scarsdale Friends Meeting cordially invites you to join us for a wonderful international dinner Saturday, October 24th at 6:15 p.m. Scarsdale Friends Meetinghouse 133 Popham Road - just west of Rte 22 All funds raised will be used to purchase socks, underwear, hats, gloves and other warm necessities for 5 area homeless […]
Grassroots Environmental Education invites you to free public film screening and discussion The Human Experiment Wednesday, October 28, 2015, 7-9 pm Wainwright House, 260 Stuyvesant Avenue, Rye, NY The Human Experiment lifts the veil on the shocking reality that thousands of untested chemicals are in our everyday products, our homes and inside of us. Simultaneously, the prevalence of […]
WESPAC members might be interested in some of the events, which are open to the public. You can find more information about the Week of the Peacemaker tradition and links to a detailed calendar and poster here: www.iona.edu/Student-Life/Student-Experience-Activities/Mission-Ministries/Advocacy-and-Social-Justice.aspx Or go straight to the poster: www.iona.edu/iona/media/Documents/Student%20Life/Activities/PeacemakerPoster2015.pdf I would draw your attention to the keynote on Tuesday, November 3 […]