The Hudson River at Risk

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 […]

Fair Housing Panel

CSEA Local 860 595 W. Hartsdale Avenue, White Plains , NY, United States

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 […]

International Dinner for a Good Cause

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 […]

The Human Experiment

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 […]

Week of the Peacemaker at Iona College

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 […]

Poverty: Misconceptions and Realities

You are cordially invited to the fourth lecture in the SUNY Conversations in the Disciplines series on “Poverty:  Misconceptions & Realities.”  (Previous speakers:  Paul Krugman, Sylvia Nasar and William Julius Wilson). Please see the details below and in the attached flyer:   Speaker:  Dr. Djavad Salehi-Isfahani                                     Professor of Economics, Virginia Tech                                     Non-resident […]

No Separate Justice: A Post 9-11 Domestic Human Rights Campaign

Facebook event: http://on.fb.me/1LqKA0j Public · No Separate Justice: A Post 9-11 Domestic Human Rights Campaign Monday, November 2 at 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York New York, New York The next No Separate Justice (NSJ) vigil will be taking place on Monday, November 2nd from 6-7PM outside the Metropolitan Correctional Center […]