Press Release For immediate release Contact: Martha Hennessy - 802-230-6328; [email protected] Carmen Trotta - 347-259-8536; [email protected] Cathy Kelly - 773-619-2418; [email protected] Yemen Is Starving: Peace activists, protesting the mounting humanitarian crisis in Yemen, to begin week-long fast and vigil at the UN. New York, NY -- On April 10, 2017, approximately 20 […]
Title: Wasteful Consumption and Smart Decomposition Date: Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at 7:00pm Details: Every day, the average American throws away 4lbs of trash. Join us for an in-depth look at the value of our waste and hear the success story of a local municipality that is reclaiming their food scraps. Get the answers to your recycling […]
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) presents: Obliterated Families: The Shattered Lives of People in the Gaza Strip Photos & Stories Everyone welcome! Friday, April 14 7:00-8:30pm 15 Rutherford Pl, Room 1 (1st room on left upon entry), NYC An evening of stories and conversation about Gaza with photo journalist Anne Paq, a member of the […]
Money for Jobs, Education, Housing and Healthcare - NOT WAR! Join the Westchester Social Justice Community as CFOW takes the lead on Monday, April 17th at noon at the Fountain in downtown White Plains as we challenge militarism and illegal wars and drone strikes. Please share widely: https://www.facebook.com/events/1601281416556484/ Why We Oppose the US Attack on Syria […]
Dear Friends, We look forward to seeing you at the re-scheduled workshop, Learn and Develop Skills to Transform Communities, hosted by Community Voices Heard, Westchester for Change, Indivisible Westchester and WESPAC on Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at the Riverfront Library 1 Larkin Plaza, 4th Floor in Yonkers, NY 10701. We will meet at 5:30 […]
League of Women Voters - White Plains presents Voting Issues and Reforms in NY State Wednesday, April 19, 7:00 PM at Church Street School Auditorium 295 Church Street, White Plains An informative evening of speakers, panel discussions, and a Q&A Session on voting issues including: Voting issues in the 2016 election Voting issues […]
Today across the country Community, Environment, Faith, Health and Labor organizations are actively engaging to make positive change and resist policy that that adversely affects us all. If we are able bring our separate silos together, these movements, sprawling across our country have a tremendous potential for sustainable change much like we realized in […]
From the ratification of the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery in 1865 to the presidential election in 2016, the Oscar-nominated film "13th" lays out the ways in which a new form of slavery -- the mass criminalizing and undermining of opportunity of black people, especially poor black people -- has come about in the US and […]
A screening of "Cries from Syria" will be held on Sunday, April 23rd from 3-6 pm in the Stony Point Center Auditorium. The program will include viewing the 1 hour 51 minute film followed by reflection, discussion and Q&A for about an hour with Ahed and Sana. Dinner will be available at the cafeteria of […]