On March 11th PeoplePower.org (an offshoot of the ACLU) will be holding a live streamed resistance training module beginning at 4:30pm and ending at 6:30. The training will include modules on protester's rights, sanctuary city designation info, and action plans as well as other information. We will be streaming this training module at the WESPAC main office on March 11th from 4:30 […]
Workshop: Learn and Develop Skills to Transform Communities Community Voices Heard (CVH), Westchester for Change, Indivisible Westchester and WESPAC invite you to join community members in learning organizing skills to transform communities. RSVP required to: [email protected] Juanita Lewis, Hudson Valley Organizing Director of Community Voices Heard, and Stephanie Low, Consultant and Trainer with National Coalition […]
The Westchester Social Justice Community, a network of progressive groups, will gather for the 8th weekly Justice Monday on Monday, March 20th from 12-1 pm at the Renaissance Plaza Fountain at the corner of Main Street and Mamaroneck Avenue in downtown White Plains. The weekly rallies include speakers who highlight the pressing issue of the week, […]
Greenburgh Human Rights Advisory Committee presents 13th Film Screening Wednesday, March 22nd at 6pm at the Greenburgh Library 300 Tarrytown Road in Elmsford, NY 13th is a 2016 American documentary by director Ava DuVernay. The film explores the "intersection of race, justice and mass incarceration in the United States;" it is titled after the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, […]
Susan Smith recently spent time in Greece working in support of Syrian refugees. She is a tireless advocate for harmony among all peoples and resistance to Islamophobia and other forms of racism. Please come hear her presentation and slide show about "Islamophobia, Refugees and the United States" at the Nyack Center, March 26th at 7 PM. […]
Despite decades of clean-up, the Hudson River is still at risk from dirty energy projects. Join us for a special screening of Jon Bowermaster's film The Hudson, A River at Risk, a powerful look at the impacts of dangerous fossil fuels on the river — including oil-carrying barges, the Spectra AIM fracked-gas pipeline under the river, dangerously close […]
CORRECTION WESPAC published the following: “The Edgemont residents advocating for incorporation are pushing for privatization of sanitation which will lead to layoffs of public works employees.” The Edgemont Incorporation Committee (EIC) does not, and cannot, recommend policies for a village government that does not yet exist, and may never exist. It presents data and provides […]
– INTERFAITH VIGIL FOR THE COMMON GOOD – Sunday April 2nd 2017 5:30 – 6:30pm – 4 Bittersweet Lane - Mount Kisco, NY Bring family and friends and help us spread the word! Here’s the FB event link https://www.facebook.com/events/274518702988523/ "Spring has arrived and we, as members of different faith communities and environmental organizations, […]
The Benefits and Limits of Civilian Review Boards Monday, April 3rd at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University in White Plains, NY 6pm to 6:30pm light refreshments and networking 6:30pm panel begins promptly An interactive panel discussion with law enforcement, members of the Albany and Syracuse Civilian Review Boards, and the President of […]