Every year, Westchester County sets priorities through the budget it adopts by deciding what to pay for and how to pay for it. The Keep Westchester Thriving coalition believes that public priority setting is an essential phase of the budget-making process. This interactive forum, which will be moderated by Laura T. Rossi, Esq., Executive Director […]
Contact: Emily BrownEvent Co-coordinator347-850-2283145 E. 23rd St. #11-JNew York NY 10010 6/15 Green, a community garden located at 6th Avenue and 15th Street in Park Slope, will hold its annual Harvest Fair on Saturday, October 1, 2016, starting at 11:00 a.m. and running until dusk. The rain date is Sunday, October 2. Admission is free, and […]
CIW representatives will be speaking in White Plains at the Presbyterian Church (39 North Broadway) on Monday, October 17th at 7pm about the Wendy's Boycott. Details to follow.
WESPAC will convene a meeting for area high school students interested in working on social justice on Tuesday, October 18th at 4:30pm at the WESPAC office located at 31 Mamaroneck Ave on the fourth floor in downtown White Plains. Contact [email protected] for details.
18th Annual Henry Schwarzschild Memorial Lecture Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at 7:00 pm Reid Castle at Manhattanville College Purchase, NY Ending Police Abusive and Discriminatory Policies Robert Gangi Director of the Police Reform Organizing Project Robert Gangi served as Executive Director of the Correctional Association (CA) for over 29 years and founded the Police […]
It Could Happen To You, WESPAC, and The Jeffrey Deskovic Foundation for Justice PRESENTS “WHY NEW YORK STATE NEEDS A COMMISSION ON PROSECUTORIAL CONDUCT” Thursday, October 20th, 2016 6:15pm -7:30pm Riverfront Library, 4th Floor, One Larkin Center, Yonkers, NY, 10701 Join moderator Jeffrey Deskovic, M.A., who served 16 years prior to being exonerated by DNA; […]
The WESPAC Public Banking Committee will meet at 1pm on Friday, October 21st at the WESPAC office.
THE INEQUALITY OF OUR ECONOMIC SYSTEM Richard D. Wolff, economist Professor Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Visiting Professor at the New School University NYC; Host of the radio show “Economic Update” (Pacifica) on WBAI; Co-founder of "Democracy at Work"; Author of Democracy at Work: A Cure for Capitalism Sunday, October 23rd, 2016, 11:30am Community […]
Please visit the Facebook event for all details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1050504448396773/. She will be speaking about her new book: Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the US - Saudi Connection Monday, October 24th at 6:30pm at 31 Mamaroneck Avenue on the fourth floor in downtown White Plains. Copies of Medea Benjamin's book will be available for purchase and […]