Big companies like McDonalds make billions in profits, while the people who work hard for them can barely support themselves or their families. Simply, the minimum wage is still too low to provide the basics. But on Wednesday, April 15, we can join the growing movement to fight for $15 an hour! What started as […]

  Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, New York, NY 10007 Thursday, April 16, 2015 There will be oral arguments in Bottom v. Pataki in Room 1505 at 10 a.m. Although Jalil will not be in Court himself, he would like people to turn out and show community support. Be there by 9:30 a.m. […]

People & Stories: the White Plains Public Library Oral History Project Saturday, April 18, 10:30am – 12:00pm People & Stories seeks to facilitate deep conversations between community members and preserve previously undocumented history in a sharable, engaging way. The project is open to people of all ages who have lived or worked in White Plains […]

April 18 National Day of Action Against FAST TRACK for Trans Pacific Partnership     On April 18 join the Westchester Coalition of Community, Environment, Faith & Labor and our elected leaders for a National Day of Action to oppose FAST TRACK for the Trans Pacific Partnership, the largest trade deal in history that many […]

PLEASE JOIN US Commissioner Helen Diane Foster invites you to the unveiling of the agency’s public information campaign, “Fair Housing for All - 2015,” and a panel discussion on important fair housing issues. Tuesday, April 21, 2015, 9 AM to 12 PM Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. State Office Building 163 West 125th Street, 2nd Floor […]

White Plains History Roundtable: Education, Race, and Student Consciousness Wednesday, April 22, 7:00pm The White Plains History Roundtable is an educational, participatory, and social event where participants learn about events from White Plains’ past, examine primary source materials from the Library’s White Plains Collection, and engage in discussion with their fellow attendees. This Roundtable will […]

Have you registered for the YWCA White Plains’ 2015 Stand Against Racism??  If not, this is a friendly reminder to do so.  Please also share the attached flyer with your friends and colleagues! RSVP: ywcastand.eventbrite.com   The focus this year is on Racial Profiling.  It will be a discussion of the issues from a present-day […]

2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the United States atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It also marks 45 years since the first five nuclear powers agreed in Article VI of the NPT to undertake good faith negotiations for the elimination of their nuclear arsenals. It is long past time for the world’s people to […]