Across New York State invasive species are changing our favorite natural spaces. Join Erin Brady of the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation's Division of Lands and Forests and learn about the invasive plants impacting the lower Hudson Valley and how you can help. This program is in partnership with the Sierra Club Lower Hudson Group.

The Human Rights Watch Film Festival New York is proud to present 13 remarkable films offering fresh perspectives and critical insights on human rights concerns impacting people around the world.

Human Rights Watch is one of the world’s leading independent organizations dedicated to defending and protecting human rights. We work tenaciously to lay the legal and moral groundwork for deep rooted change and fight to bring greater justice and security to people around the world. Through our Human Rights Watch Film Festival we bear witness to human rights violations and create a forum for courageous individuals on both sides of the lens to empower audiences with the knowledge that personal commitment can make a difference. The film festival brings to life human rights abuses through storytelling in a way that challenges each individual to empathize and demand justice for all people.

The HRW Film Festival currently screens in over 20 cities around the world throughout the year. The festival's programming committee operates out of the New York office to screen more than 500 films each year. Through a rigorous vetting process, that includes review by Human Rights Watch’s programmatic staff, the festival chooses approximately 40 films each year to participate in our various festivals. It is then up to the particular city and its programming committee to choose films from this final selection for their specific festival.

In selecting films for the festival, Human Rights Watch concentrates equally on artistic merit and human rights content. The festival encourages filmmakers around the world to address human rights subject matter in their work and presents films from both new and established international filmmakers. Though the festival rules out films that contain unacceptable inaccuracies of fact, we do not bar any films on the basis of a particular point of view. Please note that we do not accept films via open submissions. If you have any questions, please email [email protected]

The Peekskill Branch NAACP is kicking off a Youth Engagement event (aka Membership drive) through our Youth Committee and we would like to invite the community as a whole to be a part of it! We are also looking for local youth that want to become active members. This event will educate the community on […]

  #ImpeachTrump: Act to Defend Democracy This Saturday, June 15th is a national day of action to demand an impeachment inquiry of Donald Trump. Click here to RSVP to the event in White Plains: https://act.moveon.org/event/impeachment_day_of_action_june15/125054/signup/?akid=&zip=&source=&link_id=5&can_id=98c9b00599d2d5b5d014cc5e5f5308ec&email_referrer=email_561829&email_subject=nycd16-indivisible-down-to-the-wire  

Tues., June 18 #HALTsolitary People's Tribunal: As the legislative session winds to a close (it ends June 19) please join us for a People's Tribunal on solitary confinement, with opportunities for survivors of solitary, family members, and other experts and community members to testify. Sign up here: http://bit.ly/HALTsolitaryPeoplesForum. We will also be taking other action to make one final push to […]

Flyer June 2019

Slavery in the Colonial North— Discovering the True Story of Philipsburg Manor For decades, visitors to this historic site were presented with a charming—and sanitized—image of colonial life. But some twenty years ago, those charged with preserving the legacy of Philipsburg Manor realized it was finally time to embrace the whole truth: that the farm […]

THIS SATURDAY, JUNE 22nd starting at NOON in Bryant Park, and the NYC Climate Emergency Declaration Hearing and Rally on MONDAY, JUNE 24th, NOON, at City Hall.  The governments of the world aren’t moving fast enough on climate change. Here in NYC, we’re in a unique position to do something about it. NYC is a global media capital, so […]