Please join us and help spread the word! The Right to Learn - Public Education Forum A panel presentation and Q&A exploring the impact of common core curriculum, standardized testing and zero tolerance discipline on liberty and equality in the classroom. Tuesday, March 25 at 6:30 PM Greenburgh Public Library 300 E. Main St. Elmsford, […]
Please circulate widely. Let WESPAC know if you would like to carpool from the White Plains area ([email protected]): The Disasters of War WESPAC and Concerned Families of Westchester invite you to a free educational forum called “The Disasters of War” on Tuesday, March 25th, in Hastings, starting at 7:30 pm. The forum will take […]
AN EVENING WITH RUMI POETRY READINGS, LIVE SUFI MUSIC AND WHIRLING DERVISHES Thursday, March 27, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. Memorial United Methodist Church, 250 Bryant Ave., White Plains. (914) 949-2146 Sponsored by the Interfaith Connection and the Turkish Cultural Center of Westchester Rumi (1207–1273) was a poet, jurist, theologian and Sufi mystic. Rumi believed passionately in […]
Westchester Rockland Dietetic Association and Westchester Community College invite you to Five Farmers Meet You at the Table A Conversation on Sustainable Food Systems Saturday March 29, 2014 ---- 8:30 to 12 Noon Westchester Community College Gateway Center - Davis Auditorium Admission : Free $10.00 suggested donation collected for the Food Bank for Westchester […]
Rally Against Fracking! With Special Guest Governor Andrew Cuomo Thursday, April 3, 2014 5:00 pm Doubletree Tarrytown 455 South Broadway, Tarrytown Governor Cuomo is holding a fundraiser in Westchester – and we’re going to be there too, to send him a message urging him to ban fracking. https://www.facebook.com/events/1475385786018798/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming
What Can We Learn from the Trees? Wednesday April 9 from 6:30 to 8:30 PM, Pace University in Pleasantville, NY Join us for an evening of film, discussion and cedar flute music on the amazing power of trees, hosted by Evan Pritchard, author of "Native New Yorkers" and "Bird Medicine" and director of the Center […]
Title: 5 Toxic Exposures in Your Home Date: Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at 7:00PM Details: What are the 5 Toxic Exposures in Your Home, their health impacts, and how to reduce your family's exposure. This important information will be presented by Dr. Spaeth, Division Chief, Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Department of Population Health, Hofstra North Shore LIJ […]
A Poetry Reading and Q & A with Icelandic-Palestinian Poet Mazen Maarouf Monday April 14, 2014, 12:30 PMKnox Hall, Room 208Columbia University The Center for Palestine Studies presents a poetry reading by Icelandic-Palestinian poet Mazen Maarouf . Mazen Maarouf is a Palestinian-Icelandic poet and writer, lauded as a rising international literary star. He has published three collections […]
Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Library Presents our first Poetry Slam Welcoming everyone to an evening of creative rhymes -smooth flows- - inspirational minds- Poems based on African Americans, Peace, Nonviolence and related topics Thursday, April 17 from 6:30 to 8 Come with one of your own poems to read Or just come to […]