Medea Benjamin Reporting from Yemen Delegation on US Drone War & Guantanamo Prisoner Families Monday July 29 6:00 pmMaryhouse -- 55 East Third StreetHear Medea Benjamin report stories from Yemen gathered on the June 2013 Peace Delegation sponsored by Code Pink, with video footage from families of drone victims and families with loved ones languishing […]
Tuesday, August 6: Stony Point to Croton Point Launch 10:30 am Land Croton Point Park 1 pm, 4 miles Elders Share Haudenosaunee History, 3 pm Speakers: Onondaga clanmother and educator Freida Jacques and other Haudenosaunee elders share important aspects of their history.
WESPAC members will be marching in support of the Two Row Wampum on Friday, August 9th from Pier 96th to the United Nations. Gather at 10am at the Pier (directions below) as we welcome the paddlers at the final stop of this historic flotilla. We march to the UN starting at 11am. Look for the […]
NYC Two Row Wampum Festival Saturday, August 10, 2013, 12pm - 5pm Brookfield Place Waterfront Plaza, 220 Vesey Street, NY, NY 10281, between West Street and the Hudson River. Full directions at the bottom of the poster. Featuring: Master of Cermonies: comedian Charlie Hill (Oneida) The Haudenosaunee Singers & Dancers led by Sherri Hopper […]
Bradley Manning Rally Wednesday, Hastings, 5 pm. Hello All – We have just learned that Bradley Manning, America’s whistleblower, will be sentenced tomorrow, Wednesday, at 10 a.m. Government/military prosecutors are asking the judge to sentence Manning to 60 years in prison. Concerned Families of Westchester will join hundreds of communities across the […]
Join us on Thursday August 22nd as we engage in direct action and civil disobedience outside the Varick Detention Center located at 201 Varick St in Manhattan to protest the House of Representatives’ failure to act on real immigration reform. Our communities will not stand for further delay on reform that protects the dignity of […]
50th ANNIVERSARY MARCH ON WASHINGTON August 28, 2013, 5:00 p.m. Westchester County Courthouse Plaza 111 Martin Luther King Boulevard, White Plains, NY SPEAKERS MUSIC DRUMMERS SPOKEN WORD Come hear speakers and reflections from the civil rights movement, yesterday and today. Refreshments and conversation continue at the Thomas H. Slater […]
Community Voices Heard Presents: Poverty 50 Years Later Who: Leaders of Community Voices Heard and community members When: Wednesday, August 28th at 6pm Where: Yonkers Riverfront Library, 1 Larkin Plaza 2ND Fl. Why: To discuss and take action in ending poverty in our communities. On August 28th 1963 many people marched on Washington to […]
CFOW will hold a vigil/protest against Obama's planned bombing of Syria. We will meet on Saturday, from 12 to 1pm, in front of the Dobbs Ferry Stop & Shop (in the middle of Dobbs Ferry). We will have some banners and posters "Don't bomb Syria!" etc. Please join us. Frank Brodhead for CFOW 914-478-3848
EMERGENCY PROTEST AGAINST U.S. MILITARY ATTACK ON SYRIA FRI., SEPT 6, 5pm Meet at the Plaza Fountain, White Plains, Main St. & Mamaroneck Ave DEMAND CONGRESS REFUSE AUTHORIZATION TO BOMB AND KILL March to Cong. Nita Lowey’s office, then to the Federal Courthouse and back to the fountain for a […]