Topic: Election 2013: Meet the Candidates running for Westchester County Legislator and make your vote Count for the Environment. Details: We invite selected local candidates for political office to hold forth on their positions on key environmental issues, such as desalination of Rockland water, Indian Point, or fracking and to answer questions from the […]
Please attend and help get White Plains community people here. We need attendance from the people most affected by poverty and economic struggles. This is our local poverty meeting – other locations will follow, and later a Poverty Summit for all of Westchester. For now, let’s get White Plains folks out! Community Voices Heard, WESPAC, […]
An Investigative Look at NYPD Surveillance With Adam Goldman and Matt Apuzzo Pulitzer-winning reporters Matt Apuzzo and Adam Goldman’s much discussed recent book, Enemies Within: Inside the NYPD’s Secret Spying Unit and bin Laden’s Final Plot Against America (2013), digs deep into the NYPD’s surveillance program focused on the […]
Please come to a Public meeting on NRC's Nuclear "Waste Confidence" policy-- October 30 in Tarrytown, NY Meeting: October 30, 2013. Time: Open House: 6 – 7 pm. Meeting 7 – 10 pm. Where: Westchester Marriott, 670 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, NYPack the meetings; Speak Out!Close Indian Point! Because there is no national nuclear […]
Richard D. Wolff, Professor of Economics Emeritus University of Massachusetts, Amherst & Visiting Professor at The New School for Social Research Marc Armstrong, Executive Director, Public Banking Institute Omar Freilla, Founder & Coordinator, Green Worker Cooperatives Alexis Goldstein, Organizer, the Other 99% Moderated by J.A.Myerson, Independent journalist and author Wednesday, October 30, 2013 7:00 pm […]
For over thirty years Iona College has chosen the time period following (or just before) Veterans Day to dedicate academic and co-curricular attention to peacemaking. This year's theme is:Swords into Plowshares: Seeking Peace in a Violent WorldSome highlights: On Wednesday, November 6 at 12:30 PM, Nick Mottern will present "Know Drones: Understanding the New Face […]
Topic: Mid-Hudson Regional Sustainability Plan: What’s in The Plan and How Will it Affect Westchester? Details: In June 2013, Governor Cuomo announced $30 million in the first round of funding for the implementation of regional sustainability plans which have been developed under the governor’s $100 million Cleaner, Greener Communities program, a major statewide initiative to […]
FINAL SEMINAR OF 6 SEMINARS ON GLOBAL CLIMATE CRISIS! WED. NOVEMBER 6TH, 2013 7:15PM, EAST LIBRARY, REID HALL MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE, PURCHASE, NY ENVISIONING A FUTURE WITHOUT FOSSIL FUELS: SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVES. PANEL: PHILIP MUSEGAAS, PROGRAM DIRECTOR, STAFF ATTY FOR RIVERKEEPER SUSAN HITO SHAPIRO, NYSTATE ATTY, PRACTICING ENVIORONMENTAL LAW ; WORKS ON SUSTAINABLE ENERGY PROJECT AND ENERGY […]
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Freedom Library is pleased to announce: 1. Our upcoming event to celebrate the first anniversary of our move to the Thomas H. Slater Center! THE PROGRAM: The Life and Times of MALCOLM X THE TIME: Thursday Nov. 7 & Thursday Nov. 21, 6:30 to 8 pm THE PLACE: the Slater […]
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