Living Wisely Through the COVID-19 Pandemic: Practicing Self-Care

Dr. Suzanne Burger is a clinical psychologist in Westchester who participated in counseling survivors of 9/11 and served on the American Red Cross’ Disaster Mental Health Team during Hurricane Sandy. Suzanne will provide information about our natural fight/flight/freeze responses to threat and offer evidence-based tools for reducing reactivity and anxiety during this critical time. There […]

WESPAC Book Discussion: My Seditious Heart – Zoom meeting

Now a Zoom meeting.  Please scroll down for Zoom details: Tuesday, April 7th, 2020, from 7pm to 8:30pm A Discussion of Arundhati Roy's My Seditious Heart Bookended by her two award-winning novels, The God of Small Things (1997) and The Ministry of Utmost Happiness (2017), My Seditious Heart collects the work of a two-decade period when Arundhati Roy devoted herself to the […]

The Benefits and Challenges of Running a Food Cooperative

The Benefits and Challenges of Running a Food Cooperative  Tuesday, April 14th at 7pm via Zoom Fran Sanhueza, former General Manager of the Bushwick Food Cooperative, will talk about the challenges of running a small cooperative business in New York City. Bushwick is a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood.  Fran will discuss how they have dealt with […]

April 21 Day of Action at Bedford Prison

April 21 Day of Action includes a rally/car protest at Bedford prison.   People can participate in their cars or by zoom with signs in the window saying "COVID + Prison = Death and #CuomoLetThemGo”  TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 2020, Starting at 1:00 pm • DAY OF ACTION • COVID + Prison = Death • #CuomoLetThemGo •  Virtual and […]

WESPAC at Climate Solidarity Day at Temple Israel of New Rochelle

Presented by the Advocacy and Social Action Committees of Temple Israel of New Rochelle Stronger Together Solidarity Fair for Climate Justice and Tikkun Olam– the repair of the world Sunday, April 26, 2020 at Temple Israel of New Rochelle Exhibit Hall Opens: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm Guest Panel on Climate Justice: 10:30 am Light […]

#HALTsolitary confinement!

From: Scott Paltrowitz <[email protected]> Subject: May 6 socially distant action in Yonkers for #HALTsolitary Date: April 29, 2020 at 12:14:58 PM EDT To: Scott Paltrowitz <[email protected]>   We are holding a series of socially-distant in-person actions, car actions, and virtual rally on May 6 at 10 am across the state to demand passage of the #HALTsolitary Confinement Act. One of the actions […]

Climate Interactive Workshop

What climate interventions and policies will produce the biggest impact and help us limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius? Join us on Wednesday, May 13th from 12:00-1:15 on Zoom for an interactive Lunch & Learn workshop to explore the dynamics in energy supply, land-use, transportation, carbon removal, and more.   Featuring EN-ROADS, a cutting-edge tool that was designed by a team […]

Why Nuclear Power is not the answer to the Climate Crisis

You are invited to a Sierra Club New York City Group Zoom presentation with:   Michel Lee, Esq. - Nuclear Information Resource Service (NIRS);          Promoting Health and Sustainable Energy (PHASE); Council on         Intelligent Energy & Conservation Policy (CIECP)   Alfred Meyer - Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR)   Mari Inoue, Esq. - Manhattan […]

Song to a Refugee

Song To A Refugee Virtual Benefit Concert featuring the award-winning musician   DIANA JONES Sunday, May 17th  6:00-6:45 p.m. Join us to hear the powerful music of Diana Jones  and to celebrate the resilience of refugees and the communities that support them.  This concert will benefit our COVID-19 Relief Fund, which supports refugees affected by the coronavirus crisis.    With […]