Forever Chemicals from Incineration: Concerns for Westchester County WASS Meeting

Forever Chemicals from Incineration: Concerns for Westchester County You’ve heard about the forever chemicals PFAS (Per- and Polyfluorinated Substances), did you know that they are found in high levels around trash incinerators? If you are wondering what that means for Westchester County be sure to attend this month’s Zero Waste Task Force meeting on Wednesday […]

PISAB March Undoing Racism Workshop

Grand Street Healing Project 105 Grand Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Here is the People's Institute for Survival and Beyond (PISAB) Undoing Racism Workshop schedule for this year! The workshop runs 10 AM to 4 PM each day. Please email [email protected] for registration information. See anticipated outcomes of the workshop below:

PISAB April Undoing Racism Workshop

WESPAC Office 77 Tarrytown Road, Suite 2W, White Plains, NY, United States

Here is the People's Institute for Survival and Beyond (PISAB) Undoing Racism Workshop schedule for this year! The workshop runs 10 AM to 4 PM each day. Please email [email protected] for registration information. See anticipated outcomes of the workshop below:

Westchester Social Forum 2024

Andalusia School 380 Walnut St, Yonkers, NY, United States

BUILDING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE: Divest from Violence and Invest in Communities! SOCIAL JUSTICE FORUM TO CREATE SPACE FOR PUBLIC TO ENGAGE IN CRITICAL ISSUES OF 2024 Palestinian Liberation, Climate Justice, Immigrant Justice, Decarceration, Worker Justice and Cooperatives, Housing for All, Food Justice and much more will be highlighted at the 2024 Westchester Social Forum. Dozens of […]

Author Talk: Voices of a People’s History of the United States in the 21st Century: Documents of Hope and Resistance

New Rochelle Public Library 1 Library Plaza, New Rochelle, NY, United States

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR THIS EVENT* Twenty-first century social movements come to life through speeches, essays, and other documents of activism, protest, and social change in Voices of a People’s History of the United States in the 21st Century: Documents of Hope and Resistance Join editors Anthony Arnove and Haley Pessin for a discussion around the speeches, […]

Ralph Fasanella presentation on Sunday at the Ossining Ethical Culture Society

Ethical Society of Northern Westchester 108 Pinesbridge Rd, Ossining, NY, United States

The  social realist painter Ralph Fasanella donated hundreds of signed prints to WESPAC a few decades ago and they remain in the office in excellent condition (and available in exchange for a contribution to WESPAC!)   Ralph's son, Dr. Marc Fasanella, will be traveling to Ossining on Sunday to talk about his father's upbringing and the […]

Rally at Cortlandt Town Hall DOB Meeting! Holtec suing NYS over tritiated water.

Cortlandt Town Hall 1 Heady St, Cortland, NY, United States

From Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition (IPSEC) and Food and Water Watch:  Join us on April 25, 4:45, Rally at Cortlandt Town Hall, 1 Heady Street, Cortlandt Manor.  Keep up the public pressure!!    Last year, we stopped radioactive waste from being dumped into the Hudson River. But just today, Holtec International, the company in […]

Workers Memorial Day Commemoration

Summerfield Park 151-199 King St, Port Chester, NY, United States

Workers Memorial Day Commemoration Thursday, April 25 from 11 AM – 12 PM Summerfield Park on King St Port Chester In order to honor all workers who have been killed on the job, Workers Memorial Day is observed every April 28, which is the anniversary of the enactment of OSHA in 1971. Sustainable Port Chester […]