Students at Bard College have started a fabulous initiative of organizing pop up thrift shops around the Hudson Valley and donating the proceeds to social justice groups.   On Friday, June 18th they will be coming to White Plains and will donate the proceeds to TransMission, ATIC 914 (Alternatives to Incarceration) and WESPAC.  They will […]

WESPAC is collaborating with the White Plains Youth Bureau for this afternoon of music and spoken word as part of our Juneteenth commemoration. Turnure Park is on Lake Street in White Plains, not far from North Broadway:

The State Redistricting Commission will be hosting a virtual hearing to provide Westchester residents an opportunity to share information about their communities and discuss how district lines can be improved.  Sharing testimony at a redistricting hearing is a powerful way of shaping your community's district maps for the next decade to come.  By participating in […]

The Attica Prison Uprising in 1971 was a significant event in the Prisoners' Rights Movement that called for major changes in New York's corrections system. Based on the incarcerated men's demands for better living conditions and political rights, the five days of rebellion offer essential context for contemporary conversations about prison reform. In this program, we […]

Despite the pandemic disproportionately impacting immigrant communities, millions of undocumented immigrants including DACA recipients, TPS holders, and farmworkers, continued to work as essential workers to provide for their families and our communities. Yet, undocumented essential workers have not seen any legislative action that will provide a long-awaited path to citizenship.   In March, the House […]

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 From Activate America:    Earlier this year, Activate America partnered with Movement Labs to study the efficacy of postcarding as a tool to improve the way voters see their Democratic representatives. The results are in and we invite you to join us to hear Statistics Professor Shana Charles and our Data Director Andre Charles share […]

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REDISTRICTING New York now has an Independent Redistricting Committee (IRC) to re-draw district lines after the 2020 US Census. The lines they draw will be in place for the next 10 years. The IRC is seeking public comment and concerns about how the new lines should be drawn.  New York State will lose one congressional […]