AGENDA Westchester Coalition for Police Reform WCPR Thursday, October 22, 2020 6:30-8:00 pm BY ZOOM  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83790106511 6:30pm Introductions - 10 minutes 6:40pm  Amos Irwin, Program Director of the Law Enforcement Action Partnership, will discuss their Community Responders Initiative.    Community Responders are peer counselors/clinicians/social workers (for mental health/homelessness/substance abuse-related calls) and Credible Messengers -- formerly incarcerated community members with street cred […]

My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies  By Resmaa Menakem Wednesday, October 28th at 7pm.  Discussion facilitated by Doug DeCandia In this groundbreaking book, therapist Resmaa Menakem examines the damage caused by racism in America from the perspective of trauma and body-centered psychology. The body is where our […]

We will gather virtually on Tuesday, December 1st at 7pm .  Andom Ghebreghiorgis is a former special education teacher who recently ran for Congress in NY's 16th Congressional District.  He is a candidate to serve on the WESPAC Board of Directors this year.   He will share his thoughts on "Promoting a Progressive Vision Locally, Nationally and […]

Film Night: Featuring True Cost  This is a story about clothing. It’s about the clothes we wear, the people who make them, and the impact the industry is having on our world. The price of clothing has been decreasing for decades, while the human and environmental costs have grown dramatically. The True Cost is a […]

Staying Sane in Pandemic Times Tuesday, December 8 7-8:15 PM Welcome by Westchester County Executive George Latimer MODERATOR: Nicole Benjamin, JD, LMSW PRESENTERS: Alan Dienstag, Psy.D, Clinical Director Larchmont Mamaroneck Counseling Center Kelly Chiarella, Director Office for the Aging, City of Yonkers Soledad Soriano-Kaplan, LMHC, Certified Stress Management Specialist, Certified Yoga Instructor, Certified Aromatherapist To register, […]

The campaign to divest New York State’s pension fund has grown by leaps and bounds this past year - so we are hosting an end of year event and virtual rally!    We will be celebrating all that we have achieved this year, our growing coalition, and what we are looking forward to next. And […]

On December 9th at 11am, we are launching a new coalition: Decarcerate the Hudson Valley. Together, we are fighting for a world without cages where all of our communities have what they need to thrive. Please join us!    There are four ways to join on December 9th: On Zoom: RSVP here. In person (wear a mask!): Sing […]

Join us on Thursday, December 10th at noon for a community conversation with Doug and Jalal to learn more about how we can be supportive of local, regenerative farming, as well as small scale local ecological farmers and especially farmers of color as we move towards a world of healing, reparations and racial equity. Register […]

Amnesty International USA Mid-Hudson is hosting our annual virtual Zoom Global Write for Rights letter-writing event on Zoom Sunday, December 13th from 2:00-3:30 pm.  This year we will be writing letters on behalf of 7 human rights defenders. We’re urging ICE to release families from detention. We are demanding victim’s compensation for Chicago teen Teyonna who was shot. Two college students in Turkey […]