Anti-Asian Hate

Anti-Asian Hate: The Past and the Present   It's Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, and the need for this presentation is more important than ever. Join us for Anti-Asian Hate: The Past and the Present. A discussion of past Anti-Asian sentiment in this county up to the present, along with the causes, and how we […]

Free Peoples Market in Mount Vernon needs help with Community Clean Up!

As many of you know, WESPAC has been working with Geoff Munroe and Ruby Olisemeka in Mount Vernon for several years now.   They ask for our support tomorrow, Friday, May 20th at their distribution site where they have plans for a larger sustainable and ecological food justice initiative.  I will go down in the […]

Rally for Healthcare on Friday!

State lawmakers are in their final two weeks of the legislative session! Join Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition, Campaign for NY Health and partners at our state lawmakers’ offices in the Bronx and in Yonkers to demand a vote this session on the New York Health Act — comprehensive, affordable, universal healthcare. The physical, […]

“When you lift from the bottom, everybody rises! Social workers and the Poor People’s Campaign.”

"When you lift from the bottom, everybody rises! Social workers and the Poor People's Campaign." What is it?: A webinar on May 23rd at 7PM EST Featuring: SWEPT (Social Workers Ending Poverty Together) Hosts: SWAA (Social Welfare Action Alliance), NWRU (National Welfare Rights Union), and NUH (National Union of the Homeless) The contemporary Poor People’s Campaign: A National […]

NY for All Mobilization in Albany

Please join the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), the New York Immigration Coalition(NYIC),  Alianza Agricola, Bronx Defenders, FWD.us, Immigrant Defense Project, Vera Institute of Justice and more at our mobilization to demand passage of the New York for All act (S.03076/A.02328).  We need to show the people power behind this bill and make our […]

In Anger and Mourning: Shireen Abu Akleh and East Buffalo

Please visit the Facebook event page to RSVP, and share on FB:  https://www.facebook.com/events/1324447661412389   Description of the event:   Two years ago on May 25, George Floyd was murdered by white police officers in Minneapolis. For two weeks now we have mourned the murder of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in the Jenin refugee camp […]

WESPAC Annual Awards 2022!

Please scroll down below image for all details including how to take out a congratulatory ad! Dear Friends of WESPAC,               On Sunday, June 5th at 2pm, WESPAC friends and members will be gathering in person at Wainwright House in Rye on the waterfront on the Long Island Sound in honor of WESPAC's 48th Anniversary.  WESPAC will […]