Dear Friend: Next week, on March 14th, we will be working with Just Leadership USA, Vocal NY, Latino Justice, Citizen Action, and other partner organizations to host a Lobby Day in Albany, where we will demand REAL criminal justice reform by asking our legislators to address the harms that our current pretrial system inflicts on […]
Agenda for Food Justice Committee Meeting, March 13, 2018, at 7pm at WESPAC Please be prompt! Introducing The Mobile Community Café Initiative — The story of how we stumbled upon operating a not-for-profit food truck in Westchester County — Tracy Basile, Brianne Brathwaite, Sonya Ennis Grant proposals — update from Tracy The formation of […]
The WESPAC Middle East Cte will meet.
Saturday, April 7, 11:00, Black Women's March: Continuing the Legacy of Harriet Tubman Meet at the CVS parking lot, corner of Broadway and Route 119, Tarrytown, New York From the organizers: We March Out of Love, Care and Concern for Our People!!! March across the new Tappan Zee Bridge. Hundreds of people will be coming out to […]
New York Campaign for Alternatives to Isolated Confinement Tuesday, April 10th, 6:30pm to 8pm at WESPAC, 77 Tarrytown Road, Suite 2W, White Plains, NY 10607 We will be joined by Cynthia Williams, a 2015 Beyond the Bars of Justice Fellow at Columbia University, who spent time in a federal facility and who will speak about how […]
Date: Wednesday April 11, 7:00 pm Location: Greenburgh Nature Center 99 Dromore Road Scarsdale NY 10583 Title: Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Restoration of Industrial Contamination Presenter: Chuck Stead, Adjunct Professor of Environmental Studies, Ramapo College of New Jersey Details: Chuck Stead will present on traditional knowledge and its role in restoration of industrial contamination in the 21st Century. […]
The Militarization of the African continent, the Scramble for Natural Resources, and People's Resistance Movements Thursday, April 12th at 7pm at WESPAC, 77 Tarrytown Road, Suite 2W, White Plains, NY 10607 (free parking available on site - park on upper level). Join the WESPAC Community as we welcome the Executive Director of Friends of the Congo, Maurice Carney, […]
Are you a high school student in Westchester who cares about the problems in society and is into social justice, advocacy and activism? Are you leader? Want to become one? Do you just want to make the world a little better? Then join us at the upcoming Westchester County Youth Councils' 2018 Youth Action Training! When: Saturday, April 14th, 2018, […]
Nick Mottern and his team have been working really hard on building this important rally and march for justice in April. Please let me know if you will join me and the WESPAC contingent on Saturday, April 14th. Please note that the flyer is attached and that we will be promoting widely on social media: […]