"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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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Pride is in the air! Mark your calendars and don't forget to join us on Saturday, June 11th for a march, festival, and an after party! All are welcome, as always. Visit our website (or scan the QR code) for more info at https://yorktownforjustice.org We’d like to invite all interested organizations to table at our festival - please […]

Join us this Saturday at 11am as we honor Juneteenth, a holiday celebrated in June to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved people in the US. The holiday was first celebrated in Texas, where on that date in 1865, in the aftermath of the Civil War, slaves were declared free under the terms of the 1862 […]

WESPAC Founder Connie Hogarth played an instrumental role in organizing this historic march for nuclear disarmament that took place on June 12th in 1982.   On this historic day, one million people marched from the United Nations, filled the streets of New York City, and rallied in Central Park to demand an end to the nuclear […]