-- "Come join us this Saturday, June 5th, to protest Chase Bank's funding of the destructive Line 3 Pipeline! Protest starts at 1pm in Patriot's Park, Tarrytown. The Line 3 Tar Sands Pipeline is destroying indigenous communities, polluting our water, and threatening our climate. Right now, indigenous-led protesters are putting their bodies on the line […]

Rally for Public Power! Saturday, June 5 1:00 pm Van der Donck Park 41 Dock Street, Yonkers (across from the train station) Join Congressman Jamaal Bowman for a rally in support of public power! We'll be calling on Senate Majority Andrea Stewart-Cousins and the Legislature to pass the New York Build Public Renewables Act. This bill would ramp […]

The memorial service for Oliver Swift will be an in-person and virtual event hosted by the Ethical Culture Society of Westchester at 7 Saxon Wood Rd in White Plains, NY. The service will begin at 2:00 pm on Saturday, June 5th.   If you are planning to attend in person, please register here so   Here is […]

The WESPAC Community is invited to join this sit down dinner next week. Please let me know if you would like to join me:

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 […]