WCPR will meet at the Thomas H. Slater Community Center at 6:30pm located at 2 Fisher Court in White Plains.

When we signed the Call to Action, we promised to take action on behalf of Syrian refugees and, as a result of the huge response to the Call to Action, THE MOMENT HAS ARRIVED!  As you have probably already read in our latest newsletter, at least 10 refugee families (50 people) will be coming to […]

Jane Bloomer and myself will be hosting a public banking strategy session at WESPAC on Tuesday, August 2nd at 12 noon.  This session is open to the public but RSVPs are required at [email protected]. Some of the benefits of a public bank are listed here: https://hubpublicbanking.org/learn-more-about-public-banking/benefits-for-towns-cities-and-municipalities-of-a-public-bank/ The bank can be established at the municipal, county, regional, state or […]

An Evening with Rev. Daniel Buford:What is Arbitrary Punishment? The Westchester Coalition for Police Reform and the Greenburgh Human Rights Commission will co-host Rev. Daniel Buford on Thursday, August 4 from 6:30 to 8:30 at the Thomas H. Slater Center (2 Fisher Court, White Plains) to discuss the perspective of human rights violations in cases of criminal […]

It is important to raise our voices to put pressure on decision-makers to break the siege of Aleppo, Syria. More than 300,000 remaining civilians are struggling to survive under extremely harsh conditions including air bombardment by the Assad regime, United States and Russia. These men, women, children and infants are vigilantly holding out for freedom, dignity, and justice despite air strikes, barrel bombs, starvation, a paucity of medical care, and […]

Na Mu Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo Hiroshima Day71st Commemoration Ceremony Grafton Peace PagodaSaturday August 6, 2016 Forever Renounce WarCreate a Nuclear Free World We come together to commit to peace and never again using weaponsof mass destruction. Let us come together to create world peace onestep at a time. Let us find ways to heal the earth and […]

New Rochelle students are organizing a Black Lives Matter March on Sunday, August 7th at 5pm. We hope to do the diversity of our community justice by calling attention to problems which disproportionately affect people of color, specifically the problem of police brutality against black civilians. Throughout the process of organizing this event we have […]

"WAKE UP HUMANITY, TIME IS RUNNING OUT"*  A VIGIL FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE  (Rain or shine)  SUNDAY August 7, 6:30pm  4 Bittersweet Lane,   Mount Kisco, NY 10549  (parking at Presbyterian Church of Mt. Kisco  605 Millwood Ave. Mt. Kisco, NY 10549)         GATHER IN PRAYER TO SUPPORT GOV. CUOMO ON HIS JOURNEY TO FIND THE COURAGE TO HALT THE HARM TO MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AND THE […]

We will be convening at 2pm on Monday, August 8th at the Bethel Baptist Community Plot located at the corner of Prospect St. and Sterling Avenue, a block from where Rt. 22 forks into Post Road and Maple Avenue, across from Post Road School on Sterling Avenue. We will be planning the next food justice workshop […]

After the massacres of the last weeks we certainly need to focus on Alternatives to Violence. These mass shootings, whether it is in Orlando, FL or in Sandy Hook, CT. are usually the result of someone who is angry and hanging onto a grudge. AVP is designed to help people deal with their anger and […]