Alternatives to Violence Project – Conflict Resolution Training

The Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) is looking for peacemakers who want to become AVP conflict resolution workshop facilitators. We are working to create peace in our communities and in our prisons. The next Basic Workshop will be held at Purchase Quaker Meetinghouse near the Westchester airport on June 22-24, 2018. A flyer is attached. AVP in […]

Author Talk at WESPAC: Deep Denial by David Billings

Meet David Billings, Author of "Deep Denial: The Persistence of White Supremacy in United States History and Life", Friday June 22 at 7:30pm.  "Deep Denial," part popular history and part personal memoir, documents the 400-year racialization of the United States and how people of European descent came to be called white. Author David Billings focuses primarily on […]

Public Hearing on Westchester County Airport

Dear concerned fellow residents and Westchester neighbors,   Join us at a public hearing on Westchester County Airport operations led by County Executive George Latimer and his administration.    Monday June 25th 7PM - until the last speaker is finished West Harrison Senior Center 251 Underhill Ave, West Harrison   Airport operations includes topics like: […]

Caravan to the Borderlands

Caravans to the Borderlands: A Movement that Grounds Us to Struggle in These Critical and Urgent Times   “We were not meant to survive.  Therefore, we might as well speak.”  Audre Lorde   With Chief Justice Kennedy’s resignation and a looming Republican death blow to our bodies and lives, the future of democracy, and human and civil […]

Rally to Save the Supreme Court of the United States

#SaveSCOTUS - Save the Supreme Court of the United States Senator Chuck Schumer's District Office 1 Park Place Peekskill, NY 10566 Tuesday, July 10, 11 AM Indivisibles are showing up at Senate District Offices throughout the country during the senate's recess to demand our senators protect our democracy— our choice, our affordable health care, our rights— and […]

What’s the Buzz with Honeybees?

Date:Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at 7:00pm  Title : What's the Buzz with Honeybees? Greenburgh Nature Center   Location: 99 Dromore Road, Scarsdale Details:  Beekeeper and Director of Education at Greenburgh Nature Center,Greg Wechgelaer, will present the basics of bees. Why are honey bees critical players in our lives and the global economy? Get close to actual honey bees using the GNC observation hive and […]

Responsible Future Through Investing

  AJF Financial Services invites you to the AJF Financial & U.N. Sustainability Investment Summit. Attached you will find additional information about the event. Host: AJF Financial Services aboard the Peace Boat When: Thursday, July 12th (6:00 – 10:30 pm) Where: Pier 90 – 711 12th Avenue New York, NY 10019 RSVP: https://www.punchbowl.com/parties/4df0bd9f19bcc6cb62e6

Forum on Korea

Sunday, July 15th at 2pm at the James Harmon Community Center in Hastings, 44 Main Street   Intended to begin step-by-step negotiations to resolve differences between the United States and North Korea – and perhaps to head off a nuclear war – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s third visit to North Korea’s capital did […]