From Andrew Courtney: Please enjoy the 46 photographs that will be exhibited January 2024 at the Ossining Public Library gallery. There is much attention to remote work, to the potential of the four day work week. To the Zoom workplace. This overlooks those workers, performers, artisans whose work continues to be “by hand” […]
Thursday, January 25, 2024 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM ET Please join us for a conversation about police accountability in the Hudson Valley! This event is hosted by the NYCLU, WESPAC Foundation Inc, Westchester Coalition for Police Reform, and ENJAN (End the New Jim Crow Action Network). We will be discussing the NYCLU's role in FOILing […]
The Greenburgh Library is hosting a 6-Part Discussion Series following HULU's docu-series created from Dr. Nikole Hannah-Jones' groundbreaking work, The 1619 Project. See the flier for more details. One conversation a month will feature a discussion led by local organizers, educators, and public figures - one who identifies as a person of color, and […]
Delia will be speaking at the upcoming NYCD16-Indivisible General Meeting! RSVP HERE! Since there's been an uptick in Covid and other respiratory diseases, please test before attending. For your convenience, masks will be provided at the meeting.
Here is the People's Institute for Survival and Beyond (PISAB) Undoing Racism Workshop schedule for this year! The workshop runs 10 AM to 4 PM each day. Please email [email protected] for registration information See anticipated outcomes of the workshop below:
On Tuesday, January 23, folks throughout the state are bussing up to Albany to rally and lobby for the HEAT Act. This is vitally important legislation we need to move our buildings off fossil fuels and lower our utility bills and, with enough people power, we will win. There is a Hudson Valley bus […]
From PCPJ: On Tuesday, January 23, the People's Campaign for Parole Justice, a statewide grassroots coalition, will hold our Parole Justice for Safe Communities advocacy day, at the New York State Capitol in Albany. We need YOU to help make it as powerful as possible. RSVP: https://bit.ly/SafeCommunities2024 On this advocacy day, we’ll uplift our vision for safety and […]
WESPAC is co-sponsoring this NYCLU Town Hall on January 25th. Please register here
From Amnesty International USA Mid-Hudson: Amnesty International USA Mid-Hudson is hosting our annual In person and Zoom Global Write for Rights letter-writing event Sunday, January 28, 2024, from 1:00-3:00 pm In person at the Elting Library, 93 Main St, New Paltz, NY 12561 Or on Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86874940853?pwd=b2FJY1NXRmsxSW93T2NSSEdJQlphZz09 / Meeting ID: 86874940853 / Passcode 246989 For information go to eltinglibrary.org - click on Calendar - then click on January […]
Tuesday January 30th Climate Superfund Lobby Day & News Conference at State Capitol in Albany! Speak Out for Fiscal Fairness & Environmental Justice. New Yorkers Need the Climate Change Superfund Act in the Budget As taxpayers, we are paying the ENTIRE bill for climate costs right now – $2.1 billion in 2023 – while Big Oil made $750 billion in profits since 2021. Climate Superfund requires Big Oil to pay $3 Billion a Year, Not You and Me! RSVP by […]
Will you join us on January 30th for our first Communities Not Cages advocacy day of 2024? RSVP here and see the attached flyer. Nada will be a team leader that day representing Westchester County. We're planning a blow-out day with rallies, press conferences, meetings with lawmakers, music, and creative actions - and we need you there! […]
Welcome! The Solidarity Singers are happening. We will launch on Thursday, Feb. 1st from 5:30 to 6:30 PM at WESPAC (directions in italics, below) on February 1st. A few things to know before we start: To ensure everyone stays healthy, the room will have an air purifier. We may choose to open windows. […]
FEBRUARY 1, 2024 | 6:30-7:30PM EST David Rockefeller Creative Arts Center at Pocantico Visitor Info Tickets: $15 (+$1.75 ticketing fee) BUY TICKETS Historian and author Gretchen Sullivan Sorin, award-winning author of Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights will give a lecture and present film clips from her book’s subsequent award-winning PBS […]
War and Climate Change A UNAC webinar February 2, 2024, 12 noon EST Click here to register Speakers: Tamara Lorincz - Canadian voice of women for Peace & WILPF Pippa Bartolotti - UNAC & Global Women United for Peace Against NATO Lisa Savage - Maine Natural Guard & Global Network Against Weapons & […]
From WACA: The Westchester Association of Chinese Americans (WACA) is delighted to invite you to the grand celebration of the Dragon Year 2024! Join us on Saturday, February 3rd, 2024, at the Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, for an unforgettable event from 2 pm to 6 pm. Experience a day filled with immersive activities, including traditional handcrafting, engaging unique Asian games, […]
Upcoming Ceasefire March in Chappaqua, co-sponsored by WESPAC and JVP! Please come out and help us support the youth who are organizing this march! Please RSVP here: https://gforms.app/mdZicuD
