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We have been a leading force for progressive social change in Westchester County, New York, since 1974.  We have been educating, agitating and organizing for a more just and peaceful world, an end to militarism and racism and a more fair economy that works for all.

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NY Power Authority Community Info Sessions

On behalf of The New York Power Authority (NYPA) and New York Transco, we want to make you aware of the upcoming Propel NY Energy Community Information Sessions in Westchester County. These events will allow community members to speak directly with project team...

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Feb. 19th is Day of Remembrance for Japanese American Community

From UMass Office of the President:  February 19th is a significant date for the Japanese American community. On this day in 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which gave the U.S. Army the authority to remove civilians from the military...

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Puppet making for the Social Forum Opening March!

The LHV Social Forum planning team is delighted to be working with the @boxcutter_collective to make large puppets for the social forum scheduled for Sunday, April 27th in White Plains!   Boxcutter Collective is a New York City based puppet troupe made up of 6...

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CFOW Newsletter!

From Frank Brodhead: Hello All - In less than a month, Donald Trump and Elon Musk have grabbed power and created chaos. We call this a “coup,” meaning an unconstitutional overturn of our government. They must be stopped. But how? Tens of thousands of people have lost...

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NOON Newsletter 2025

Welcome to the NOON e-newsletter for February 2025. Enjoy, and please share widely!   This poem was written for the candlelight vigil preceding the Onondaga Nation’s Land Rights hearing in Federal District Court, October 18, 2007.   For Onondaga By Robin Wall Kimmerer...

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Statement from the NYS Community Equity Agenda

The 50+ member organizations of the NYS Community Equity Agenda, representing hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers statewide, made the following statement responding to the Trump Administration’s assault on the Consumer and Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)—and...

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The Forgotten Occupation: Jim Crow goes to Haiti

Filmmaker Alain Martin frames the forgotten history of his country’s brutal occupation at the hands of the United States as an epistolary that finds him penning a letter to his deceased grandfather about the subject. He confesses to Brunel Martin, the grandfather in...

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Toolkit for the Movement

Toolkit for the Movement: Guides for community defense  Recent years have seen our community and movement partners on the frontlines wracked by COVID-19, ongoing systemic anti-Black racism, accelerating climate disasters, and growing authoritarian repression, which...

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Plastic Waste Trade Watch

  Plastic Waste Trade Watch January 2025     Plastic Waste Trade Watch is a monthly review of information on the international trade in plastic waste. It is produced by Basel Action Network's (BAN) Plastic Waste Transparency Project, which undertakes campaigns,...

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Please take a look at the powerful testimonials of the Jewish mothers on If Not Now's Instagram:We are Moms for Shared Safety. We oppose Trump’s executive order calling to deport students who support Palestinian human rights — and we reject Jewish organizations like the ADL (Anti Defamation League) and MACA that are endorsing and enabling this cruelty.Mothers Against Campus Antisemitism (MACA) has been organizing campuses to use Trump’s new hotline to call ICE on pro-Palestine students and demand their deportation. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is giving MACA’s leadership a prime platform to speak at their annual conference on March 3.Our Jewish community needs institutions that will fight the Nazis taking over the government, not a spineless organization that spends all its time attacking college students and backing the Trump-Musk deportation agenda. The Jewish community cannot be serious about fighting antisemitism if we align ourselves with Trump, Musk, and ICE.We need strong voices and organizations opposing antisemitism, racism, xenophobia, ethnic cleansing, and all forms of oppression. But we will not and cannot find safety by backing this fascist agenda. We will only find safety by standing in solidarity with other groups targeted by the far-right.Are you a mom– or a parent or grandparent– for shared safety? Share your own video:🌻innmvmt.org/moms4sharedsafety 🌻Join us Monday evening in NYC as we gather outside the ADL conference for a community rally and ritual: ❗️innmvmt.org/rejectadl❗️The ADL is platforming Archie Gottesman of Jew Belong, who in 2018 openly called for mass violence and collective punishment in Gaza, stating:‘Gaza is full of monsters. Time to burn the whole place. Won’t matter. The UN will just give another meaningless sanction’This genocidal language is despicable, and what’s also incredibly disturbing is that the ADL is hosting Archie Gottesman at an event supposedly about fighting bigotry, at ‘The World’s Largest Summit on Antisemitism and Hate’ on March 3 and 4.The ADL defended Musk’s Nazi salute and refused to join thousands of Jews who denounced Trump’s plan to ethnically cleanse Gaza. It also embraced Trump’s Executive Order to deport students & immigrants who protest the Israeli military’s assault on Gaza. The ADL is singularly focused on demonizing the movement for Palestinian human rights, helping advance the MAGA goal of gutting all of our freedoms.The Trump administration’s power relies on civil-society institutions complying with their agenda. The only way to stop this administration from decimating our civil and political rights is if we band together to demand that the institutions that claim to serve and represent us don’t comply.Protest the ADL with @ifnotnoworg @ifnotnow.nyc @jfrejnyc & @rabbis4ceasefire this Monday, March 3, in midtown NYC, 5:15pm. This will be a Jewish-led action to express dissent with an organization that claims to represent us. Signs will be provided! ... See MoreSee Less
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Communities Not Cages Second Look Symposium | Center for Justice https://centerforjustice.columbia.edu/events/communities-not-cages-second-look-symposium

Chief Judge Rowan Wilson supports the Second Look Act in today’s State of the Judiciary. “Put simply, our criminal justice system isn’t working. Maybe it hasn’t really ever worked. Prolonged incarceration is very expensive, and it does not make us safer.” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/nyregion/second-look-prison-ny-judge-wilson.html#

Proud to partner with @AthenaFilmFest for their 15th year of celebrating women and leadership at @BarnardCollege, March 6-9. Tickets are now on sale: check out the amazing lineup!
https://athenafilmfestival.com/

A Land for All is based on international law and is a confederation of Palestine and Israel. Prof Oren Yiftachel was excellent yesterday in presenting this Palestinian and Israeli peace movement: https://youtu.be/KSQ1bJvWSL0?si=8PYm3Cw_iqIUu9Ed

The public banking movement is sweeping New York State.

In this powerful op-ed, David Sprintzen of @EHSLI calls for a public bank to address Long Island’s affordability crisis.

@AndreaSCousins @CarlHeastie: It’s time to bring public banking to New York!
https://www.newsday.com/opinion/commentary/guest-essays/long-island-affordability-crisis-public-bank-yte5q4zn

🚨NEW: "Behind every slumlord harassing and neglecting tenants is a bank fueling these practices."

NYC needs a public bank that invests in communities—not speculation, writes Public Bank NYC coalition member @CooperSq’s Jodie Liedecker in @CityLimitsNews:
https://citylimits.org/2025/01/31/opinion-wall-street-fuels-predatory-real-estate-its-time-for-a-public-bank-alternative/

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