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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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2025 Athena Film Festival!

Special Discount Tickets Available for the 2025 Athena Film Festival Our friends at Athena Film Festival just dropped their 2025 lineup, and we are PUMPED! Taking place during Women’s History Month from March 6 - 9, 2025 at NYC’s Barnard College, Athena challenges...

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💗 to White Plains’ Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation for hosting a film, panel discussion & sermon on parole justice. With Fair & Timely Parole and Elder Parole, we can create safety, act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly beside those reunited with their families.

BREAKING: The US Justice Department is examining whether student protests at Columbia University over the genocide in Gaza violated federal terrorism laws, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said today.

Blanche’s department previously said the investigation is also looking…

Thank you to the Christ Church San Marcos The Episcopal Church in Tarrytown, NY for inviting us to hold a film screening and panel discussion about parole justice. Together we will reunite families, make Westchester safer, and end permanent punishment.

🚨 New @NewEconomyNYC report: Payday loan apps have extracted $500M+ from working New Yorkers through deceptive, high-cost loans.

Albany must pass the End Loan Sharking Act, sponsored by @SenatorBrouk and @RagaForQueens, to stop these Big Tech predators.

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