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Support Nurses Unions Now!

Oct 26, 2024

From Steve Rabinowitz: I'm writing to our friends who are in the labor movement, progressives and/or in the healthcare field. Lenox Hill Hospital/Northwell Health is playing hardball with their nurses union during negotiations, a strike may be imminent. They have...

Wonderful news: the Onondaga Nation is receiving 1,000 acres of their nation back! Please support as you are able to:

Oct 16, 2024

Onondaga Nation territory is home to people who live according to their original instructions among the woods, waters, and hills of their ancestors. The Onondaga care for the land as a sovereign nation independent of the United States — including maintaining all the...

Non-traditional Jewish School Meets Twice a Month in White Plains

Sep 27, 2024

Hi everyone!I wanted to let you know about a non traditional Jewish education program that many of our children attend. The families and educators involved in the program would like to reach as wide of an audience as possible in order to let as many people as they can...

Legislative Support for Caring Majority — Deadline Today!

Sep 17, 2024

Dear Justice and Peace Community, Please take the simple and powerful action of signing as letter to support working people in New York State. With the NYS legislative season approaching and with wages and working conditions for home care workers under threat, NY...

Calabash TA Academy Deadline Extension

Sep 17, 2024

APPLICATION DEADLINE THIS FRIDAY. Visit bit.ly/calabashTAacademy to learn more: The Calabash Network is calling for applications for the inaugural Calabash TA Academy, a pilot 12-week accelerated training program cohort designed to orient & prepare a network of...

September 2024 Solidarity Newsletter

Sep 5, 2024

If you missed it in your email, here is our Solidarity Newsletter this month: WESPAC Solidarity Newsletter September 2024

Membership Appeal 2024

Sep 4, 2024

Hello WESPACers! As we enter September, it is time for our annual Membership Appeal. You can find a digital copy of the appeal letter here. In our 50th year, we particularly reflect in gratitude on the support of this wonderful community. Thank you in advance for your...

TOMORROW: Volunteers needed in Mount Vernon Garden

Aug 16, 2024

H2OO New Youth Cohort Application

Aug 16, 2024

Heirs To Our Ocean (H2OO) is recruiting youth aged 16–25 for the 5th Cohort of the U.S. Youth Action Council for the UN Ocean Decade (U.S. YAC UNOD). H2OO is an official UN Ocean Decade partner, and this Council is endorsed as a Decade Action in collaboration with the...

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Co-founder of "A Land for All" to present at WESPAC: Ending the Madness of War and Moving towards an Israeli-Palestinian ConfederationWESPAC is delighted to welcome Professor Oren Yiftachel to Westchester County on Wednesday, February 5th at 6pm at the WESPAC office located at 77 Tarrytown Rd, Suite 2W, White Plains, NY 10607. Directions to the office can be found hereOne of the Founding Board Members of A Land for All,, Prof. Yiftachel is a professor (em.) of political geography and urban studies at Ben Gurion University and University College London (hon.). He studied in Australian and Israeli universities; and was visiting scholar in a dozen international universities. He holds the Hurst Chair for Urban Studies and is an editor and board member of several renowned journals.Yiftachel is a leading activist in human rights and social justice organizations, including a founding board member of 'Adva' (center for social equality) and chair of 'Btselem' – (monitoring human rights in the Occupied Palestinians Territories); He has also worked as a planner for the unrecognized Bedouin communities. Prof. Yiftachel will present the changing political geography of Israel/Palestine, as the settings for the recent eruption of unprecedented violence in Gaza and beyond after Oct 7. His discussion will focus on the possibilities for reconciliation between Jews and Palestinians under the Confederation framework envisioned by A Land for All."A Land for All is a shared movement of Israelis and Palestinians who believe that the way towards peace, security and stability for all passes through two independent states, Israel and Palestine, within a joint framework allowing both peoples to live together and apart. Israeli-Jews and Arab-Palestinians are heavily intertwined on both sides of the Green Line and therefore building walls between them is neither realistic nor desirable. Recognizing that both Jews and Palestinians are part of the same shared homeland, and respecting their equal individual and national rights, A Land for All provides pragmatic and viable solutions to the obstacles that have stymied prior negotiations, moving us from a paradigm of separation towards a future based on power sharing and shared interests."This discussion is free and open to the public. RSVPs requested at [email protected] ... See MoreSee Less

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This is Tara Taylor, the new Food Forest Manager at Unadilla Community Farm & Education Center after a warm hand off of operations. We’re excited to be carrying the torch of bringing you and yours fresh food, medicinal herbs, and paid education opportunities, season over season!I am writing with a brief update, and a humble request.We’ve just opened up the applications for our 2025 Beginning Farmer Training Program, a 22-week paid fellowship teaching the planting, care & maintenance, and harvesting of our Food Forest crops for donation to food pantries, mutual aid groups, and free herbal clinics. We couldn’t have provided 8,758.90 lbs of food to over six thousand people last year, saving them $129,653.17 in grocery and healthcare costs, without these limited experience growers engaging in fellowship with us. Our incoming leadership team is excited to continue this program’s many years of success with students across 7 continents by seeking out more beginning farmers local to the tri-state region to invite to join us.We humbly ask that you help us make this paid opportunity accessible by posting up a flyer within your community on our behalf. The flyers can be taped up on doors or walls for set and forget support. If printing is a challenge, let us know and we’re happy to drop off or snail-mail you some perforated copies.The description below can also be forwarded to email lists and organizers in your community with the description below to multiply our outreach with the click of a button.Thank you for your ongoing support of the Unadilla Community Farm & Education Center!Beginning Farmer FellowshipUnadilla Community Farm is a 501(c)3 non-profit farm education center in West Edmeston, NY, donating 100% of harvest from our multi-story Food Forest to food pantries, mutual aid groups, and free herbal clinics, serving low-income and historically underserved communities.Our Farm Fellowship is a paid, season-long opportunity for experiential, hands-on learning of the humble tasks that ensure the planting, care & maintenance, and harvesting of our Food Forest crops for donation to food pantries, mutual aid groups, and free herbal clinics.Fellows will learn how to: 1) tend to a food forest by applying principles of no-till organic farming, regenerative agroforestry, and permaculture design, with a focus on growing perennial fruits & herbs, cover crops, and annual vegetables; 2) carry out sustainable harvest, storage & distribution techniques at-scale; and 3) participate in public education through Community Volunteer Days and optional weekly classes.Time Commitment: 23 weeks from April 27-October 4, 2025. Fellows who live on-site must be able to commit to the full season. This is a seasonal part-time contracted position.Schedule: 8:00am-12:00pm Mondays-Saturdays. We offer paid sick days and unpaid vacation (with two weeks notice).Wage: $20 per hour. Must be authorized to work in the U.S. (we cannot offer work visas).Required Experience: Applicants must have 1 season of farming experience (at a production farm/nonprofit farm or other farm type), OR must have completed Unadilla Community Farm’s Permaculture Internship.Work Environment: Fellows should be able to carry 40 pounds and be on their feet walking, standing, moving, or squatting for up to 4 hours a day, 6 days a week. Fellows should feel comfortable with a variety of outdoor working conditions, including full sun, light rain, or light frost.Room & Board: Fellows may commute to the farm, or apply to live on-site. For fellows who live on-site and can commit to the 24 hr/wk full-season schedule, room and board are provided at no charge. ... See MoreSee Less

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On behalf of the planning team for the 2025 Lower Hudson Valley Social Forum, I am delighted to invite you to our Sunday, April 27th forum where we will join dozens of community organizations to celebrate our work for collective liberation. We will be listing the organizations involved on our page. In the meantime, please see the flyer attached and our registration link here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSerKHGar0DHB3q7sLVsWKUy_IjnZk4TvuePJN6hThlojgR8IA/viewform?usp=s... ... See MoreSee Less

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Job Opening!Westchester OrganizerMake the Road New York (MRNY) builds the power of immigrant and working-class communities to achieve dignity and justice through organizing, policy innovation, transformative education, and survival services. Make the Road New York operates community centers in Bushwick, Brooklyn; Jackson Heights, Queens; Port Richmond, Staten Island; Brentwood, Long Island and White Plains, Westchester County. With a membership of 27,000, MRNY tackles the critical issues facing our communities, including workplace justice, tenants’ rights, immigrant rights and civil rights, TGNCIQ justice, public education, health care access, and immigration reform. (TGNCIQ = transgender, gender non-conforming, intersex and queer). MRNY is a newly unionized workplace, currently negotiating its first Collective Bargaining Agreement.MRNY is a multi-service organization. Our member-led organizing committees -- which work on the issues named above -- implement strategies to combat shared problems, and develop leadership and the capacity for civic participation. We also provide an array of high-quality bilingual services: We offer English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), Spanish-language literacy, computer literacy, citizenship preparation, and in-school and after-school youth programs. We have a robust legal program that offers direct representation across a spectrum of practice areas, including employment law, immigration law, housing and benefits, and TGNCIQ civil rights; we also take on impact litigation as a strategy for achieving broad change. Our health program offers facilitated enrollment into health insurance programs and SNAP benefits, a community health worker home visit program, nutrition education and emergency food pantries, health care navigation, and more."Current Opening:The work of the Westchester County Organizer is to build a strong base of community members and leaders in Westchester County. The organizer will also engage members in leadership development and organizing around various issues at the local, state and federal level. In collaboration with the Housing and Environmental Justice Lead Organizer the Westchester County Organizer will support the growth of the base and nurture the leadership of our members to advance local, statewide and federal campaigns. The organizer will conduct outreach in the community to build an organizing committee, identify key issues that community members care about and recruit them to become members of MRNY.Key Responsibilities but not limited to:Build our base for power by engaging low-income New Yorkers who commit to work together on the issues affecting our communities. Move our base to action to advance campaigns that positively impact people’s lives Develop the skills & consciousness of our base to strengthen the roots of our democracy Support and move campaigns that positively affect our members’ lives and build strong alliances to leverage MRNY’s power Create an effective and collaborative work environment that supports innovation and excellence while creating community support Ensure the success of bi-weekly committee meetings (including outreach, creation of and effective facilitation of meeting agendas, logistics coordination, etc.) Ensure the success of monthly leadership team meetings (including but not limited to: outreach, creation and facilitation of agenda, logistics coordination, etc.) Meet organizing outreach, mobilization, and engagement targets set by the organizing team leadership and that correspond with skills and years of experience. Engage community members in organizing efforts around immigration, education, community safety, LGBTQ rights, housing and environmental justice, workplace justice and more Participate in staff meetings, monthly organizing team meetings and community learning hour Support the electoral work of the organization and the affiliated C4 as assignedRequirements:Eligible to work in the US Fluency in Spanish required; bilingual English / Spanish preferred Be fully vaccinated with FDA approved COVID-19 vaccine prior to first day of employment Have at least 2 years of experience of community organizing, labor organizing, and/or have familiarity with current MRNY community issues Proficiency in basic computer programs (Google Suite, Zoom, Salesforce) Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in multicultural spaces Demonstrated commitment to developing and elevating member leadership Be able to work some evenings and weekends Must have a driver’s license, comfort driving a vehicle that carries up to 7 passengers, and access to a reliable car; willingness to on occasion drive a 15-passenger van; and As needed, be able to travel via public transportation and drive to events, oftentimes driving members, throughout NYC, NYS and to and from Washington DC.Job Competencies:Strong analytical skills and writing skills; Strong content creation skills; Strong teamwork and management skills; Strong time management skills; Strong communication and interpersonal skills; Strong problem solving skills; Ability to adapt to the context and work under pressure High level of accountability and initiative; needs to be a self-starter and eager to do team work to support the organization as a wholeSalary and Benefits:MRNY offers an excellent benefit package including health insurance, 401K, and generous paid vacation, sick, personal days. The salary range for this position is from $50,591 to $77,312.How to Apply:Please attach your resume and cover letter and submit all documents to the Make the Road New York career center.For external applicants, please click here.Make the Road believes that social change is best achieved through grassroots community-based organizing that flows directly from and engages the community demanding the change. As a membership-based organization, we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, criminal history, or Veteran status. We strongly encourage those from historically excluded groups to apply. ... See MoreSee Less

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16 Jan

🚨BREAKING: Israeli Lawyer Accuses Israel of Genocide to ICC

Israeli lawyer Omer Shatz has accused 8 officials, including President Herzog and PM Netanyahu, of incitement to genocide against Palestinians in a submission to the ICC.

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15 Jan

On behalf of the planning team for the 2025 Lower Hudson Valley Social Forum, I am delighted to invite you to our Sunday, April 27th forum where we will join dozens of community organizations to celebrate our work: registration link here https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSerKHGar0DHB3q7sLVsWKUy_IjnZk4TvuePJN6hThlojgR8IA/viewform?usp=sharing

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Center for Community Alternatives @cca_ny ·

9 Jan

THURSDAY: The legislative session has just begun- join us for our monthly Statewide Organizing meeting to learn how you can join the fight to build power, change laws and build the movement to end mass incarceration and criminalization. RSVP: http://bit.ly/JoinTheFight2025

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8 Jan

Join #CommunitiesNotCages for a blow-out advocacy day on February 4. To kick off 2025, we’ll have rallies, press conferences, meetings with lawmakers, music, and creative actions - and we need you there! RSVP here: http://bit.ly/CNCFeb4

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8 Jan

Join me at People's Rally Hastings on Hudson, New York via @womensmarch

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NYS Community Equity Agenda @equityagendany ·

7 Jan

Listen up! Andy Morrison of @NewEconomyNYC explains why NY must pass the End Loan Sharking Act.

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