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Lobby day for the NY Public Banking Act on Tuesday, May 2nd!
Hello Everyone here is a message from our very own Nada Khader  Hello all!  The New York State Community Equity Agenda is organizing a really important Albany lobby day on Tuesday, May 2nd with a rally in the Capitol at 11 am in support of the NY Public Banking...
A few weeks left to get your ad in for WESPAC Annual Awards Journal!
Dear Friends of WESPAC,             On Sunday, June 4th at 2pm, WESPAC friends and members will be gathering in person at Wainwright House in Rye on the waterfront on the Long Island Sound in honor of WESPAC's 49th Anniversary. WESPAC will be honoring Our New Way...
Celebrating Connie Hogarth!
 Greetings to all!  In honor of the loving memory of our founder, Connie Hogarth, a group of WESPACers are putting together an afternoon to celebrate Connie, with Amy Goodman and Phyllis Bennis among others, on Sunday, April 30th at 2pm at the Yonkers Riverfront...
WESPAC March 2023 Newsletter!
Hello all, Â Please enjoy the WESPAC Monthly Newsletter for this month, attached here! Â Peace
We are looking for additional organizations to sign on! NY Public Banking Act!
Please let us know soonest if you are able to add your organization to this growing list. You can sign on here  NY State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-CousinsRoom 907 Legislative Office BuildingAlbany, NY [email protected] State Assembly Speaker...
Stop Dumping of Radioactive Contaminants into the Hudson River!
From Marilyn Elie:  Act Now!  Watch the video and amplify it on social media or other lists.   Send a copy of the Resolution banning dumping in the Hudson River to your town officials.   Send them the link to this video. Make sure that your community gets...
Letter to NYS Senate Majority Leader regarding banking crisis
https://www.neweconomynyc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/3.16.23-Letter-to-Leadership-re-Signature-public-banking.pdf
Transforming Lives and Matt Nadel
WESPAC is the very proud fiscal sponsor of Transforming Lives! They are doing crucial work and having an impact:  Hello friends, I want to introduce you to Matt Nadel – who created and masterminds TL's Advocacy Video Program, where he and a team of young filmmakers...
LWVWP-Volunteers Needed for HS Voter Reg
Vote 18:Volunteers Needed for High School Voter Registration EventsSign-Up Slots are Still Available The LWVWP is beginning its spring student voter registration activities at local high schools and Westchester Community College. This is one of our most popular...
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The film "Lyd" tells the story of the 1948 Nakba through the impact it had on the ancient Palestinian city, now known by Israelis as Lod. Directors Rami Younis and Sarah Ema Friedland say "the story of Lyd is the story of Palestine."
BREAKING:
🇺🇲🇮🇱🇳🇱 The US threatens the International Criminal Court in The Hague:
"If you send an arrest warrant to Netanyahu and his ministers, there will be no cease-fire" - Bloomberg reports
The US and its allies are concerned that the International Criminal Court may issue…
In this video filmed and published a few days ago in northern Gaza, Mohammed Hijazi is seen celebrating with his friend Tareq Al Duqus by preparing a "lavish" breakfast meal after months of starvation imposed on them by Israel.
This evening, Israel killed Mohammed along with one…
"Keep going, keep going, they will have to concede if we keep going."
This elderly woman was one of the leaders of the demonstrations against the Vietnam War in 1968 when she was a student at the prestigious Columbia University.
Today, she returned to the same place 56 years…
Wow! Hamline University in MN may be the first University to grant amnesty to the student encampment for Gaza and even granted the students a meeting with the president of the University and the chair of the board of trustees to hear their demands for the school's divestment.
My brother is an engineering graduate who couldn’t find a job in Gaza, so he decided to raise bees and started his project with 10 beehives I supported him to buy them, after years the 10 became 70 beehives and he was earning enough income for his daily needs, the beehives were…
At Columbia University, I spoke to faculty, the peaceful protestors demanding an end to the siege in Gaza, and pro-Israel Jewish students who described antisemitism. These are the difficult conversations leading to peace and progress.