Join the NYCLU Lower Hudson Valley Chapter for a discussion of censorship at the St. Thomas Aquinas College Library on Wednesday, Oct. 1 at 4 p.m. The event features readings from several books, including "The Chocolate War," "The Color Purple" and "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings."

The library is located at 125 Route 340 in Sparkill. For more information, call NYCLU LHV Chapter Director Linda Berns at 914.997.7479.

Join the NYCLU Lower Hudson Valley Chapter for a discussion of censorship at the Barnes & Noble at City Center in White Plains on Saturday, Oct. 4 at noon. The event features readings from several books, including "The Chocolate War," "The Color Purple" and "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings."

For more information, call NYCLU LHV Chapter Director Linda Berns at 914.997.7479.

Join the NYCLU Lower Hudson Valley Chapter for a discussion of censorship at the Nyack Library at 59 S. Broadway on Saturday, Oct. 4 at 2 p.m. The event features readings from several books, including "The Chocolate War," "The Color Purple" and "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings."

For more information, call NYCLU LHV Chapter Director Linda Berns at 914.997.7479.

Join the People's Institute and the NYCLU Lower Hudson Valley Chapter as we gather at the WESPAC office in White Plains for two and a half days of insightful analysis and sharing on the difficult but essential topic of institutional racism.

Sunday, Oct. 5, 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 6, 9 a.m.-7 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 7, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Center for Racial Justice at WESPAC
255 Martin Luther King Jr., Blvd
White Plains, NY 10602

Registration costs $350. Student scholarships may be available. To register, click here

The NYCLU Lower Hudson Valley Chapter is hosting a workshop on Saturday, Oct. 18 from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Riverfront Library in Yonkers.

Keynote speakers will be David Billings and Ron Chisom, who will present the innovative and effective power analysis of racism developed by the People's Institute for Survival and Beyond, located in New Orleans. The workshop will offer an analysis of the history of racism in the U.S., and distinguish between personal prejudice, discrimination and institutional racism. Individual, cultural and structural forms of racism will be examined. These speakers will be followed by four break-out sessions on immigration, criminal justice, housing and education where we will brainstorm community solutions to address the impact of institutional racism on our communities.

The NYCLU Lower Hudson Valley Chapter's annual Henry Schwarzschild Memorial Lecture on the death penalty will occur on Thursday, Oct. 23 at 7:15 p.m. at Manhattanville College in Purchase.

Renny Cushing, founder and executive director of Murder Victims’ Families for Human Rights, will deliver this year's lecture. Mr. Cushing, whose father was murdered in 1988, is an advocate for crime victims and as an opponent of capital punishment. He has been a pioneer in the effort to bridge death penalty abolition groups and the victims’ rights movement. He travels throughout the U.S. and the world speaking with and on behalf of victims who oppose capital punishment.