WCA’s Anniversary Celebration June 5, 2024 at 6:00 pm at The Opus Hotel, Three Renaissance Square, White Plains, NY 10601 We hope you’ll help support our work to ensure every child is healthy, safe, and prepared for life’s challenges regardless … Read More
Events
Join us March 21 for Youth Justice Beyond the Headlines: Five+ Years of Raise the Age
New York’s Raise the Age (RTA) law passed in 2017 with bipartisan support. This was a long-coming and hard one victory to treat our children as children. In the past 5+ years, RTA has seen substantial changes including redirecting resources … Read More
Join us March 7 for the Release of WCA’s Child Poverty Focus Group Report
Uplifting Courageous Voices: from the Frontline of Poverty in Westchester with featured guest Victoria Esposito, Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at Albany Law School About the Event WCA will release its 2024 Child Poverty Focus Group Report following months of … Read More
Join us for WCA’s 2023 Advocacy Breakfast, October 11, 2023
Youth Justice at a Crossroad – The Intersection of Data, Policy & Advocacy with Kathryn Wasserman Davis Child Advocacy Lecture by Dr. Edward Fergus, Professor of Urban Education, Rutgers University Wednesday, October 11, 2023 from 8:00-10:00 AM at the Sleepy … Read More
Westchester Children’s Association Organizes First Ever “Commissioners’ Conversation” on June 22, 2023
Westchester Children’s Association (WCA), the only independent child advocacy organization in Westchester, will host the first “Commissioners’ Conversation” on Thursday, June 22nd and has invited county officials to participate. The event, open to the public, will be held at the … Read More
Support WCA While Enjoying an Afternoon at the Theater Watching “The Comeuppance”
Each $100 ticket purchased through us results not only in supporting an up-and-coming young playwright of color, but also a $60 tax-deductible donation to Westchester Children’s Association. Sunday, May 21, 2023 at 2 PM Pershing Square Signature Theater in New … Read More
WCA 2023 No-Show Gala
YOU DON’T NEED TO GET DRESSED UP THIS YEAR TO SUPPORT WESTCHESTER’S KIDS!
No hair to style! No shoes to shine! No clothes to iron! Read More
Westchester Youth Showed Up to Speak Up at the 2023 Youth Justice Rally
Nearly 100 Young Adults Showed up to Learn About Four Pending NYS Bills Which Would Provide Significant Steps Toward Disrupting the School-to-Prison Pipeline (WESTCHESTER – February 27, 2023) – Nearly 100 young adults and representatives of various advocacy groups attended … Read More