Westchester Mom Takes A Stand On Facebook To Help Syrian Refugees

Amber Lewis has never been to Syria or had any prior personal connections to its people but, as a humanitarian -- and a mom -- she felt she could no longer sit idly by. And so, in late December 2016, the Yonkers resident made a post in a Facebook Mom's group proposing small but positive actions to combat the horrific images coming out of this Middle Eastern country.

Pelham Film Program Helps Yonkers Students Find Voice, Vision

From left: Laura deBuys, TPH's executive director; Brian Hinchcliffe, benefactor, Yonkers P.S. 17 Principal Rita Moorhead and Francile Albright, TPH director of education. PELHAM, N.Y. -- A baker's dozen of sixth-graders have been learning the basics of filmmaking - and perhaps discovering their own voices and visions - thanks to a partnership between a Pelham arts organization and a Yonkers school.