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WILPF Board Experiments with a Virtual Retreat: Leaders from Program Issue Committees Join for Half-Day; News from WILPF International Board: Code of Conduct Drafted; Support Casa Maria Soup Kitchen

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5 Busy Days in DC: WILPF Attends Summit, Rally and Lobby

WILPF US was one of the organizers of the NATO Counter-Summit and Rally held in Washington DC in early July. Read more for links to the videos and texts of speeches from those 2 days —  including the link to the video where WILPF US DISARM co-chairs Dianne Blais and Cherrill Spencer spoke in a blistering 96⁰ F, and to learn more about WILPF activities in DC including lobbying on Capitol Hill.

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Updates from 35th Triennial Congress and Earth Democracy’s Three Special Projects

Get links from the 35th Triennial Congress presentations, as well as an update on a bill banning PFAS in Vermont. Also, Earth Democracy’s Co-Chairs present three special projects for you to join.

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National Board News: Board Invites Nominations for Peace Seekers and the Virtual Retreat Experiment

The Board is undertaking changes and improvements in WILPF functioning with a new procedure for resolving member complaints and disputes and a 3-day retreat to focus on fundamental topics of programs and organizational relationships. For the new Peace Seekers group, we want your thoughtful nominations of WILPF members skilled in sorting out conflicts.  

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No More Invisible Woman! Lessons from Hull House in Using the Media

Jane Addams and her Hull-House colleagues used every means at their disposal to make Hull House visible and to give the Women’s Peace Party (which later became WILPF) a leading role in society, according to Rima Lunin Schultz, which included using the media. How could we learn from them and stop being ‘the invisible women’?

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