WILPF Members Bring Messages of Peace to No Kings 3 Protests
The third No Kings protest brought millions into the streets, making it one of the largest single-day protest events in US history. Unsurprisingly, many WILPF members participated. From Boston to […]
Advancing Feminist Peace: Reflections from the UN Commission on the Status of Women
By Virginia Pratt, WILPF Boston Branch memberIt was both a pleasure and an honor to serve as a WILPF representative at this year’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) […]
WILPF US Honors International Women’s Day with Collective Action
One of WILPF US’s values is sisterhood and solidarity—and that’s what WILPF members showed on International Women’s Day. Thousands across the US joined their local Women’s March on March 8, […]
Marching for Art and Equality: Honoring Bailey Doogan’s Legacy of Feminist Activism
By Gloria McMillan, WILPF Tucson Branch member“While female bodies have historically comprised the vast majority of subjects for nudes in Western art—often cited at around 85% in major museum collections—the […]
Crafting Justice: Gaza Memorial Quilt
How to Participate Step 1: Register & Create Your Quilt Tile! You are invited to create a quilt tile at home (size: 12”x12”) as an expression of solidarity withthe Palestinian […]
US Expands Detention Centers and Revokes Protections as Immigrant Communities Face New Threats
By Adrian Bernal, Atlanta Branch and Border and Migration Justice Working Group member (with edits by Tina Shelton, BMJ member and WILPF US Program Chair) In early February, a federal […]
Grassroots Power in Cheltenham: Neighbors Unite Against ICE and Injustice
By Pam Albright and Tina Shelton, WILPF Greater Philadelphia BranchPam Albright, a member of WILPF’s Greater Philadelphia Branch, shares how her community has fought against ICE and the prejudice that […]
WILPF Activists Rally for Peace, Immigration Justice, and Global Demilitarization in Palo Alto
By Cherrill Spencer, WILPF Peninsula/Palo Alto Branch WILPF Peninsula/Palo Alto Uses Weekly Vigil to Celebrate Disarmament and Oppose ICE WILPF’s Peninsula/Palo Alto Branch holds a weekly one-hour vigil at a […]
Gaza Under Siege: Humanitarian Crisis Amid Blockade and Aid Restrictions
By Odile Hugonot Haber and Genie Silver, Middle East Peace & Justice Action CommitteeIt is difficult to imagine the people of Gaza enduring worse conditions than they currently face. This […]
Peace is / Peace is Not Campaign
WILPF US Continues to Mobilize for What Real Peace Is, Rejects Militarism and Defends Democracy The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom US (WILPF US) continues to confront the […]