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- Join Us for a Joyful WILPF@110 Zoom Celebration VISION-POWER-UNSTOPPABLE 110 Years of Women Speaking Truth to Power: 1915-2025 Featuring Artists for Change – Performers for Resistance Awards for Invincible Peacewomen and Truthtellers Monday, April 28, 2025 5pm PT/7pm CT/8pm ET Register here. Vision-Power-Unstoppable Awards presented to … Updates
- April 2025 AnnouncementsMusic as Resistance: Greater Phoenix Branch Hosts Powerful Performance by Tom Neilson by Shelby Young and Barbara Taft WILPF Greater Phoenix Branch Barbara Taft Barbara Taft introducing Tom Neilson to the audience. The Greater Phoenix branch partnered with the Arizona Palestine Network to … Updates
- End Nuclear Weapons: Spread the Word about HR-1888!On March 5, 2025, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton introduced her "Warheads to Windmills" bill for the 17th time as HR-1888, with eight immediate cosponsors. Follow updates about the bill. In a press release, Ms. Norton wrote: 'Today, I introduce the Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Conversion Act… DISARM/End Wars Issue CommitteeClimate ChangeWars and MilitarismPeacePolitics and Legislation
- Our Power, Our Planet: Earth Day is April 22!In 1970, 20 million Americans mobilized to call for greater protection of our planet. Denis Hayes, now Earth Day Board Chair Emeritus, is best known for being the National Coordinator of the first Earth Day when he was 25. The event expanded to 170 nations over the subsequent four decades and now to… Earth DemocracyClimate CrisisClimate Change
- Conflict Minerals and the Endless War in the DRC: Addressing the Roots of Violence and Charting a Path to PeaceThe Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is often described as a paradox—blessed with abundant natural resources yet plagued by extreme poverty, violence, and human rights abuses. At the heart of this crisis lies the exploitation of conflict minerals—coltan, cobalt, gold, and tin—essential compone… UpdatesCorporatism Finance and the EconomyCapitalism
- WILPF Delegates Attend U.N. Meeting on Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear WeaponsTwenty-one members of WILPF from seven countries attended the Third Meeting of the States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (3MSP to TPNW) at the United Nations in New York City from March 3 to 7. Eight members of WILPF US' DISARM committee were at the event. They attended … DISARM/End Wars Issue CommitteeWars and MilitarismPeacePolitics and Legislation
- Art and Activism: Two Feminist Artists Inspire Jane Addams BranchAs a tribute to "Women's History Month," the WILPF Jane Addams Branch hosted feminist artists Deborah Vanko and Trudy Myrrh Reagan to share their herstories. With over five decades of WILPF-inspired activism, they presented their fierce resistance and enduring resilience, each in a different way. De… UpdatesPeaceWomen's Rights
- AnnouncementsPersonnel Committee Recruiting Members By Cee' Cee' Anderson, Personnel Committee Chair The Personnel Committee is looking for a few more members to join our committee. If you have experience, training, or skills related to Human Resources, education, communication work ethics, people management, … Updates
- Celebrate WILPF’s 110th Anniversary With WILPF @ 110: Vision-Action-UnstoppableSave These Important Dates! March and April are all about celebrating WILPF’s 110th Anniversary. Put these dates on your calendar NOW! We're inviting Midwest members and branches to come to Chicago on the weekend of March 22-23 for events to kick off our 110th Anniversary. There will be an in-pe… Updates
- WILPF US Executive Director Hired!The Lloyd Family Legacy Search Committee is thrilled to share that WILPF US has hired Linda Low as our new Executive Director. Linda is based in Seattle, WA and brings an impressive range of complementary skills and experiences to the role, equipping her to fully step into her leadership as the next… Updates
- Commission on the Status of Women 68 (2025)In 2025, the international community will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and the establishment of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, which took place in 1995. The sixty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will take place … Commission on the Status of Women
- Upcoming Webinar: “Women In Conflict Zones”An upcoming webinar, “Women in Conflict Zones,” will focus on the plight of women across the globe dealing with war and the consequences of war. The event will take place on March 19 at 12:00 p.m. EST and will amplify the voices of women living amidst conflict in various parts of the world. The "Wo… Updates
- Save Our Glaciers: Plan Now for Action on World Water Day on March 22Join thousands of activists worldwide for World Water Day on March 22! This year's World Water Day theme is "Glacier Preservation." Glaciers are critical to life. Their meltwater is essential for drinking water, irrigation for agriculture, freshwater fisheries, industry, clean energy production, an… Earth Democracy
- Chicago Women’s History Center Announces 2025 Conference: “Past & Present Strategies to Advance the Rights of Women”The Chicago Women's History Center proudly announces its 2025 Conference, "Past & Present Strategies to Advance the Rights of Women," co-sponsored by WILPF US in celebration of WILPF's 110th anniversary. This conference was created in partnership with the Black Metropolis Research Consortium (B… Updates
- Protesters Witness Vandenberg ICBM Test Launch, Plus Other Actions To TakeFor several decades, WILPF members and other anti-nuclear weapons activists have been demonstrating at the Vandenberg Space Force Base on the coast of central California during the test launches of ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles). WILPF member MacGregor Eddy and others organized the prote… DISARM/End Wars Issue Committee
- Greater Philadelphia Branch Honors Two Women With Peace and Justice Dove AwardOn Feb. 1, WILPF’s Greater Philadelphia Branch honored Sylvia Metzler and Maati Yvonne Platts with the Peace and Justice Dove Award. About 70 WILPF members and friends of the honorees gathered to honor these two extremely dedicated activists for their many years of important work and to share the wa… UpdatesPeace
- Your Watchful Eyes Wanted for Our New Website!The WILPF US website has hundreds, if not thousands, of different web pages. We're inviting you to help catch the inevitable minor issues that accompany any new website and, please, tell us about them. After over five years of preparation and work, the new site is here in time to respond to the ser… Updates
- WILPF US Stands With Peoples’ Marches in JanuaryHundreds of thousands of our friends and neighbors made history during January’s Women’s March, which became the People’s March. WILPF US members and branches stood with them in solidarity, showing up for each other and united in the fight for women’s rights, communities, freedoms, and the future of… UpdatesProtests
- WILPFers Join People’s March to Show the Power of the People in Mountain View, CAPeople’s Marches happened all over the US several days before the inauguration of the new US president. The march in Mountain View, CA, on Saturday, January 18, was advertised thus: “If you believe that decisions about your body should remain yours, that books belong in libraries, not on bonfires, t… UpdatesProtests
- Making Life-Changing International Connections: Invitation for You to Sponsor Women for UN CSW!We invite YOU (individuals or branches) to sponsor women's leadership and peace advocacy, providing five WILPF delegates with the rare opportunity to meet and collaborate with their global peers through the WILPF US programs at the March 2025 UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) meetings in Ne… Commission on the Status of Women
