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- November eNews AnnouncementsWILPF Peace Seekers and Peace Supporters Wanted! Do you want to help WILPF practice the peace-seeking principles we advocate? WILPF is looking for two types of volunteers for our new Peace Seekers Procedure for dispute resolution. Even if you have little or no special background, you can volunteer… Updates
- COP 29: Uniting for Climate Justice, Accountability, and ActionInternational WILPF and the Environmental Working Group have a small delegation attending COP 29, with eight members participating virtually. Their reports, the results of final negotiations, articles, and reactions to COP 29 will be featured in a later eNews and Peace & Freedom Magazine. COP 2… UpdatesEnvironment
- University of Arizona Halloween meeting to learn more about Jane AddamsGloria McMillian alongside the Tuscan Branch organized the University of Arizona campus WILPF gathering. We watched a video about Jane Addams and her role as Chicago’s Haunted Sapphic Icon. Just days before Halloween in the Women and Gender Resources Center, it was fitting that we watched a video sh… Updates
- New Initiative Gives National Voice to Local BranchesHelp Put Your Branch’s Focus on the “WILPF Map”! Branch members, what is one issue that is a focus of activism for your branch? Is your branch ready to elevate this issue to national WILPF attention? There’s now a special Presidential Collaboration Initiative to help you accomplish that. As WILPF … Updates
- ORGANIZE! ORGANIZE! ORGANIZE! Says the DISARM CommitteeWhile we are unhappy with the results of the general election, let’s not let that lead to inaction. We must continue organizing events, collaborating with sister peace organizations, and pressuring Congress to reduce the massive military budget. “I’m not going to start wars, I’m going to stop wars,… DISARM/End Wars Issue CommitteeUpdatesWars and MilitarismPeace
- Our WILPF Bylaws Protect and Define Us: Five Proposed Bylaws Amendments on WILPF Members’ BallotAre you one of the rare people who pay attention to our WILPF Bylaws, knowing that they shape our organization? This year’s ballot contains not only a record number of Board candidates but also more proposed Bylaws amendments than usual. While most of the amendments clarify practices and procedures … Updates
- The History of Votes for Women in AmericaOctober 2024 In anticipation of the 2024 election, WILPF San Jose member Rev. Rowan Fairgrove offered a two-part talk about the history of women's suffrage in America. As always, our monthly meeting videos are posted to our YouTube channel. The History of Votes for Women in America https://youtu.… Updates
- Three Presidential AnnouncementsApply Now: WILPF US opening for U.S. Section WILPF International Advisory Board Member Alternate Are you considering expanding your perspective to a wider realm? This fairly short-term Alternate position is a good one for someone wanting to try out becoming more involved with national and internat… Updates
- Signs… of a Village’s ValuesTurners Falls, once a planned industrial community with paper manufacturers, cotton mills, and the largest cutlery factory of its day, is now a thriving post-industrial village in the town of Montague, with 23 Peace signs on downtown windows and doors. I asked some of the shop owners and community o… Updates
- Actions reduce fears – Effectiveness grows with numbersThis message is to motivate you to grow WILPF US to better deal with chronic wars and the many injustices imposed on innocent people. Seasoned activists find that our growing concerns and fears about nuclear war, climate disaster, and loss of human rights can be better moderated by actions—big and s… Updates
- “Home is a Women” New York City UN Summit of the Future EventThe UN Summit of the Future was a forward-looking gathering called by UN Secretary-General António Guterres to help bring the UN into the “next chapter of multilateralism that is more inclusive and networked.” WILPF members who work directly with the UN had the opportunity to provide feedback as the… Updates
- WILPF Members Pressure Nuclear Weapon Manufacturers and Fossil Fuel Companies—Cost of US support for Israel since October 7, 2023WILPF members and other organizations demonstrate against nuclear weapons companies and big oil. A small number of very large companies profit from fossil fuels and nuclear weapons, and they spend millions on lobbying, elections, and propaganda to maintain their control over Congress and the White… DISARM/End Wars Issue CommitteeUpdatesWars and MilitarismPeace
- Mandate for Leadership: Christian Nationalist StyleAs the election approaches, we are learning more and more about the “Mandate for Leadership: Project 2025.” This plan, led by conservative groups including the Heritage Foundation, is provided to the next conservative administration to further their goals. This sort of plan is not new; there have be… LeadershipUpdates
- Keeping WILPF US Current by Updating Our BylawsBylaws – how boring! That’s the usual reaction to the topic. However, our bylaws are the guidelines we set to establish and maintain our WILPF community. And – like most other aspects of life – our community is changing over time. In choosing what we want to initiate or continue – and what we want t… Updates
- May Takayanagi: In MemoriamSadly, we report the death of a long time activist and member of WILPF residing in Newton, MA. She was two months shy from her 100th birthday. The Boston Globe wrote an obituary for May, “May Takayanagi, peace activist, whose family was interned in World War II camps, dies” by Bryan Marquard, but so… UpdatesPeace
- Venezuela 2024: Electoral Fraud or Another Coup Attempt?At this year’s WILPF Gathering at Wing Farm in Vermont, and during an earlier meeting of the Cuba-Bolivarian Alliance Committee, I reported on what I had seen in Venezuela during the July elections. This led to very lively discussions! Here is a synopsis of that information. I attended an Alliance … UpdatesVenezuelaDemocracy
- Israel Aggression and the Threat of Nuclear WarOn the 27th of June 2024, an article in Al Jazeera warned that tensions between the Lebanese groups Hezbollah and Israel would be increasing. By then, it was the 11th month of the Gaza war between Israel and Hamas. Today, it is almost one year since the start of this war and it is estimated that 40,… Middle East Peace & Justice ActionDISARM/End Wars Issue CommitteeUpdatesIsraelGazaPeacePalestineSyriaStrikes
- Burlington VT Observes Hiroshima DayBurlington WILPF held a Hiroshima Commemorative event Tuesday, August 6, in the BCA Center in Burlington VT. It featured several eloquent speakers and a taped recording of hibakusha Hideko Tamura. It is posted on Public Television CCTV. In addition, in front of City Hall, artist and activist Jim Ge… UpdatesPeace
- WILPF Features Starhawk for Equinox-International Peace DayOn Saturday, Sept. 21 – 12 pm ET/11 am CT/10 am MT/9 am PT, WILPF US is thrilled to welcome Starhawk, the award-winning eco-feminist and pagan author, activist, and permaculture teacher, as our main presenter for our unique Fall Equinox/International Peace Day event, “Harvesting Inner Peace and Wisd… Updates
- Let’s Pressure the Profiteers and WILPF Branches Commemorate Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombings Please pressure the profiteers from September 16–29 A small number of very large companies profit from fossil fuels and nuclear weapons and spend millions on lobbying, elections and propaganda to maintain their control over Congress and the White House. But these companies – and their investors… Updates
