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- A Celebration of Life: Joan Patchen FundBy Elenita MunizWILPF Cape CodFebruary 2022"Racial Reckoning," a program of three short plays, two by WILPF member Candace Perry, was presented recently by Wellfleet Preservation Hall. The virtual program was sponsored in part by a grant from the Joan Patchen Fund, established in memory of a long-ti… Updates
- Flipping The Switch On A Sexist, Racist EconomyThe Women, Money, & Democracy Committee Re-Envisions ItselfBy Marybeth GardamWomen, Money, and Democracy CommitteeFebruary 2022On January 29, the Women, Money & Democracy held its second Committee Planning Retreat.The members have committed to doing their economic justice work through gender equity … Updates
- Two WILPF US SOLIDARITY ACTIONS Chosen for 2022Standing together on ONE DAY, with ONE MESSAGE, as ONE WILPFBy Marybeth GardamWomen, Money, & Democracy CommitteeFebruary 2022Twenty-one Branches and sixteen members of WILPF US voted in support of two different Solidarity Actions to take together in 2022. The votes were collected through a google b… Updates
- Water Is LifeMarguerite Adelman and Pat Elder taking a water sample at Camp Ethan Allen Training Site, Jericho, VT. Photo by Bob AdelmanBy Barbara WestWILPF Maine and Pat Elder, Military Poison ProjectWILPF US Documents Military Poisons in Maine’s WatersTesting in the Androscoggin RiverThanks to the generous fin… Updates
- COVID-19: You, the US, Cuba, and the WorldBy Leni Villagomez ReevesCo-chair, Cuba and the Bolivarian Alliance Issue CommitteeFebruary 2022Some obvious truths:Vaccinated people can still get COVID-19 infection, especially with the currently circulating omicron strain.Vaccinated people are less likely to have severe diseases and less likely t… Updates
- Committee Updates: Human Rights Conference; Let’s Talk!; Building Bridges; WILPF US Needs YouDecember 2021Let’s Talk: Share About WILPF USStart the new year right! Let’s talk on Tuesday, January, 4 2022! You’re invited to join the WILPF President, Darien De Lu, to ask and share about WILPF US. The monthly Before and After Meetings take place a half-hour before and in the half-hour following… Updates
- Which Side Are We On? A TIME FOR ACTIONDianne Blais, in Washington DC at the PPC march & rally on November 15By Dorothy Van SoestWILPF Liaison to the Poor People’s Campaign (PPC)December 2021A Call to Moral Revival Into Real ActionThe first person I met was Sister Carol Gilbert. I had read about her and Ardeth Platte and their anti-nucle… Updates
- Decades of WILPF US Racial Justice Work, Part 3: Truth and Reconciliation, Building the Beloved Community, and the UFORJE CampaignsFormer Board members Paij Wadley-Bailey and Pat O’Brien. Photo by Robin Lloyd, used with permissionBy Darien De Lu PresidentDecember 2021Racial Justice Work: Understanding and AwarenessWILPF’s work on racial justice issues has continued through the decades. Here, in part 3, I focus on about 1996 to … Updates
- Earth DemocracyBy Nancy PriceDecember 2021Women Mobilizing for Climate Justice, Gender Equality and Feminist Peace!Here’s your opportunity to hear the inspiring first-hand reports from WILPF International and CODEPINK women who attended the United Nations Conference of Parties (COP26) — Climate Summit, Glasgow, Sc… Updates
- First Anniversary of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) Entry Into Force is Coming Up!Wisconsin Chase Tower, #STILL HERE CoalitionBy Ellen Thomas, Cherrill Spencer, and Robin LloydDisarm/End Wars Co-ChairsDecember 2021What are you planning?Saturday, January 22, 2022, is the first anniversary of the Entry Into Force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). A number … Updates
- Community Immunity: COVID-19 Vaccines in CubaBy Leni Villagomez ReevesCo-chair, Cuba and the Bolivarian Alliance Issue CommitteeDecember 2021Cuba is vaccinating with Cuban vaccines - and it’s working.Cuba is vaccinating faster than any other country in the world, in terms of percentage population per day. Currently, almost 100% of vaccine-elig… Updates
- Mobilizing to Demonstrate Against War in YemenBy Odile Hugonot HaberCo-chair, Middle East committee of WILPF USDecember 2021January 25, 2021, over 230 organizations in the U.S. and throughout the world mobilized to demonstrate against the war in Yemen: “The World Says No to the War in Yemen.” When President Biden took office, he said he would e… Updates
- Committee Updates & More: Congress Survey Analysis; Poor People’s Campaign; WILPF US Racial Justice; Inside & OutNovember 2021The BIG BOLD CONGRESS 2021 Survey of Registrants THANK YOU ALL – with an encouraging 34% return rate – for taking the time to answer our three questions with clarity and sensitivity! Bravo!1a: Was the structure (Zoom) and design of the Congress effective for you? Participants answered… Updates
- Seasonal Perspectives: Indigenous Wisdom, Activism, and RitualBy Marybeth GardamNovember 2021ONE WILPF Call - 7 PM EST / 6 PM Central / 4 PM PST During Indigenous Peoples Month, this One WILPF Zoom will tie indigenous wisdom, activism and ritual to a comparison of Thanksgiving, and will offer information about new legal rights of nature suit in Minnesota again… Updates
- First Annual Fannie Lou Hamer Human Rights ConferenceBy George FridayNovember 2021SAVE THE DATE: Sat., December 11, 10am–2pm Pacific, 1pm–5pm EasternFannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) is a prominent leader for the Civil Rights Movement, women’s rights, and American voting. She was also a community organizer, activist, and challenged the definition of libera… Updates
- Climate Strikes have resumed in Des MoinesBy Jan CordermanNovember 2021 When 13 year old Lilly Hill announced she was planning to continue the Climate Strike after a long break due to COVID19, WILPF Des Moines Branch members let her know they’d be beside her. Lilly called for a rally at the State Capitol on Wednesday, October 27, stating:"T… Updates
- Women, Money & Democracy Committee Engages New Members & Plans Retreat for Future StrategiesBy Marybeth GardamNovember 2021While recruiting new members, forging new collaborations and doing remarkable outreach, W$D Committee will be doing strategic planning for the next 2-5 years at a half day planning retreat on Sunday, Nov. 14th (9am-noon pacific/noon-3pm eastern/11am-2pm central). All … Updates
- Earth DemocracyBy Nancy PriceNovember 2021Climate justice is about recognizing theinterconnectedness of our strugglesCOP 26 – The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference is the last chance for countries to commit to serious action by 2030 to head off catastrophic climate breakdown and disastrous consequences… Updates
- Unity DayBy Elenita MunizNovember 2021The Cape Cod branch took part in the fifth annual Unity Day on the town Green in Hyannis, MA on August 6th. Because this was also the anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing, we combined the two events.Dressed in white, we hung our banners from a beautiful old tree, plante… Updates
- Saying Their Names is Not Enough: Honoring the Transgender CommunityBy Nikki AbeledaField Facilitator, Inside & Out InitiativeNovember 2021November is an important month for making the Transgender community more visible. November 13th to 19th is Transgender Awareness Week followed by Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) on November 20th.During Transgender Awareness… Updates
