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- Board meeting and election update All members are invited to join the board meeting on September 15, held by conference call. To receive the call in number, agenda, and reports, please contact the managing director no later than September 13, at Lamia Sadek lsadek@wilpfus.org. Active members for two years or more are encouraged t… Updates
- WILPF US supports Iran nuclear deal Statement of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, United States Section, on the Iran Nuclear Deal, on August 4, 2015 The US Section of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) wholeheartedly supports the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) aka the “I… Updates
- Nuclear abolition boat sails again! By Helen Jaccard The 30-foot sail boat that tried to sail to the Marshall Islands in 1958 to interfere with testing of nuclear bombs has been lovingly restored and has completed her first voyage since restoration. WILPF member Helen Jaccard was part of the crew from Humboldt Bay to San Diego, arri… Updates
- Celebrating Women, Peace and PowerBy Paula LeRoy Santa Cruz WILPF put up an ambitious, multi-media exhibit inspired by Jane Addams in the Downtown Library, and held seven events there during the three-month run. The opening focused on WILPF’s past, present and future; it was followed by a public arts night, a Raging Grannies hat dec… Updates
- Hiroshima Nagasaki observances70 Years of Nuclear Weapons – At What Cost? is the theme of a gathering at Lawrence Livermore Lab in California, while WILPF members lay flowers at a Japanese bell in Des Moines, Iowa, and a Disarm leader speaks in Portland, Oregon. Carol Urner is a keynote speaker for the Hiroshima memorial in Port… Updates
- Protecting Mother EarthBy John Wagner, WILPF Triangle Branch North Carolina’s Triangle Branch Water Committee is working on fracking, coal ash dumping, indigenous rights, voting rights, and specific legal actions in which WILPF was active in planning meetings that resulted in three state lawsuits challenging the constitut… Updates
- Detroit to Flint water justice journeyBy Nancy Price, Earth Democracy Committee Detroit WILPF Branch member Kim Redigan along with her activist colleagues and sponsoring organizations planned the Detroit to Flint Water Justice Journey – a 70-mile walk July 3-10 calling for affordable, clean water for all statewide. At the Internationa… Updates
- Growing WILPF: Update Marybeth Gardam, Growing WILPF Campaign Committee Re-envisioning WILPF in the 21st Century is an imperative. We’ve got critical goals, but we need your support to get there. This campaign update includes information YOU can use to help us plant new seeds. Growing WILPF is working to create strong… Updates
- An Iran Nuclear Deal Odile Hugonot Haber, Program Committee chair In his first foreign policy speech April 5, 2009, President Obama in Prague told thousands of people that his presidency would see “America's commitment to seek peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons.” So when on July 15 Obama announced th… Updates
- WILPF at the U.S. Social ForumsLessons learned from U.S. Social Forum events in San Jose, Philadelphia, Jackson and Tijuana are still evolving. Activists converging to share perspectives on social justice, human rights and climate justice returned home with new contacts and ideas. The grassroots approach drew hundreds of organiza… Updates
- Trial spreads word on Salvadoran rightsGoing to trial July 7 for protesting the imprisonment of 17 Salvadoran women for miscarriages proved rewarding, says Paki Wieland. “Both the judge and prosecutor allowed they learned about the injustice done to the women, and they thanked us for that.” The four protesters arrested April 24, 2015, at… Updates
- Declare your town a TPP-Free Zoneby Nancy Price, Earth Democracy Issue Committee Assert community rights over corporate rights. WILPF activists are launching, in collaboration with the Alliance for Democracy, the second round of the “We Will Not Obey” TPP-Free Zone campaign. Now that Congress has passed Fast Track, President Obama … Updates
- Calling attention to nuclear dangersA proclamation calling for reduced spending on nuclear weapons and redirection of those funds to meet the urgent needs of cities leads off a week of remembrance in Pittsburgh, PA, for the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The city council proclamation will recognize the Reme… Updates
- After 70 years new hope for abolition*/, Carol Urner for Disarm/End Wars Issue Committee Hiroshima/Nagasaki days are just a month away. The world’s first atom bomb, named Trinity by hubristic males, was exploded on July 16, 1945. The two bombings in Japan followed soon afterward. We sense this 70th anniversary of the first nuclear bom… Updates
- Hiroshima-Nagasaki memorials On the West Coast a gong will ring out to mark the dropping of the atom bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and lanterns will be launched in the sea, committing to a nuclear weapons-free future. What are your plans? Santa Cruz CA Branch: Candles for a Nuclear-Free Future The 11th annual Hiroshima-… Updates
- Statement on the Decision of the Supreme Court Regarding Marriage Equality STATEMENT OF THE WOMEN’S INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM, UNITED STATES SECTION, ON THE DECISION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES IN Obergefell v. Hodges, REGARDING MARRIAGE EQUALITY, JUNE 26, 2015 In its decision of June 26, 2015, in Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court of … Updates
- Growing WILPF! campaignAs the sunflower turns toward the light so too WILPF turns our world toward peace. Please keep the light of PEACE glowing. DONATE TO GROWING WILPF TODAY! Read more about Growing WILPF! >>… Updates
- Statement on the church massacre in Charleston, South Carolina Statement of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, United States Section, on the Church Massacre in Charleston, South Carolina, on June 17, 2015 We, the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, United States Section (WILPF US), continue to be outraged by racially motiv… Updates
- WILPF seeks Managing Director Location: National, Office location negotiable with successful candidate About Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom was founded in 1915 during World War I, with Jane Addams as its first president. WILPF works to achieve through pe… Updates
- Sign up for US Social ForumThis year’s US Social Forum will draw participants from around the US to Philadelphia and San Jose for several days of movement building. Advance registration closes June 19. Many of the topics for the June 25-28 Philadelphia forum and for the June 24-28 San Jose forum relate to WILPF-US campaigns. … Updates
