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- Carolina’s WILPF US Branch BuildingBy George FridaySeptember 2021On August 16th members of newly formed branches in the Carolinas met in Gastonia, NC at the Esquire Hotel restaurant. Co-chairs of Southern Anti-Racism Network (SARN), Theresa El Amin and Chantaye McLaughlin, attended the meeting. SARN covered the cost of lunch for all… Updates
- WILPFers will never forget the dreadful bombings of Hiroshima & NagasakiBy Cherrill SpencerCo-chair of DISARM/End Wars Committee September 2021The Corvallis, Oregon WILPF branch paired up with Veterans For Peace, Chapter 132, Linus Pauling chapter to hold our annual commemoration which featured live traditional Japanese koto music, the reading of a letter written by Ju… Updates
- What’s Up Within International WILPF?By Janet SlagterSeptember 20211. Planning, Planning, Planning!WILPF's Triennial Congress has been delayed a year, until 2022. It will be virtual, held in July, and hosted by Australia. Given time differences between US and Australian time zones, you can expect some sessions to be held during hour… Updates
- MEPJAC Round Table at CongressBy Odile Hugonot Haber Co-chair of MEPJACSeptember 2021Following an introduction to the committee's work, a video message from Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib was played, reflecting her hopes and dreams for peace and reconciliation between the peoples of Israel/Palestine. https://youtu.be/ccNJ1YSe00cThe… Updates
- Building Branches from the Inside and Out InitiativeBy Nikki Abeleda (She/They)Field Facilitator, WILPF USSeptember 2021Five WILPF US Branches: Sacramento, San Diego, Des Moines, Boston, and Philadelphia have been working on the Inside and Out Initiative through the Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) framework. Nikki Abeleda, Field Facilitator … Updates
- Earth Democracy and the Development of Two New Earth Democracy CampaignsBy Nancy Price and Randa SolickSeptember 2021Vandana Shiva inspired us all by saying, “Our power is the power of resistance.” Our work is to create a beautiful peace with each other and the earth, creating our own system for a just world grounded on love for all living things.The panels we review b… Updates
- Breaking with “Normal” Our 2021 WILPF US CongressBy Darien De LuPresident, WILPF USAugust 2021"I’m a real rebel with a cause." – Nina SimoneJoin us Monday, August 9 – Sunday, August 22For a WILPF Congress to continue for nearly two weeks – August 9-22 – yet only a few hours each day, that isn’t normal. But these are not "normal" time… Updates
- Protest Continues Long Struggle for Voting Rights; Join Poor People’s Campaign Congress Sessions August 13From left, Mary Bricker-Jenkins, former WILPF liaison to the Poor People’s Campaign, Maureen Taylor, Chairperson of the Michigan Welfare Rights Organization, and Marian Kramer, President of the National Welfare Rights Union Board;. Those risking arrest at the July 19 protest wore the white sashes.By… Updates
- Sign Up for Public Banking Learning Circle Beginning August 27!Tired of economic mansplaining? Join a six-session learning circle for women about public banking beginning August 27.By Marybeth GardamChair, Women, Money & Democracy CommitteeAugust 2021Get informed and prepared to be an effective advocate right in your own community! Sign up for a PUBLIC BANKING … Updates
- “Uplifting Transgender Women of Color” August 21 Congress Panel With ActivistsAt a WILPF US Congress panel on August 21, learn about some current advocacy efforts on transgender rights and how you can support them.By Nikki AbeledaField Facilitator, WILPF US Inside and Out InitiativeAugust 2021Every day, transgender people face marginalization due to discrimination and violenc… Updates
- The Herculean Task of PFAS Disposal and Remediation: August 9 ZoominarBy Marguerite AdelmanWILPF BurlingtonAugust 2021The Vermont Military Poisons/PFAS Coalition, WILPF Burlington, and the Earth Democracy Committee are holding a Zoom webinar on PFAS Disposal and Remediation on Monday, August 9 at 7:30 pm ET (6:30 pm CT, 5:30 MT, and 4:30 PT). The 90-minute, Zoom webin… Updates
- Can “We”Rise to the Challenge of Our Climate and Earth Emergency?Picture by Nancy Price at Fridays for Climate Action, Davis, CA, in May 2021. By Nancy PriceCo-chair, Earth Democracy Issue CommitteeAugust 2021All recent reports make clear that we have passed a tipping point and entered a new level of climate, water, and food security emergency. We must join toget… Updates
- Congress Roundtable August 21: “How WILPF Can Change U.S. Policy in the Middle East”A mother paints the Palestinian flag on her daughter’s face amid Gaza’s ruins in July 2021. Photo by Sarah Murtaja; used with permission.By Barb TaftCo-chair, Middle East Peace and Justice Action CommitteeAugust 2021On Saturday, August 21, beginning at 3:20 pm PDT / 5:20 pm CDT / 6:20 pm EDT, our pa… Updates
- “Move the Money from War to Peace, Global to Local” Panel at WILPF Congress on August 21A B1-B bomber assigned to the 7th Bomb Wing at Ørland Main Air Station in Norway, March 2021. Photo courtesy of US Air Force.By the DISARM/End Wars Issue CommitteeAugust 2021On Saturday, August 21 at 1:45 pm PDT / 3:45 pm CDT / 4:45 pm EDT the DISARM/End Wars Issue Committee will sponsor a panel “Mo… Updates
- What Is True in Cuba? Join “Lessons from Cuba – Women on the Frontlines Establishing Democracy!” on August 14Kathryn Hall-Trujillo (left), founder of The Birthing Project, and Cindy Domingo (right), co-chair of Cuba and the Bolivarian Alliance for WILPF US, two of the speakers at a Congress panel on August 13.By Cindy DomingoCo-chair, Cuba and the Bolivarian Alliance Issue CommitteeAugust 2021For the past … Updates
- “Uniting Communities for Environmental Justice: Radioactive Pollution, Deadly in Any Space” Congress Session on August 15Tina Cordova will be one of the speakers at an August 15 panel on nuclear radiation, waste, and testing fallout, and environmental justice efforts led by people suffering from their effects. Photo by Joshua Wheeler, used with permission.By Ellen ThomasCo-chair, DISARM/ End Wars Issue CommitteeAugust… Updates
- “Feminist Foreign Policy: A Path to Peace, Freedom and Justice” with Dr. Patricia Hynes on August 14Traprock Center for Peace and Justice Director Pat Hynes at a local climate action event in Greenfield, MA on April 29, 2017. Photo by Diana Roberts, used with permission.By Nancy PriceCo-chair, Earth Democracy Issue CommitteeAugust 2021On Saturday, August 14 at 2:30 pm PDT / 4:30 CDT / 5:30pm EDT, … Updates
- May Takayanagi Turns 97!From left, WILPF Boston members Nancy Wrenn, May Takayanagi, Joan Ecklein, ‘Libby’ Gerlach, and Pauline Soloman, at a celebration for May’s 97th birthday. Photo by Eileen Kurkoski.By Eileen KurkoskiBoston BranchAugust 2021Thanks to each of us having COVID vaccinations, WILPF Boston members gathered … Updates
- Next Advancing Human Rights Issue Committee Is August 30 “Join Us!By Joan GoddardTemporary AHR CoordinatorAugust 2021The Advancing Human Rights (AHR) committee has had two revitalizing meetings and will meet again on Monday evening, August 30.Write to AHRchair@wilpfus.org to get registration information for that meeting and to be connected with one or more of the … Updates
- Sneak Peek of Weekday Presentations at CongressBy Mary Hanson HarrisonWILPF US 34th Triennial Congress CoordinatorRegister now »»Visit Congress website.July 2021SEEKING SOLUTIONS? You’ve come to the right place! Join our WILPF US CONGRESS for WEEKDAY afternoon/evening Zoom presentations August 9–12 & August 16–19, Mondays-Thursdays starting at 5… Updates
