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- Redefining Feminism at the 62nd CSW: A Student’s Perspective2018 UN Practicum in Advocacy students, Local2Global participants along with WILPF US Board Member Barbara Nielsen, Melissa Torres (Practicum Co-Faculty) and Dixie Hairston (Practicum Co-Faculty). By Mikayla Varunok WILPF US recently sent a delegation of college and university students to the 62nd C… Updates
- Support Confederate Monument Struggle at UNC Chapel HillPart of the WILPF Triangle Branch at our regular Wednesday sit-in at the UNC Chapel Hill Confederate statue (“Silent Sam”). By Emily K. Keel North Carolina's Triangle Branch The statue of the Confederate soldier occupying the entry to UNC Chapel Hill has been the subject of controversy since it was … Updates
- Development Report: A Bold Plan, New Members By Marybeth Gardam Chair, Development Committee Your Development Committee has been busy this first quarter-year working on a coordinated strategic approach and adding members. We have lots to report! Welcome to Two New Committee Members An introduction to our new committee members: Marguerite Adel… Updates
- Earth Day Is All the More Important This Year! Image: worldbeyondwar.org By Nancy Price Under this administration, the Environmental Protection Agency continues to abandon its mission to protect our health and Mother Earth. This Earth Day it is time to say: “Not on our watch”! Speaking on April 4,1967, at Riverside Church, Martin Luther King wa… Updates
- ONE WILPF Goes PublicRead the Alliance for Democracy’s magazine Justice Rising: Grassroots Solutions to Corporate Power. The theme of the Fall 2016 issue was “The People’s Vote Must Count: Reclaim Elections, Restore Voting Rights, Protect Our Ballot.” Print out individual articles or full issues here. To order back prin… Updates
- San Jose Raging Grannies Serenade Marchers & Slideshow from Other Cities By Paula Rochelle Steering Committee member, San Jose Branch, and Raging Granny Co-lead The San Jose Raging Grannies and WILPF members supported the March for Our Lives with our presence and our songs on Saturday, March 24. WILPF members and branches participated throughout the country. View a slid… Updates
- Rachel Corrie, We Will Not Forget You! Dove, artist unknown, left at Rachel’s memorial. Courtesy Rachel Corrie Foundation. By Odile Hugonot Haber Co-chair, Middle East Committee On March 16-17, the Rachel Corrie Foundation organized a gathering to remember Rachel Corrie and to celebrate 15 years of Palestinian solidarity and community o… Updates
- New Trafficking Risks for Addicts“Zoe” is one of the interviewees in an NBC documentary film by Emily Kassie on sex-trafficking and insurance fraud in Florida's fraudulent treatment centers. By Jan Kubiac Cape Cod Branch Advancing Human Rights, Subcommittee on HumanTrafficking Human trafficking is a form of Modern Day Slavery. Traf… Updates
- Des Moines Branch Stands Up for Clean Water By Jan Corderman Des Moines Branch On World Water Day (March 22), the Des Moines Branch of WILPF rallied at the River Walk to stand up for clean water. This year’s theme for the United Nations Day of Action, "Nature for Water—exploring nature-based solutions to the water challenges we face in the 2… Updates
- Disarm-End Wars Actions and Opportunities By Co-Chairs Robin Lloyd, Barbara Nielsen, and Ellen Thomas, and EWNE Campaign Organizing and Capacity Building Adviser Michael Ippolito Disarm-End Wars has been talking since last November with the founders of a new effort based in Northampton, Massachusetts that is supporting the TPNW: NuclearBan… Updates
- Pittsburgh Reaches CEDAW MilestoneThe new executive director of the Pittsburgh Gender Equity Commission, anu jain, speaking at the March 8 press conference in the City County building, with some commission members behind her. By Edith Bell Coordinator, Pittsburgh Branch Pittsburgh as a CEDAW city has reached another milestone! The G… Updates
- Advancing Human Rights Committee Calls, First Thursdays: Please Join Us! Photo: Damian Dovarganes/AP By Barbara L Nielsen Co-chair, Advancing Human Rights Issues Committee We are looking forward to our second AHR meeting on Thursday, April 5and to being able to address issues under the AHR umbrella, and not only those important issues we have worked on in the past, such… Updates
- Discuss the book White Rage with the Racial Justice Working Group By Courteney Leinonen (Greater Philadelphia Branch) Convener, Racial Justice Working Group of the AHR Issues Committee Our vision: A strong racial justice movement with members who are racially aware and cognizant of the history of racism in the US and the importance of ending racism. What we’re re… Updates
- Banners Available for Poor People’s Campaign Events Banners are now available for your WILPF participation in the many upcoming events of the Poor People's Campaign: National Call for Moral Revival! Banner sample with branch name. How to order and print your banner: Decide whether to order “generic” or “branch name” style. Send your order to wilp… Updates
- Making Connections, Sharing Resources: Join Program Committee Calls!We are using this image on our actionnetwork.org public petition to the POTUS/Senate to sign and give consent to the ratification of the UN TPNW (Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons). By Teresa Castillo (Fresno branch) and Barbara Nielsen (San Francisco branch) Chairs, Program Committee Th… Updates
- Maine Flowers on International Women’s Day Photo: WILPF Member Martha Spiess, photographer and filmmaker extraordinaire Due to the snowstorm, Maine WILPF members celebrated International Women’s Day on Friday, March 9, by handing out flowers at the noon hour in Brunswick. Smiles surrounded us as we handed the flowers out—and, surprise, surp… Updates
- Brutality and Instability in Palestine and IsraelPalestinian girl Malak Al-Khateb, 14, is welcomed by family members as she arrives to Beitin village near Ramallah after being released from an Israeli military prison on February 13, 2015. Al-Khateb, accused of throwing stones at Israeli soldiers, was arrested and subjected to interrogation and har… Updates
- Invite Progressives to First Ever Public ONE WILPF Call on March 8! Credit: Feminist Art Project, Rutgers University By the ONE WILPF Call Team On March 8, the next ONE WILPF Call will be open to the general public, and WILPF members are urged to invite friends, neighbors, co-workers, fellow faith community members…or any progressives interested in system changeele… Updates
- Recommend Young People for Scholarship to Attend May ANA Events ANA provided scholarships to over a dozen young people from around the United States to participate in the 2017 DC Days. Credit: www.ananuclear.org/dcdays. WILPF belongs to the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability (ANA)which focuses on education and issues lobbying in DC. Their annual event, called … Updates
- WILPF US Sends Delegation to the 62nd Commission on the Status of WomenMembers of the 2017 delegation to CSW attend a panel event on economic empowerment of women in the General Assembly room at the UN Headquarters in New York City. By Dixie Hairston UN Programs Coordinator and co-faculty for the Practicum in Advocacy WILPF US will be sending a delegation to the 62nd C… Updates
