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- Crew the Golden Rule peace boat Helen, Ed, Dave, Michael on board Golden Rule Credit: Veterans for PeaceBy Helen Jaccard, Disarm / End Wars Issues Committee The Golden Rule sails to the Pacific Northwest this year, leaving Humboldt Bay at the end of May and returning in mid-October.We need crew and captains (no license necessa… Updates
- President re-elected by WILPF US President re-elected by WILPF US Mary Hanson Harrison has been elected to a second term as president of the WILPF US Section. Candidates for the remaining offices were approved by the membership, as well as a new dues structure. President Mary Hanson Harrison, winner Treasurer Jeanmarie Bish… Updates
- Act to redress murder of Berta Cﾃ｡ceres Berta Cáceras. Photo credit: Prachatai, Flickr Creative Commons March 10, 2016 Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, US Section (WILPF US) condemns the murder of Honduran human rights activist Berta Cáceres. Click to Urgent action Follow International WILPF statement and comments … Updates
- CSW: Gender safety, developmentBy Dixie Hairston, Programs Coordinator. 2016 UN Practicum and Local2Global WILPF US will be sending a delegation to the 60th Commission on the Status of Women March 12-March 19 as part of our national and international work. The priority theme of the CSW this year is ‘Women’s Empowerment and its … Updates
- Plan World Water Day-March 22 Alexandra Hoffman and Judy Bonnell-Wenzel of Ann Arbor WILPF demonstrate on behalf of Flint residents. Credit: Odile Hugonot Haber By Nancy Price, Earth Democracy Committee World Water Day was created in 1993, one year after the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit. Plan an action or event now and post to t… Updates
- Equality is goal of Women’s Day Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown The 2016 theme for International Women’s Day is “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality.”.March 8 is the official date, and WILPF US branches will be celebrating the day throughout the month. The United Nations observance will reflect on how to accelerate th… Updates
- Nuclear-Free Future tourText by Carol Urner, Photos by Ellen Thomas, Disarm/End Wars Issue Committee Nine WILPF Branches in California and three in Oregon participated in the Nuclear-Free Future learning and action program presented by Carol Urner and Ellen Thomas on behalf of the WILPF US Disarm/End Wars Issue Committee … Updates
- No Way to Treat a Child By Odile Hugonot Haber, Middle East Committee The No Way to Treat a Child campaign aims to expose the practice and impacts of Israeli military detention on Palestinian children to the US public and elected officials in order to hold Israel accountable to international laws and to build support for … Updates
- Mobilization to Stop the Drone WarsBy Helen Jaccard, Disarm / End Wars Issues Committee Join us March 27-April 2, 2016 at Creech Air Force Base, Indian Springs, Nevada for a 2nd national mobilization of nonviolent resistance to shut down killer drone operations in Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia and everywhere. Spe… Updates
- Arizona branch connects with youthBy Barbara Taft, Greater Phoenix Branch treasurer Greater Phoenix Branch has just put out its first newsletter, in which we told about our production of Most Dangerous Womenas well as our recent tabling at the Mesa Martin Luther King Day event. Since then, we tabled at Arizona State University durin… Updates
- Tucson –TPP, refugees, Gaza’s childrenBy Deborah Livingston, WILPF Tucson Branch Co-chair Members of the Tucson Branch demonstrated against the Trans Pacific Partnership at a Congressional office in February and tabled at the 34th Annual Peace Fair, whose theme was Compassion for Refugees & Migrants, All One World. The Raging Grannies s… Updates
- Memorials WILPF US remembers former board members, Ethel M. Jensen and Georgia Pinkel.. Ethel M. Jensen, 1921-2015 Longtime WILPF peace activist Ethel M. Jensen died on November 5, 2015. Ethel's life included an undergraduate education at Ohio State University, wartime marriage to Joe in 1944, birthing and … Updates
- Status update: Cities for CEDAW By Brandy Robinson, Advancing Human Rights Issue Committee The NGO Committee on the Status of Women and others officially started Cities for CEDAW campaign in 2013. The US is one of few countries not to ratify CEDAW – the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. … Updates
- 3-day walk to halt KM pipeline By Hattie Nestel The idea for the MLK, Jr Walk, over the January 16-18 weekend, to oppose the Kinder Morgan pipeline was a sudden inspiration, when a lightbulb went off in my head on a short walk in mid-December opposing the same pipeline. I reported on this 429-mile $5 billion pipeline project in… Updates
- Ready for Water Day & Earth Day? By Marybeth Gardam, Corporations v Democracy Issue Committee Chair The interconnectedness of water with resource conflicts and war is becoming better understood among activists, but we need to keep raising this in our communities. Water has also become a hot-button issue that spotlights economic in… Updates
- Gaining allies for nuclear-free future By Carol Urner and Ellen Thomas, co-chairs of WILPF National Disarm/End Wars Issue Committee We are now in the midst of our West Coast tour campaigning for abolition of nuclear weapons and an end to war. We are actively promoting HR 1976, the only bill in Congress calling for abolition of nuclear w… Updates
- Meet WILPF US candidates, Feb. 20 By Darien De Lu, Elections Subcommittee of the Nominating Committee The final list of WILPF US candidates includes a choice for the office of president/co-president and a single candidate for each of the other board openings. You can join a call to hear them respond to some key questions. We have e… Updates
- Tour on Cuba’s literacy campaign By Cindy Domingo, Cuba and Bolivarian Alliance Issues Committee The Cuba and Bolivarian Alliance Issues Committee is proud to cosponsor the national tour of Luisa Campos Gallardodirector of the National Literacy Museum in Havana since 1996. The Museum is associated with Havana’s University of Peda… Updates
- Spring time for activism on glyphosate By Marybeth Gardam, Corporations v Democracy Issue Committee Chair With the public and retailers focused on planting season, now’s the perfect time to begin using the Human Right To Health & Safe Food Campaign’s excellent resources and organizing tools. On the Human Right To Health & Safe Food (HRT… Updates
- Bring the drones quilts to your town!By Leah Bolger, Drones Quilt Project coordinator WILPF members have been working hard to raise public awareness about the immorality and illegality of US combat drones. The Drones Quilt Project is a collective art project which humanizes and memorializes the victims while educating the public. The … Updates
