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- COVID-19 Toll in the Middle East Is High Coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, has infected thousands of people in the Middle East. Map from middleeasteye.net, used with permission. By Ellen Rosser, Middle East Committee memberBarbara Taft, Middle East Committee Co-Chair May 2020 COVID-19 is infecting the Middle East. Iran is the worst hit… Updates
- Help Us Prepare for 75th Anniversary Activities Thousands of paper cranes were donated to WILPF US last summer by Japanese atomic bomb survivors and peace activists. Photo by Jan Corderman. By Ellen Thomas, Cherrill Spencer, and Robin Lloyd Disarm/End Wars Issue Committee May 2020 Plans are underway to mark two important 75th anniversaries, and … Updates
- Happy 105th Birthday WILPF! Photo by Cherill Spencer. By Judy AdamsPeninsula/Palo Alto Branch, WILPF International May 2020 On April 28, 1915, during World War I, a unique group of 1,136 women from warring and neutral nations gathered in The Hague to discuss how to end the war and ensure permanent peace. The meeting ended wit… Updates
- Fresno Branch Loses Two “Driving Forces” Ellie Bluestein and Nora DeWitt Ellie Bluestein, left and Nora DeWitt, right, both longtime activists in the Fresno Branch. By Leni Villagomez Reeves and Darien De Lu May 2020 Fresno, California WILPF recently lost two of its longtime activist members, Nora DeWitt and Ellie Bluestein–both driving forces in making Fresno WILPF the… Updates
- Baltimore and Tucson Branches Remember Pat BirniePat Birnie, longtime WILPF activist. By Marliese Diaz Former Chair, Baltimore Branch May 2020 Baltimore and Arizona lost another extraordinary WILPF member on April 15, 2020, Pat Birnie. Pat turned 90 last September 2. Through the 1980s and until she moved first to Florida and then to Arizona in 199… Updates
- Events and Scholarships Connect Humboldt WILPF to Our Community and World Among the Humboldt Branch’s recent events was a “donations only” celebration for International Women’s Day on March 8. By Carilyn Goldammer Humboldt Branch May 2020 Humboldt WILPF is small, but our outreach is huge. Monthly planning meetings and a few key events during the year enabled us to once a… Updates
- Peninsula/Palo Alto Branch Zooms into Action By Judy Adams and Wendy Peikes Peninsula/Palo Alto Branch May 2020 Zoom into Action: Our April meeting was our first on Zoom. One member had to use a public hotspot from her car! One reverb problem solved (no mic when not talking). We agree that “Zoom sure beats not having a meeting!” Committees em… Updates
- Cuba’s Approach to Fighting COVID-19At Delmas 33, a camp for displaced Haitians in Port-au-Prince, a woman grimaces as a Cuban doctor administers a vaccination provided by the World Health Organization (WHO) on February 16, 2010. UN Photo/Sophia Paris. By Cindy Domingo Co-chair, WILPF’s Cuba and the Bolivarian Alliance Issue Committee… Updates
- Join the Upcoming Program Call on April 7 Photo by Michael Ippolito By Joan Goddard WILPF US Program Chair April 2020 The Program Committee Call on Tuesday, April 7 at 5 pm PT, 8 pm ET will feature plans from the WILPF US issue committees for the next two years. Potential local collaborations with branches and at-large members for activiti… Updates
- New Webinars April 17 & 21: Building a Better World with Sustainable Development Goals By Darien De Lu April 2020 In April, WILPF is increasing online learning opportunities for members. For “sheltering” WILPF members and others, webinars on April 17 & 21 will offer insight on partnership issues that are an important part of international, national, and local work. The April webinars… Updates
- On April 22, Earth Day Goes Digital By Nancy Price Co-chair, Earth Democracy April 2020 Because of the coronavirus, organizers for this 50th Earth Day Anniversary will use the power of the internet to connect and mobilize millions worldwide in a call for transformative climate emergency actions to save our planet. If we are now deman… Updates
- Ann Arbor’s Connections to Earth DayStudents gather for a rally during Michigan’s 1970 Teach-In on the Environment in Ann Arbor. The largest and most visible event organized to celebrate the first Earth Day, the five-day event drew an estimated 50,000 participants and included 125 seminars, speeches, workshops, panels, debates, forums… Updates
- AHR Supports International Decade for People of African Descent Credit: United Nations official logo (see logo guidelines). By AHR Issue Committee Members April 2020 The AHR Issue Committee and Communities Working Toward Racial Justice would like to announce a new initiative they are working on: The United Nations International Decade for People of African Desc… Updates
- What We Can Do Right Now as Disarm Activists Graphic provided by Cherrill Spencer. By Robin Lloyd and Cherrill Spencer DISARM/End Wars Issue Committee April 2020 Dear DISARM activists (and all WILPF members): We hope you are well and staying home. We are all seeking to understand the challenges and opportunities that the coronavirus plague im… Updates
- Keep Pushing for WMDFZ in the Middle EastOpening of UNIDIR’s project “Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone”. From a UN Office of Disarmament Affairs report on October 17, 2019. By Odile Hugonot Haber Co-chair, Middle East Committee April 2020 The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) first endorsed calls for the establishment… Updates
- Board Acts to Increase Outreach, Raise Public Awareness, and Make Future PlansFor many years Robin Lloyd has opened her Rochester, VT, family farm yearly to a gathering of WILPF members where we relax, hear informed talks, and discuss issues of the year. In support of Hibakusha and the 75th anniversary (2020) of the nuclear bombings in Japan, we made a banner and took a pictu… Updates
- Peninsula/Palo Alto Stepping Up Virtual Presence During Crisis Actions like this July 2, 2019, demonstration in Palo Alto to protest immigrant family detention and deportation are halted because of COVID-19, but the branch is stepping up its virtual presence. Photo by Jack Owicki / probonophoto. By Judy Adams Peninsula/Palo Alto Branch April 2020 As the organi… Updates
- Greater Philadelphia Branch Sends Delegation to Brownsville and MatamorosMembers of Team Brownsville-Philly and Team Brownsville prepare to cross the bridge with wagons of food for residents of the tent city. Photo credit: Tina Shelton. By Tina Shelton Co-chair, Greater Philadelphia Branch March 2020 With Judy Elson’s guidance, the Greater Philadelphia Branch learned abo… Updates
- Time to Organize for World Water Day and Earth DayThe colorful Climate Justice Women + Peace banner is 2.5 x 6 feet and can be ordered in time for World Water Day and Earth Day. By Nancy Price Co-chair, Earth Democracy Issue Committee March 2020 Time to spring forward! Make your plans now to celebrate World Water Day on Sunday, March 22, and prepar… Updates
- Earth Democracy Supports New “Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act” Plastic pollution crisis. Garbage sent to Malaysia for recycling is instead dumped in a huge landfill. Credit: Shutterstock.com. By Nancy Price Co-chair, Earth Democracy Issue Committee March 2020 Good news! Federal lawmakers recently introduced the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act. Earth Demo… Updates
