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- Using our power to stop warBy Joan Bazar, Communications Committee Acting on the theme Women’s Power to Stop War, Nobel laureates led a walk across the DMZ in Korea, and US Section members back from the events in The Hague are carrying the powerful message to branches around the country. Learn more about the May 24 effort to… Updates
- It’s time to ban nuclear weaponsIn late May six WILPFers visited numerous Congressional offices and the State Department with Alliance for Nuclear Accountability's expert nuclear "watch dogs," In addition to advising legislators about DC Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton's "Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Economic and Energy Conv… Updates
- July 4-10: Walk for water rights By Kim Redigan Detroit community members plan a 68-mile walk from Detroit to Flint, Michigan calling for an end to water shut-offs in Detroit implementation of the 2005 Detroit Water Affordability Plan, provision of clean, affordable water in both cities, and an end to the commodification of water,… Updates
- Protecting Mother Earth in NCBy Lib Hutchby, Earth Democracy Committee Magnolias bloom in May in North Carolina so you can imagine time-lapse photographs and on recent sunny days, one can sit for an hour and watch the buds begin to open. It's an amazing sight for sore eyes. Between weeping, chanting, fighting, listening, and l… Updates
- Branches Roundup Photo: Virginia Pratt, David Rothauser and Marie Louise Jackson Miller represent WILPF at the Veterans for Peace Memorial event in Boston on May 25. Photo by Michael Borkson, WILPF Boston Remembering soldiers, civilians By Virginia Pratt, WILPF Boston Branch David Rothauser spoke eloquently about… Updates
- Citizen diplomats go to Russia By Jan Corderman, WILPF Des Moines. Iowa Our Citizen Diplomacy Group led by Sharon Tennison, creator of the Center for Citizen Initiatives is in Russia to meet with citizens in four cities to learn and to build relationships to work for reconciliation. The Center for Citizen Initiatives is a highl… Updates
- Hear WILPF oral histories onlineBy Judy Adams, Palo Alto WILPF Branch Don’t let your WILPF Centennial celebration end just yet! You can now hear for yourself the inspiring stories and voices of more than 90 of our WILPF (and Women Strike for Peace) sisters, interviewed in the 1980s by the Women’s Peace Oral History project, by st… Updates
- Lyndon College honors Sha’an MouliertSha’an Mouliert, a Vermont community organizer, educator, and artist, received the Lyndon State College Presidential Medal of Freedom during commencement ceremonies. The longtime WILPF activist, who lives in St. Johnsbury, VT, was honored for her community service with children, the elderly, and Lyn… Updates
- New resource from World Beyond War World Beyond War, which has been endorsed by WILPF US, WILPF International and several WILPF sections, has recently published A Global Security System: An Alternative to War. During the WILPF 100th Anniversary Congress, copies were given to each WILPF section as well as notables Mairead Maguire,… Updates
- Notice of Two Board Vacancies Nominations due May 30. Applications due June 6. Interim Board Instructions PDF file Application Form for National Position World File | Zip File Nomination/Recommendation Form for National Position Word File | Zip File… Updates
- International report from The Hague Read about the officers, resolutions, Manifesto and new Sections and listen to audio of 41 presentations during the Conference – linked from the 100th Anniversary Special Edition of the WILPF International Membership News. PHOTO: From left: Joy Onyesoh, Margrethe Tingstad, Sameena Nazir, Kozue Akib… Updates
- Women’s Power to Stop War Anne Hoiberg, San Diego WILPF Congress delegates and participants in 100th anniversary celebration in The Hague called on countries to reduce military spending by 10% and shift the funds to education as a specific step toward world peace. During April 27–29, more than 900 women from 80 countries me… Updates
- Poster exhibit, proclamation Exhibits and events continue in the US in honor of the 100th anniversary – a library exhibit at the University of Colorado, Manifesto celebration in Cape Cod, and a mayoral proclamation in San Francisco. The Boulder Branch worked with library staff to open a 100th anniversary WILPF poster exhibit a… Updates
- Walking the Pipeline against fracking Hattie Nestel, WILPF at large, Massachusetts As part of my opposition to the proposed Kinder Morgan Corporation pipeline that would carry fracked gas from fields in Pennsylvania through New York State, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, I participated in six days of a Pipeline Pilgrimage led by Y… Updates
- Win for WILPF’s safe food campaign Marybeth Gardam, Corporations v Democracy, Earth Democracy The World Health Organization Declares Glyphosate “A Probable Human Carcinogen” and the WILPF safe food campaign introduces a community survey tool. See also the talking points against the TPP. The Human Right to Health & Safe Food Campai… Updates
- US Social Forum in June Nancy Price, Earth Democracy Committee Another World Is Possible - Another World Is Necessary Philadelphia PA and San Jose CA will host the 2015 US Social Forum – based on the understanding that people’s movements are what create social change. These two simultaneous forums are an opportunity for r… Updates
- Minigrants for WILPF projects The next deadline to apply for a mini grant is June 1st. How can a small grant enhance your work and move WILPF forward? Grants are made up to $2,500 three times a year. For Branches, grants are given up front. For Issue Committees grants are given as reimbursement. If you would like help thinking… Updates
- Join WILPF at The Hague Breaking news: The Conference April 27-29 will be broadcast live on Democracy Now! and the entire Conference will be audio streamed in partnership with Voice Republic starting at 10 am CET. You’ll have a chance to see and hear Amy Goodman (host of Democracy Now!), Nobel Laureate Leymah Gbowee, WI… Updates
- Wave goodbye to nukes in AprilCarol Urner, Disarm/End Wars Issue CommitteeApril is WILPF’s hundredth birthday. Let’s join the rest of the world in waving goodbye to nukes as one of the best birthday presents ever. And keep the birthday celebration going – check out the calendar of events.Of course the very best would be to end … Updates
- WILPF reports on US human rightsMelissa Torres, US Section representative to the International BoardTestifying before UN diplomats in Geneva on April 8, Melissa Torres and Maria Maraver, director of WILPF International Human Rights Program, reviewed human rights omissions and violations in a pre-session of the UPR.Issues that WILP… Updates
