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- Caring Wages for Caring Workers: Join the June 10 ONE WILPF CallDanielle Atkinson, National Executive Director and Founder of Mothering Justice, will be one of the speakers discussing how we can truly value essential workers during the June 10 ONE WILPF Call. Photo courtesy of the speaker.By Marybeth GardamChair, Women, Money & Democracy Committee June 2020Lesso… Updates
- “Should Trees Have Standing?” The Legacy of Christopher D. StonePhoto credit: TSN52 / Shutterstock.com.By Nancy PriceCo-chair, Earth Democracy Issue CommitteeJune 2021For those who have never read Christopher D. Stone’s seminal article, he is remembered by so many as the father of environmental law for his inspired, pathbreaking article, “Should Trees Have Stand… Updates
- Help Yourself Master Zoom and Make WILPF’s Congress a Success!By Darien De LuPresident, WILPF USJune 2021Are you ready to be the one adept at setting your microphone levels, instead of the one who can’t be heard? Would you like to smooth out your branch’s Zoom meetings? Do you want to impress your grandchildren with your Zoom tech skills? Do you have a grandch… Updates
- Help Vaccinate Cuba, so Cuba Can Continue to Help Others“Vacuna Yoa” by Yoamaris Neptuno Dominguez, used with permission.By Leni Villagomez ReevesCo-chair, Cuba and the Bolivarian Alliance CommitteeJune 2021There is a worldwide shortage of syringes, and the price has increased tenfold over the past months. The United States blockade has made Cuba’s acces… Updates
- Committee Updates: Two Middle East Action Items & Join All-Members Program Committee Meeting TONIGHT!Des Moines Branch members have staged a protest at the marketing firm LS2 three weeks in a row calling for the company to drop the government of Saudi Arabia as its client. Photo by Jan Corderman.May 2021Two Middle East Action Items & Thanks to New Members!By Jan Corderman and Odile Hugonot HaberMi… Updates
- Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Hate Incidents: A Personal ReportA protester holds up a sign at a peace vigil to honor victims of attacks on AAPI people in Union Square Park on March 19, 2021, in New York City. Photo credit: Ron Adar/Shutterstock.com.By Shirley Lin KinoshitaLifetime Member, San Jose BranchMay 2021As an Asian American I view with concern, but not … Updates
- The Next 500 Days: Together We Grow a New, Unsettling, Unstoppable ForceWILPF US has been supporting the Poor People’s Campaign from the beginning. On December 11, 2019, several WILPF members marched in San Francisco as part of the PPC’s nine-month “We Must Do M.O.R.E.” national tour. Among them were Peninsula/Palo Alto branch member Cherrill S. (left), with Jackie Caba… Updates
- “ONENESS vs. the 1%”: A Must Read for All WILPFersVandana Shiva, Indian activist, environmentalist, and one of the main leaders of the International Forum on Globalization (IFG), speaks at the conference “Terra Futura” in Florence, Italy, in May 2011. Photo credit: Giacomo Marini / Shutterstock.com.By Jean Hays, Fresno Branch, and Nancy Price, Co-C… Updates
- Building Support for the Nuclear Ban Treaty & New Act to Abolish Nuclear WeaponsScreenshot of Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton during a webinar on April 24 to build political support for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Here she is announcing her bill HR-2850, the “Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Economic and Energy Conversion Act.” Photo by Ellen Thomas, use… Updates
- Send In Your Proposals for WILPF US Virtual Congress Presentations! Deadline May 31By the Congress Program Committee (CONPRO)Got something to say? Something to show? Something to contribute? The first WILPF US virtual Congress offers a unique and unprecedented opportunity to reach out to as many people as we can.Our 34th Triennial Congress WOMEN, POWER, and SOCIAL JUSTICE: Buildin… Updates
- Take Action Now on H.R. 2590: Defending the Human Rights of Palestinian ChildrenAn unidentified Palestinian mother and daughter protest Jewish settlements in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem on Feb. 11, 2011. Photo credit: Ryan Rodrick Beiler / Shutterstock.com.By Odile Hugonot HaberCo-chair, Middle East Peace & Justice Action CommitteeMay 2021On April 15, 2021,… Updates
- Branch Happenings: Westchester and Monterey CountyThis is one of many peace posters made by students in the 1980s and 90s that will be on exhibit in May 2021 in Montrose, NY, sponsored by Westchester WILPF.May 2021Westchester Branch Sponsors Peace Poster Exhibit in MayBy Linda ConteWestchester (NY) BranchAn exhibit of posters created by Westchester… Updates
- WILPF US Statement on the Conviction of Derek ChauvinEven with this conviction, #GeorgeFloyd is still dead.The conviction on all three counts of murder may provide some “Painful earned justice,” yet what is done is irreversible.Although we may hope this conviction leads to even more accountability, the fact remains that before this trial completed, an… Updates
- Be Involved in Democratizing Our Money!Federal Reserve System symbol on hundred dollar bill / Shutterstock.com.By Marybeth GardamChair, Women, Money & Democracy CommitteeApril 2021Talk to anyone about the Federal Reserve System and watch their eyes glaze over. Tell them we need to dismantle the Fed and democratize our money and they may … Updates
- Submit Your Proposals for Congress Presentations by May 31!By the Congress Program CommitteeApril 2021You know by now about the WILPF US 34th Triennial Congress 2021 – a virtual community gathering for WOMEN, POWER, and SOCIAL JUSTICE: Building from Strength!Our first virtual Congress will be held August 13-15 & 20-22 with in-between weekday evening meeting… Updates
- New Guides for Taking Action on Reducing US Military BudgetWhat could we do with $74B taken from the Pentagon’s budget? Graphic used with permission from the National Priorities Project at the Institute for Policy Studies.Cherrill SpencerCoordinator of Resource Preparation Team for the Call for Peace CampaignNancy PriceTeam MemberApril 2021WILPF US continue… Updates
- For Your Viewing Pleasure: Recent WILPF US Meetings and Webinars on YouTubeBy Ellen ThomasApril 2021One of the good things about being trapped at home during the COVID-19 pandemic is the opportunity to join with colleagues and learn from experts from all over the country and world, using Zoom and YouTube.We decided to share a list of the recordings of some excellent meetin… Updates
- Be a Big Fish in a Small PondBy Marybeth GardamWILPF US Development CommitteeApril 2021Even members of moderate means can leave a meaningful bequest to WILPF US. You can choose to leave money to larger and more prominent peace, justice, and environmental allies, or more local ones. But arguably your money won’t mean as much or … Updates
- International Women’s Day Kickoff: Building Branches from the Inside and OutBy Nikki Abeleda (She/They)WILPF US Inside and Out InitiativeApril 2021WILPF US launched the Building Branches from the Inside and Out Initiative and uplifted International Women’s Day through a virtual kickoff celebration on Sunday, March 7, 2021. Inside and Out Initiative is a WILPF US initiative … Updates
- Branch Happenings: Humboldt and Cape CodThe Humboldt Branch sells raffle tickets for its annual quilt project to raise funds for their scholarship and to purchase Jane Addams books. Here is this year’s quilt!April 2021Humboldt WILPF Goes Virtuoso!By Carilyn GoldammerHumboldt WILPFGreetings to our WILPF sisters everywhere. This year during… Updates
