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- New WILPF President Darien De Lu on “Strategic Action Based in Love” Kermit and Darien De Lu, the newly elected president of WILPF US. WILPF US welcomes our recently elected president, Darien De Lu, who will begin her three-year term in January 2019. Darien, a member of the Sacramento Branch, has served on the national level in many capacities, including past co-pre… Updates
- First International Conference to Close US/NATO Military Bases Held in Dublin International peace activists gather on Friday, November 16, outside the Dublin Post Office. Nancy Price of WILPF US, in a purple coat, is toward the left of the group and is holding one side of a WILPF sign. Photo: Ellen Davidson. By Nancy Price On November 16-18, 2018, some 300 peace activists re… Updates
- Act Now on Legislation to End Military Detention of Palestinian Children By Odile Hugonot Haber Co-chair, Middle East Committee H.R. 4391, the Promoting Human Rights by Ending Israeli Military Detention of Palestinian Children Act, prevents the use of United States tax dollars for the Israeli military's ongoing detention and mistreatment of Palestinian children. The bil… Updates
- WILPFers Attend Inspiring Peace Congress and Armistice Day Rally A march to reclaim Armistice Day organized by Veterans for Peace began near the World War II memorial, went on to the memorials for the Korean War and Vietnam War, and ended at the World War I Memorial. Photo: Nancy Price. By Odile Hugonot-Haber and Nancy Price On November 10th, Odile Hugonot-Haber… Updates
- New Platforms for WILPF US & December Technology Training By Michael Ippolito WILPF US National Communications Coordinator WILPF US is expanding its presence on new platforms online. We now have accounts not only on Facebook and Twitterwe have accounts on Pintrest and MediaRevolt.org. For those on Facebook, Media Revolt looks and feels almost exactly lik… Updates
- WILPF Branch Helps Organize a “Stop the Tears” Rally in Palo Alto On November 30, women and men of the San Francisco Peninsula expressed their outrage about the violence inflicted by the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol at the Mexico Border a few days earlier. Photo credit: Deborah Hoag. By Judy Adams Peninsula/Palo Alto Branch There was good local press coverage o… Updates
- Remembering Stelle Scheller, Presentation on the Palestinian Struggle for Justice Stelle Scheller is shown here in April, 2018, with fellow WILPF members at a Tax Day event. From left to right: Sylvia Metzler, Gayle Simons, Judy Elson, and Stelle Sheller. Photo credit: Judy Elson. By Tina D. Shelton Co-chair, Greater Philadelphia Branch Stelle Scheller, stalwart member of the Gr… Updates
- Pittsburgh Branch Posts Billboard on Busy Street By Edith Bell WILPF Pittsburgh, with the support of World Beyond War, posted the following quote on a billboard on a busy street for one month: 3% of U.S. military spending could end starvation worldwide. The ad agency Lamar created and posted the billboard. We were so successful at raising mon… Updates
- Back from Ghana: Listen to Reports from Our US Delegates WILPF US Membership Development Chair Shilpa Pandey with two friends from African Sections. By the ONE WILPF Call Team Back from Ghana…the audio reports from our delegates are now posted on the WILPF Website. Feel free to listen to them at your convenience. The WILPF International Congress in… Updates
- November ONE WILPF Call: All about Planning, Board Candidate Statements © Rawpixel Ltd. By the ONE WILPF Call Team Join the Thursday, November 8th ONE WILPF Call and be ready to weigh in on important events you or your branch are planning to work on in 2019. Help us identify priorities for action and synergies across branches and cities. The call is at 7pm eastern/4pm … Updates
- Triangle Branch (NC) Speaks Out to Stop Environmental Devastation and FrackingRally for Environmental Justice with Al Gore and Rev. William Barber held on August 13, 2018, at the Belews Creek Coal Ash Pond, Stokes County, NC. By Lib Hutchby and John Wagner Triangle Branch, North Carolina Earth Democracy Issue Committee The Triangle Branch (NC) is in alliance with over for… Updates
- Act Now to End the War in Yemen and Suspend Arms Sales to the Saudis By Odile Hugonot Haber Co-Chair, Middle East Committee The total population in Yemen is 27.4 million and 18.8 million are in dire need of food. OXFAM reports one civilian is killed every three hours. “Over a third of [Yemenis] are at risk of starvation if Saudi and UAE bombing campaigns continue,” … Updates
- Hold 70th Anniversary Human Rights Events By Marybeth Gardam With the torture and murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi, children being imprisoned at the border, and the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights—possibly the most important declaration ever penned—seems critical to st… Updates
- Action with Impact: Making Longer-Term Plans in 2019 By the WILPF US Development Committee What drives our successful actions? YOU do! Planning NOW for success will allow you to have greater impact in your communities. Ask any major funder what moves them to invest in an organization and most will prioritize one thing above others: Action with Impact… Updates
- Triangle (NC) WILPF Members Arrested Protesting Kavanaugh Photo by TW Collins By Lucy Lewis Triangle Branch (NC) Triangle (NC) WILPF members Ruth Zalph and Fran Schindler joined thousands of other protestors in Washington, D.C., in September and early October, speaking out against the nomination and then the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the United S… Updates
- Screwnomics for Reaching NOT the Usual Suspects By the Corporations v Democracy Issue Committee A new partnership between WILPF’s Corporations v Democracy Issue Committee and the author of Screwnomics can provide new avenues for education, empowerment, and recruitment among hard-to-reach populations. We all recognize that many women we talk to a… Updates
- Melissa Torres Elected Vice President to the WILPF International Board Well-wishers hug Melissa Torres after her election as an International Vice President for WILPF at the Congress in Ghana. Photo credit: Jan Corderman. By Jan Corderman and Dixie Hairston When the election results were announced on the final day of our International Congress held at the University o… Updates
- Support Citizen-Scientist Sampling and Education Events in Tennessee Dr. Michael E. Ketterer at the Davy Crockett Lake Sampling Event (Greeneville, TN), August 17, 2010. By Linda Cataldo Modica At-Large WILPF-US Member and VP of the Erwin Citizens Awareness Network One of Erwin Citizen Awareness Network’s (ECAN’s) most important projects—an extensive citizen-scienti… Updates
- Remarkable Hibakusha Events in Vermont Move People to ActionAtomic bomb survivor Shigeko Sasamori responds to a question at a September 19 program at the University of Vermont sponsored by the Burlington Branch. By Marguerite Adelman Burlington VT Branch Members of WILPF Burlington VT recently completed three days of amazing educational peace programming at … Updates
- No War 2018 Conference in Toronto Energizes Activists Photo credit: From the Facebook snapshot album of moments at the No War 2018 conference held in Toronto September 20-22, 2018. By Odile Hugonot-Haber Alan Haber & Odile Hugonot-Haber (from video of Medea Benjamin’s talk on Iran) Dianne Blais, Leah Bolger, Joan Ecklein, Alan Haber, and O… Updates
