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- Help Us Expand Our Activism: Join AHR Calls, First Thursdays By Barbara L. Nielsen Co-chair, Advancing Human Rights Issues Committee Are You Working on Countering Gun Violence in Your Local Schools? Are You Working on Countering Gun Violence in Your Local Community? Are You Working on Military Counter-Recruitment in Your Local Schools? Are You Working on… Updates
- WILPF Branch Activities Tucson Branch members Georgia, Lee, Margo, Mary, Lee, Marty, Peggi, Rosemary, Roz and Ginny. Photo by Deb Livingston. Tucson WILPF and Raging Grannies Tax Day Event On Monday, April 16, members of Tucson WILPF held a morning long event in front of the library. They passed out literature and engage… Updates
- Important Week for Nuclear Disarmament News North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and South Korean President Moon Jae-In, right, raise their hands after signing a joint statement at the border village of Panmunjom on Friday, April 27, 2018. (Photo Credit: Korea Summit Press Pool via AP) By Odile Hugonot Haber Disarm/End Wars Committee The l… Updates
- Join Program Committee’s Monthly Call Series: First Tuesdays By Teresa Castillo (Fresno Branch) and Barbara Nielsen (San Francisco Branch) Program Committee Chairs Invitation from Your Program Committee: Our 2018 Call Series is the first Tuesday of each month. Calling each branch to send a rep to join our Program Committee Calls and reps from all of our Iss… Updates
- Racial Justice Working Group Meets Fourth Thursdays: Join Us! By Courteney Leinonen (Greater Philadelphia Branch) Convener, Racial Justice Working Group of the AHR Issues Committee We welcomed new members to our April call and we welcome all to join us in May. A selection of reading materials will be discussed at our monthly meetings. We work to create safe s… Updates
- Redefining Feminism at the 62nd CSW: A Student’s Perspective2018 UN Practicum in Advocacy students, Local2Global participants along with WILPF US Board Member Barbara Nielsen, Melissa Torres (Practicum Co-Faculty) and Dixie Hairston (Practicum Co-Faculty). By Mikayla Varunok WILPF US recently sent a delegation of college and university students to the 62nd C… Updates
- Support Confederate Monument Struggle at UNC Chapel HillPart of the WILPF Triangle Branch at our regular Wednesday sit-in at the UNC Chapel Hill Confederate statue (“Silent Sam”). By Emily K. Keel North Carolina's Triangle Branch The statue of the Confederate soldier occupying the entry to UNC Chapel Hill has been the subject of controversy since it was … Updates
- Development Report: A Bold Plan, New Members By Marybeth Gardam Chair, Development Committee Your Development Committee has been busy this first quarter-year working on a coordinated strategic approach and adding members. We have lots to report! Welcome to Two New Committee Members An introduction to our new committee members: Marguerite Adel… Updates
- Earth Day Is All the More Important This Year! Image: worldbeyondwar.org By Nancy Price Under this administration, the Environmental Protection Agency continues to abandon its mission to protect our health and Mother Earth. This Earth Day it is time to say: “Not on our watch”! Speaking on April 4,1967, at Riverside Church, Martin Luther King wa… Updates
- ONE WILPF Goes PublicRead the Alliance for Democracy’s magazine Justice Rising: Grassroots Solutions to Corporate Power. The theme of the Fall 2016 issue was “The People’s Vote Must Count: Reclaim Elections, Restore Voting Rights, Protect Our Ballot.” Print out individual articles or full issues here. To order back prin… Updates
- San Jose Raging Grannies Serenade Marchers & Slideshow from Other Cities By Paula Rochelle Steering Committee member, San Jose Branch, and Raging Granny Co-lead The San Jose Raging Grannies and WILPF members supported the March for Our Lives with our presence and our songs on Saturday, March 24. WILPF members and branches participated throughout the country. View a slid… Updates
- Rachel Corrie, We Will Not Forget You! Dove, artist unknown, left at Rachel’s memorial. Courtesy Rachel Corrie Foundation. By Odile Hugonot Haber Co-chair, Middle East Committee On March 16-17, the Rachel Corrie Foundation organized a gathering to remember Rachel Corrie and to celebrate 15 years of Palestinian solidarity and community o… Updates
- New Trafficking Risks for Addicts“Zoe” is one of the interviewees in an NBC documentary film by Emily Kassie on sex-trafficking and insurance fraud in Florida's fraudulent treatment centers. By Jan Kubiac Cape Cod Branch Advancing Human Rights, Subcommittee on HumanTrafficking Human trafficking is a form of Modern Day Slavery. Traf… Updates
- Des Moines Branch Stands Up for Clean Water By Jan Corderman Des Moines Branch On World Water Day (March 22), the Des Moines Branch of WILPF rallied at the River Walk to stand up for clean water. This year’s theme for the United Nations Day of Action, "Nature for Water—exploring nature-based solutions to the water challenges we face in the 2… Updates
- Disarm-End Wars Actions and Opportunities By Co-Chairs Robin Lloyd, Barbara Nielsen, and Ellen Thomas, and EWNE Campaign Organizing and Capacity Building Adviser Michael Ippolito Disarm-End Wars has been talking since last November with the founders of a new effort based in Northampton, Massachusetts that is supporting the TPNW: NuclearBan… Updates
- Pittsburgh Reaches CEDAW MilestoneThe new executive director of the Pittsburgh Gender Equity Commission, anu jain, speaking at the March 8 press conference in the City County building, with some commission members behind her. By Edith Bell Coordinator, Pittsburgh Branch Pittsburgh as a CEDAW city has reached another milestone! The G… Updates
- Advancing Human Rights Committee Calls, First Thursdays: Please Join Us! Photo: Damian Dovarganes/AP By Barbara L Nielsen Co-chair, Advancing Human Rights Issues Committee We are looking forward to our second AHR meeting on Thursday, April 5and to being able to address issues under the AHR umbrella, and not only those important issues we have worked on in the past, such… Updates
- Discuss the book White Rage with the Racial Justice Working Group By Courteney Leinonen (Greater Philadelphia Branch) Convener, Racial Justice Working Group of the AHR Issues Committee Our vision: A strong racial justice movement with members who are racially aware and cognizant of the history of racism in the US and the importance of ending racism. What we’re re… Updates
- Banners Available for Poor People’s Campaign Events Banners are now available for your WILPF participation in the many upcoming events of the Poor People's Campaign: National Call for Moral Revival! Banner sample with branch name. How to order and print your banner: Decide whether to order “generic” or “branch name” style. Send your order to wilp… Updates
- Making Connections, Sharing Resources: Join Program Committee Calls!We are using this image on our actionnetwork.org public petition to the POTUS/Senate to sign and give consent to the ratification of the UN TPNW (Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons). By Teresa Castillo (Fresno branch) and Barbara Nielsen (San Francisco branch) Chairs, Program Committee Th… Updates
