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- Invitation to Join Program Committee Meetings First Sunday of Each Month By Program Committee Chairs Teresa Castillo (Fresno branch) and Barbara Nielsen (San Francisco branch) Our national Program Committee’s 2018 meeting series is on the first Sunday of each month following the inaugural meeting held on Sunday, February 4. Meeting time is 4:30 pm pacific, 6:30 pm centr… Updates
- Yemen Has Become “Hell on Earth” Saleh is four months old and severely malnourished. His 22-year-old mother, Nora, already has five children. Photo: Giles Clarke/UNOCHA By Odile Hugonot Haber, co-chair of the Middle East Committee “This place is hell on Earth” says 25-year-old Lutf Alsanani, a Sana’a resident. 15,489 air raids hav… Updates
- Join Middle East Committee’s New “Letter Writing Parties” Photo: Giles Clarke/UNOCHA By Barbara Taft, co-chair, Middle East Committee The Middle East Committee already suggests that people write or contact their representatives and senators on policy and legislation. We hope you’ll continue to write those letters, but we want to add a new opportunity for… Updates
- Pittsburgh News: Stop Banking the Bomb, Summit Against Racism, Women’s March Jennifer and Edith Bell at the Pittsburgh Women's March By Edith Bell, Coordinator, WILPF Pittsburgh branch The WILPF Pittsburgh branch is working with Veterans for Peace of Western PAthe Thomas Merton Centerand other groups to stop PNC Bank, a regional bank, from financing the manufacture of nucle… Updates
- Upcoming Conference Call on Racial Justice, Human Rights, and Reproductive Justice Inaugural meeting will be February 22, 2018, at 5 pm pacific, 7 pm central, 8 pm eastern. By Barbara L Nielsen, co-chair, Advancing Human Rights Issues Committee Thanks to everyone who participated in our umbrella human rights and our racial justice workshops at the Chicago Congress! All members fo… Updates
- Greater Philadelphia Branch Holds Fracking, Money, and Politics Session By Tina Shelton, co-chair of Greater Philadelphia Branch The Greater Philadelphia Branch joined with Weaver's Way Coop for a lively and informative session in late November 2017. Held at Weaver’s Way Mercantile, we gathered to learn more about the influence of lobbyists on our legislative process. … Updates
- Fundraising Offer Extended on “We Who March” Photo Book By Marybeth Gardam, WILPF US Development Chair To mark the recent Second Annual Women’s Marches, Ellen Feldman has graciously extended the offer to donate $12 to WILPF US for any one of our members to purchase her beautiful photo book We Who March. The book contains her artful photos of Women’s Mar… Updates
- WILPF Fresno Hosts Third Water Forum March 10, 2018, at Fresno City College WILPF Fresno, in collaboration with other environmental groups in the San Joaquin Valley, will host its third water forum: “H2O III: Distilling Sustainable Solutions,” to be held on Saturday, March 10, 2018, at Fresno City College. The day-long forum will addr… Updates
- DISARM-End Wars national issues committee had plenty of reasons to celebrate in 2017!Photo credit: www.nobelpeaceprize.org United Nations Nuclear Ban Treaty Adopted Just in case you hadn’t heard, amazingly, the United Nations adopted the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons – that’s right, it’s a treaty to ban nuclear weapons! Read the treaty here. As of December 10, 56 nat… Updates
- The Situation of the Children of Palestine Conditions, Legal Issues and Possible Actions Photo credit: Mondoweiss.net By Odile Hugonot Haber Postings have been circulating on Facebook, and articles online around the world, about the plight of Ahed Tamimia sixteen-year-old Palestinian girl who lives in the West Bank. She has been imprisoned by the Israelis, along with her mother a… Updates
- Spring Forward with Earth Democracy from January to June Photo credit: Designed by Nancy Price By Nancy Price Time to Spring Forward with Earth Democracy and Corporations v Democracy from January to June. As we begin 2018 with branch meetings, issue and program committee and ONE WILPF calls, here’s what we are planning. We’d love to hear from you. Sha… Updates
- 2017 was a busy year for the JACBA Committee of the Des Moines Branch Photo by Al McDonell. Back row: Jan Corderman, Vonnie Salem, Doris Covalt. Front row: Willa Tharpe, Mary Ann Koch, Karla Hansen By Jan Corderman, Des Moines Branch There is nothing like a good book and friends to put a smile on the face of a class of third graders! Jan Corderman and Mary Ann … Updates
- Remembering Joan Bazar Photo credit: WILPF US Wonder Women Video (2017) Joan Bazar died peacefully late morning, Friday, December 22nd, at her home in California. Her daughters were with her. Plans for a memorial gathering are pending. You can use Joan's address to send a card to her daughters, Annalise and Julia Ba… Updates
- Tucson Branch and Raging Grannies Flash Mob Photo: Margaret, Mary, Margo, Lee (who wrote the song), Stephanie, Catherine, Deborah, and Rosemary. by Deb Livingston, Chair of Tucson WILPF Tucson WILPF and Raging Grannies were recently out at a Tucson mall for a flash mob, telling folks to "Kick the Millionaires Out of Congress & Boycott Big Co… Updates
- Rediscovering Jane Addams in a Time of Crisis Photo credit: Chris Wilbeck By Pat Hynes, WILPF member-at-large November 11, 2017, marked Jane Addams Day in the state of Massachusetts, the backdrop to an ambitious and well-received forum, Rediscovering Jane Addams in a Time of Crisis, held in Northampton, Massachusetts. Organized by Dr. Rutherf… Updates
- WILPF Mini-Grant Applications due Feb 15 It is time to think and dream about a project for which your Branch or Issue Committee might want help with funding. The Mini-Grant Committee funds projects that serve WILPF's mission and vision by building our program. We favor projects that can be shared and replicated and that will make a nati… Updates
- WILPF-Madison Projects and Updates! By Rebecca Neal, Intern at WILPF Madison, WI Branch https://wilpf-madison.org/ This past year, WILPF-Madison has sponsored and participated in numerous events promoting the peace and freedom of our local communities, as well as our sisters and fellow-activists globally. We’ve also kick-started new… Updates
- Foreign Base Closure Conference This Month Photo credit: Popular Resistance By Leah Bolger, Chair, Corvallis, Oregon Branch The United States has troops stationed in over 800 military bases around the world. With the additional 19 aircraft carrier battle groups, the global domination of the world has become the nexus of U.S. foreign poli… Updates
- Apply for Interim Board Positions by Jan 28 In the 2017 WILPF US Board elections (see results below), no one ran for two positions on the Board: Personnel Chair and At-Large Member. The Board, according to the Bylaws, may appoint interim Board members. The Nominating Committee urges WILPF members to seriously consider applying for these one-… Updates
- Statement regarding decision to move U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem Photo by Larry Koester, Fickr Creative Commons December 12, 2017 STATEMENT OF WILPF US IN OPPOSITION TO THE U.S. PRESIDENT'S ACTIONS REGARDING ISRAEL & PALESTINE: THE DECISION TO MOVE THE U.S. EMBASSY IN ISRAEL TO JERUSALEM AND THE DECLARATION THAT JERUSALEM IS THE CAPITAL OF ISRAEL The ann… Updates
