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- WILPF Members Can Call In to Hear Board Meetings, Plus Board Decisions and Minutes Now Available!The WILPF US Board and Development Committee at a three-day work session in Des Moines held October 4-6, 2018, with Frank Cownie, Mayor of Des Moines and one of the Vice Presidents of Mayors for Peace. By Darien De Lu WILPF US President and Eileen Kurkoski, WILPF US Secretary What does the national … Updates
- WILPF San Jose News: Women’s March and White Privilege Workshop By Paula Rochelle San Jose Branch On January 19, 2019, WILPF San Jose participated in the 2019 Women’s March in San Jose with a booth at Call to Action Alley. WILPF information for both the San Jose Branch and the Palo Alto Branch was at the booth. San Jose highlighted WILPF anti-nuclear work and c… Updates
- New Structure for Monterey County Branch By Joyce Vandevere Co-chair, Monterey County Branch Steering Committee Our branch is both strong and weak: plenty of members, but only a sparse handful attend monthly meetings; volunteers always available for events but no one wanting to be chair; plenty of strong older women but not many younger o… Updates
- March 28 Racial Justice Group Call: Join Us! Book image from the author’s webpage: www.professorcarolanderson.org. By Joan Goddard Member of the WILPF US Racial Justice Group and of the San Jose (CA) Branch More than 50 years after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., racial justice continues to be something we experience only in… Updates
- WILPF’s “Norton Bill”Calling for Conversion to a Peace Economy From left, DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton and WILPF Disarm/End Wars Co-Chairs Robin Lloyd and Ellen Thomas, who met at Ms. Norton’s office on May 21, 2018, about her nuclear weapons abolition and conversion bill. By Robin Lloyd Co-Chair, WILPF-US Disarm/End Wars Committee Many WILPF members may … Updates
- Join US Women’s Delegation to Cuba May 3-12, 2019 2018 WILPF and US Women and Cuba Delegation meeting with Cuban women. By Cindy Domingo Chair, Cuba and the Bolivarian Alliance Committee WILPF’s Cuba and Bolivarian Alliance Issues Committee invites you to join us and the US Women and Cuba Collaboration to travel to Cuba May 3-12, 2019, on a people… Updates
- Best News in a Long Time: The Green New Deal Photo credit: Rachael Warriner / Shutterstock.com By Randa Solick Santa Cruz Branch This is going to be GOOD NEWS!!! Take a deep cleansing breath – and imagine we are successful. We pull the planet out of its death spiral, we create a just society for everyone, and the despair is lifted from all sh… Updates
- Plan Your “Season of Peace” Spring Actions By Nancy Price Earth Democracy Issue Committee Plan your “Season of Peace” Spring Actions…for International World Water Day on March 22the No to NATO 70th Anniversary Summit March 30-April 4and Earth Day on April 22. I know you all are making plans for one, two, or maybe all of these days of action… Updates
- Final Reminder: Apply for Women’s Peace Initiative Conference Credit: Feminist Art Project, Rutgers University There is still time to apply for this national WILPF opportunity! We are looking for WILPFers older and younger, near and far, to be one of our five delegates to a peace collaborative: The Women’s Peace Initiative (WPI)! The WPI includes a one-day co… Updates
- Magnify Your Message: Join Fun Weekly Twitter Calls By Michael Ippolito WILPF US National Communications Coordinator Looking for an action that is easy to do and enables you to meet and casually talk with other WILPFers while you do it? Each Wednesday for the last year and a half, WILPFers from around the country have been gathering at 7pm EST & 4pm… Updates
- COP24: A Sluggish but Persistent Response By Odile Hugonot Haber “Climate science demands that we must act now to stop the acceleration of climate change. To keep warming below 1.5 degrees C, we must keep the majority of fossil fuel under the ground and freeze fossil fuel projects as we develop a quick transition to 100% renewable energies… Updates
- Des Moines News: Women’s March, Candidate Questions, Feisty WomenPictured are six of the WILPF members who attended the Women’s March on January 19, 2019. In the front row from left are Mary Ann Koch, a Local2Global honoree, and Des Moines Leadership Team member, and Eloise Cranke, an honoree of our Strong Feisty Women Award to be held in February. The back row, … Updates
- New Triangle WILPF Member Speaks at Women’s March Triangle, NC WILPF member Amanda Murray speaking at the Women’s March in Raleigh, NC. By Lucy Lewis Triangle (NC) Branch North Carolina held our Women’s March on Saturday, January 26, 2019, in Raleigh. There was a large and very spirited turnout as thousands of people marched around the North Carol… Updates
- Customized Technology Trainings Available for WILPF US Members By Michael Ippolito WILPF US National Communications Coordinator Mark your calendars for the upcoming Technology Training Calls: February 18, March 4 & March 18. These calls take place on Mondays at 8 pm EST, 5 pm PST. You can register by clicking here. These trainings are usually held twice a mont… Updates
- Attention Members: Double-Check the Address When Mailing Donations! Our fiscal sponsor, Peace Development Fund (PDF), recently informed us that they were changing the address at which any incoming checks and other mail should be sent. PDF is moving all gift processing to their Amherst, Massachusetts office. They asked us to please notify our donors and update our w… Updates
- 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
