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- “The Future in Our Pockets” Study Group Successby Mary SandersonMadison Branch and Women, Money & Democracy CommitteeJuly 2023Over four Thursday mornings in May, WILPF’s Women, Money & Democracy Committee (W$D) co-hosted with Alliance For Just Money (AFJM) a lively study group diving deeper into the Future in Our Pockets webinar (FiOP) we presen… Updates
- Recognize/Celebrate/Educate – Juneteenth 2023By George FridayProgram Committee ChairThere is a need to strengthen national, regional and international cooperation in relation to the full enjoyment of economic, social, cultural, civil and political rights by people of African descent, and their full and equal participation in all aspects of soc… Updates
- Announcements & Updates: Step Up to Help WILPF US; Join Actions on Cuba; Boston Branch Receives Generous GiftJune 2023Who Will Step Up to Help WILPF Make the Changes We Seek?by Darien De LuPresident, WILPF USTo achieve the changes we seek in the world, WILPF needs WILPF. WILPF is an organization that requires individuals who will do the organizational work as well as the issues work. We have many places of… Updates
- Save the Dates for Three Important Peace Events during June & Julyby Nancy PriceCo-chair, Earth Democracy Issue CommitteeJune 2023“It is time for the weapons to fall silent and for diplomacy to begin to resolve the conflict.” SAVE THESE DATES…for three peace events during June and July!June 10–11: International Summit for Peace in Ukraine, Vienna, AustriaThis conf… Updates
- Help Advocate for a Better Farm Bill!Young workers at small vegetable farm sorting freshly harvested green spring onions. Photo credit: Shutterstock.By Rickey Gard DiamondWomen, Money & Democracy CommitteeJune 2023The US Farm Bill is huge in size and effect. It’s only renewed every five years and this year, 2023, is when the old one ex… Updates
- High School Student Starts New “Miami Mujeres” Branchby Eva EgoziMiami Branch June 2023The wait is over! I am thrilled to announce the launch of Miami Mujeres, the newest addition to the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), from Miami, Florida. As the founder of this chapter, I am dedicated to planting the seeds for change regar… Updates
- “Peace Begins At Home”: Domestic Prisoners of War (DPoW) Issue Committee Goalsby Margo SchulterDPoW CommitteeJune 2023“Peace begins at home” is the theme and motto of a new issue committee formed in the WILPF US section for survivors of domestic abuse and all WILPF members who want to join with us in sisterhood and allyship.The new committee was authorized by the WILPF US Boa… Updates
- PFAS: What You Need to Know about “Forever Chemicals”by WILPF Burlington and the Earth Democracy CommitteeJune 2023Marguerite Adelman of WILPF Burlington and the Earth Democracy Committee have been making “tailored” Zoom presentations on PFAS to various branches: Boston and Cape Cod, Des Moines, and the Jane Addams Branch. Thanks to Ellen Thomas, we r… Updates
- Disappointing G7 Statement on Nuclear Disarmament Means We Must Double Our EffortsICAN Poster advertising their G7 Youth Summit Global Day of Action against nuclear weapons.by Cherrill Spencer and Ellen ThomasCo-chairs, DISARM/End Wars Issue CommitteeJune 2023The anti-nuclear weapons international community took many actions to influence the political leaders who held their G7 me… Updates
- Greater Philadelphia Branch Welcomes Golden Rule!From left, Mary Ann Van Cura, Steve Buck (Skipper), Helen Jaccard (Project Manager), Councilmember Mark Squilla, Ren Jacob, and Barbara Cooney holding the resolution marking the Golden Rule’s visit to Philadelphia.by Tina SheltonGreater Philadelphia BranchJune 2023From May 9-13, 2023, the Greater Ph… Updates
- Maine WILPFers Picket and Exhort Legislators to Prevent Nuclear WarMaine WILPFers picket with other groups each Friday in the center of Portland.by Martha SpiessMaine BranchJune 2023Maine WILPFers picket collaboratively with other groups each Friday in the center of Portland, Maine. This month we deployed both of our most active banners together to emphasize how im… Updates
- Detroit Branch Hears Sobering Facts in “Water for All—The Future of Water in the Great Lakes Region”Photo by mrjn Photography on Unsplash.by Judith SheldonDetroit BranchJune 2023The Detroit Branch continued its ongoing “Kitchen Table Talk and Action” series, focusing its April 20, 2023 session on water issues: “Water for All: The Future of Water in the Great Lakes Region.” Although much of this Zo… Updates
- Connecting on WILPF Politics and with Each Other: Healing RelationshipsWILPF members Marge Van Cleef and Joan Ecklein relate to each other. Photo credit: Darien De Lu,by Darien De LuWILPF US PresidentMay 2023How are WILPFers connecting with each other? In today’s world of isolation and individuality, relationships can be helpful and healing! Many of us are fortunate to… Updates
- Please Sign Petition to Three Presidents to End the Ukraine-Russia WarPoster urging people to sign the petition, provided by the Peace in Ukraine coalition.by Cherrill Spencer and Ellen ThomasCo-chairs, DISARM CommitteeMay 2023WILPF US is a member of the Peace in Ukraine coalition which is calling for an urgent end to the war in Ukraine. It’s time to stop the killing … Updates
- Let’s Keep WILPF Alive and Thriving…and View Inspiring Video of Laura Dewey!Click here to view video. By Jeneve Brooks and Mary Hanson HarrisonDevelopment CommitteeMay 2023As WILPF US’ Development Team, we are hard at work seeking to raise money to keep WILPF US alive and thriving. Specifically, WILPF US Development Steward Mary Hanson Harrison is piloting a new fundraising… Updates
- Deepening Mother’s DayPhoto credit: From the President Wilson House website.by Pat HynesWILPF At-large MemberMay 2023The nineteenth century origins of Mother’s Day differ vastly in spirit from celebrations of it in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Mother’s Day was first inspired by two women with diverse but com… Updates
- Cuba Is Not a Terrorist Country!This March 2023 rally in Seattle is part of national monthly rallies calling for changes in US policies toward Cuba. Photo credit: Brenton Brookings, used with permission.by Cindy DomingoCo-chair, Cuba and the Bolivarian Alliance Issues CommitteeMay 2023WILPF’s Cuba and the Bolivarian Alliance Issue… Updates
- Join Us in Supporting the Apartheid-Free Communities PledgeLondon, UK, May 14, 2022: Campaign sign at the End Apartheid - Free Palestine march in protest of 74 years of Nakba. Photo credit: John Gomez/Shutterstock.by Barbara TaftMEPJAC Leadership TeamMay 2023The Middle East Peace and Justice Action Committee (MEPJAC) is proud to announce that our committee … Updates
- A Busy Month for Greater Philadelphia BranchFrom left, Tina Shelton, Sylvia Metzler (both of the Greater Philadelphia Branch), and Tarryn Keleman, librarian at Kensington Library.by Tina Shelton,Chair, Greater Philadelphia BranchMay 2023The Greater Philadelphia Branch is very pleased to share the news that the book about Libby Frank, WILPF me… Updates
- Fresno WILPF World Water Day Event at the San Joaquin RiverLance Canales, left, and Dirk Charley, in front of the San Joaquin River. Both participated in a World Water Day event sponsored by Fresno Earth Democracy. Photos by Jean Hays.by Jean HaysCo-chair, Fresno Branch Earth DemocracyMay 2023Fresno Earth Democracy co-chairs Jean Hays and Kyla Mitchell, wit… Updates
