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- TPNW First Anniversary CelebrationsClick here to view slide show of photos of WILPF members across the country celebrating the first anniversary of the entry into force of the TPNW.By Ellen ThomasDisarm/End Wars Co-ChairsFebruary 2022On the weekend of January 22, 2022, WILPF members gathered around the country to celebrate the first … Updates
- National Call: Protest U.S. Enabled Blockade of YemenBy Odile Hugonot HaberCo-chair, Middle East committee of WILPF USFebruary 2022We call on people around the country to protest the war on Yemen and demand their members of Congress pass a Yemen War Powers Resolution.Since March 2015, the Saudi/UAE-led bombing and blockade of Yemen have killed tens of… Updates
- Committee UpdatesJoan Patchen Fund Grant; WILPF Humboldt Branch Report; Poor Peoples Campaign: A Call for Moral Revival; W$D Zoom Meetings; Get Involved: No Killer Drone Group; TNPW First Anniversary; Protest U.S. Enabled Blockade of YemenJoan Patchen Fund GrantJoan Patchen served in many capacities and inspired man… Updates
- Poor Peoples Campaign: A National Call for Moral RevivalBy Emily KeelPoor Peoples CampaignFebruary 2022Greetings friends! I am happy to join Rev. Rowan Fairgrove as we prepare you in our national organization to participate in a momentous opportunity to carry the mantle for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr forward. Our WILPF branches have voted to support and … Updates
- Fannie Lou Hamer Banch Readies for One Year AnniversaryBy Theresa El-AminBlack Liberation Caucus Committee, WILPFFebruary 2022 The Fannie Lou Hamer Branch in Columbus, Georgia, started with 8 (eight) gift memberships from the Southern Anti-Racism Network. Roy Bourgeois, Founder of SOA Watch, joined at the invitation of Fannie Lou Hamer Branch Organiz… Updates
- A Celebration of Life: Joan Patchen FundBy Elenita MunizWILPF Cape CodFebruary 2022"Racial Reckoning," a program of three short plays, two by WILPF member Candace Perry, was presented recently by Wellfleet Preservation Hall. The virtual program was sponsored in part by a grant from the Joan Patchen Fund, established in memory of a long-ti… Updates
- Flipping The Switch On A Sexist, Racist EconomyThe Women, Money, & Democracy Committee Re-Envisions ItselfBy Marybeth GardamWomen, Money, and Democracy CommitteeFebruary 2022On January 29, the Women, Money & Democracy held its second Committee Planning Retreat.The members have committed to doing their economic justice work through gender equity … Updates
- Two WILPF US SOLIDARITY ACTIONS Chosen for 2022Standing together on ONE DAY, with ONE MESSAGE, as ONE WILPFBy Marybeth GardamWomen, Money, & Democracy CommitteeFebruary 2022Twenty-one Branches and sixteen members of WILPF US voted in support of two different Solidarity Actions to take together in 2022. The votes were collected through a google b… Updates
- Water Is LifeMarguerite Adelman and Pat Elder taking a water sample at Camp Ethan Allen Training Site, Jericho, VT. Photo by Bob AdelmanBy Barbara WestWILPF Maine and Pat Elder, Military Poison ProjectWILPF US Documents Military Poisons in Maine’s WatersTesting in the Androscoggin RiverThanks to the generous fin… Updates
- COVID-19: You, the US, Cuba, and the WorldBy Leni Villagomez ReevesCo-chair, Cuba and the Bolivarian Alliance Issue CommitteeFebruary 2022Some obvious truths:Vaccinated people can still get COVID-19 infection, especially with the currently circulating omicron strain.Vaccinated people are less likely to have severe diseases and less likely t… Updates
- Committee Updates: Human Rights Conference; Let’s Talk!; Building Bridges; WILPF US Needs YouDecember 2021Let’s Talk: Share About WILPF USStart the new year right! Let’s talk on Tuesday, January, 4 2022! You’re invited to join the WILPF President, Darien De Lu, to ask and share about WILPF US. The monthly Before and After Meetings take place a half-hour before and in the half-hour following… Updates
- Which Side Are We On? A TIME FOR ACTIONDianne Blais, in Washington DC at the PPC march & rally on November 15By Dorothy Van SoestWILPF Liaison to the Poor People’s Campaign (PPC)December 2021A Call to Moral Revival Into Real ActionThe first person I met was Sister Carol Gilbert. I had read about her and Ardeth Platte and their anti-nucle… Updates
- Decades of WILPF US Racial Justice Work, Part 3: Truth and Reconciliation, Building the Beloved Community, and the UFORJE CampaignsFormer Board members Paij Wadley-Bailey and Pat O’Brien. Photo by Robin Lloyd, used with permissionBy Darien De Lu PresidentDecember 2021Racial Justice Work: Understanding and AwarenessWILPF’s work on racial justice issues has continued through the decades. Here, in part 3, I focus on about 1996 to … Updates
- Earth DemocracyBy Nancy PriceDecember 2021Women Mobilizing for Climate Justice, Gender Equality and Feminist Peace!Here’s your opportunity to hear the inspiring first-hand reports from WILPF International and CODEPINK women who attended the United Nations Conference of Parties (COP26) — Climate Summit, Glasgow, Sc… Updates
- First Anniversary of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) Entry Into Force is Coming Up!Wisconsin Chase Tower, #STILL HERE CoalitionBy Ellen Thomas, Cherrill Spencer, and Robin LloydDisarm/End Wars Co-ChairsDecember 2021What are you planning?Saturday, January 22, 2022, is the first anniversary of the Entry Into Force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). A number … Updates
- Community Immunity: COVID-19 Vaccines in CubaBy Leni Villagomez ReevesCo-chair, Cuba and the Bolivarian Alliance Issue CommitteeDecember 2021Cuba is vaccinating with Cuban vaccines - and it’s working.Cuba is vaccinating faster than any other country in the world, in terms of percentage population per day. Currently, almost 100% of vaccine-elig… Updates
- Mobilizing to Demonstrate Against War in YemenBy Odile Hugonot HaberCo-chair, Middle East committee of WILPF USDecember 2021January 25, 2021, over 230 organizations in the U.S. and throughout the world mobilized to demonstrate against the war in Yemen: “The World Says No to the War in Yemen.” When President Biden took office, he said he would e… Updates
- Committee Updates & More: Congress Survey Analysis; Poor People’s Campaign; WILPF US Racial Justice; Inside & OutNovember 2021The BIG BOLD CONGRESS 2021 Survey of Registrants THANK YOU ALL – with an encouraging 34% return rate – for taking the time to answer our three questions with clarity and sensitivity! Bravo!1a: Was the structure (Zoom) and design of the Congress effective for you? Participants answered… Updates
- Seasonal Perspectives: Indigenous Wisdom, Activism, and RitualBy Marybeth GardamNovember 2021ONE WILPF Call - 7 PM EST / 6 PM Central / 4 PM PST During Indigenous Peoples Month, this One WILPF Zoom will tie indigenous wisdom, activism and ritual to a comparison of Thanksgiving, and will offer information about new legal rights of nature suit in Minnesota again… Updates
- First Annual Fannie Lou Hamer Human Rights ConferenceBy George FridayNovember 2021SAVE THE DATE: Sat., December 11, 10am–2pm Pacific, 1pm–5pm EasternFannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) is a prominent leader for the Civil Rights Movement, women’s rights, and American voting. She was also a community organizer, activist, and challenged the definition of libera… Updates
