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- Climate Strikes have resumed in Des MoinesBy Jan CordermanNovember 2021 When 13 year old Lilly Hill announced she was planning to continue the Climate Strike after a long break due to COVID19, WILPF Des Moines Branch members let her know they’d be beside her. Lilly called for a rally at the State Capitol on Wednesday, October 27, stating:"T… Updates
- Women, Money & Democracy Committee Engages New Members & Plans Retreat for Future StrategiesBy Marybeth GardamNovember 2021While recruiting new members, forging new collaborations and doing remarkable outreach, W$D Committee will be doing strategic planning for the next 2-5 years at a half day planning retreat on Sunday, Nov. 14th (9am-noon pacific/noon-3pm eastern/11am-2pm central). All … Updates
- Earth DemocracyBy Nancy PriceNovember 2021Climate justice is about recognizing theinterconnectedness of our strugglesCOP 26 – The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference is the last chance for countries to commit to serious action by 2030 to head off catastrophic climate breakdown and disastrous consequences… Updates
- Unity DayBy Elenita MunizNovember 2021The Cape Cod branch took part in the fifth annual Unity Day on the town Green in Hyannis, MA on August 6th. Because this was also the anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing, we combined the two events.Dressed in white, we hung our banners from a beautiful old tree, plante… Updates
- Saying Their Names is Not Enough: Honoring the Transgender CommunityBy Nikki AbeledaField Facilitator, Inside & Out InitiativeNovember 2021November is an important month for making the Transgender community more visible. November 13th to 19th is Transgender Awareness Week followed by Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) on November 20th.During Transgender Awareness… Updates
- Paving the Way for Women’s Inclusion in Palestinian and Israeli PeacebuildingBy Orly Benaroch LightWILPF San DiegoNovember 2021Women have consistently been leaders in the process to bring peace to the Middle East. The exclusion of women from the political arena, heavily populated by military men, has empowered women and contributed to a different outlook on the central probl… Updates
- Baring My ChestBy Sylvia MetzlerWILPF PhiladelphiaNovember 2021“Life holds potential meaning under any conditions, even the most miserable ones.” —Dr. Viktor FranklPerhaps I was dreaming about it, or somewhere it played in my subconscious, but all I can tell you is that I woke up shivering. It was two days … Updates
- Kidnapped Diplomat Alex Saab Brought to the US to Stand Trial for Buying Food for VenezuelaBy Leni Villagomez ReevesNovember 2021Who is Alex Saab?Alex Saab is a Venezuelan diplomat who was en route from Caracas to Tehran on June 12, 2020, when his plane was diverted to Cabo Verde, a small island nation off the coast of West Africa, for refueling. He was removed by force by the Cabo Verde … Updates
- Eyes On Pentagon, Warming & COP26Photo credit: Charlotte Otto (Airshow Protest in Brunswick 3 weeks ago)By Christine DeTroy and M. Spiess.November 2021All eyes turn to Glasgow this fall- to the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (the COP26 summit)- arriving only months after a United Nations report by the Intergovernmen… Updates
- Committee Updates: Board Elections; Join the AHR; Before/After Conversations; Social Media Committees Needs You!October 2021Before/AfterCall in on Tuesday, October 5, for informal conversation! Once again I welcome you to the continuing and less formal Before/After conversations. Join me in the half-hour prior to and after the Program Committee meeting:Before – 7:30-8 pm EDT / 6:30-7 CDT/ 5:30-6 MDT / 4:30-5… Updates
- WILPF US Racial Justice Work Part 2: Looking Out, Looking InBy Darien De LuPresidentOctober 2021Inner and Outer WorkThese two areas of work, inner and outer, share broad goals; but the individual objectives along the way to those goals will differ. With inner work, we’re speaking to sympathetic WILPF members, with whom we share community. Our strategies for … Updates
- De-escalation Starts With UsBy Anne BarronWILPF San Diego October 2021What would the world look like if our taxes were spent on human services instead of war?Last month marked a terrible benchmark in the U.S. war. Seventy-six years ago, the U.S. dropped two annihilating atomic bombs on the Japanese people. Japan had been an ag… Updates
- Earth Democracy By Nancy PriceOctober 2021October is the month to continue mobilizing for System Change Not Climate Change! Plan to join climate marches, demonstrations, rallies and #FridaysForFutures. Together, we must all loudly and clearly call out for climate justice for people and the planet.As Guardians for … Updates
- Build Experience as a Production Assistant for the ONE WILPF Call Team!By ONE WILPF Calls TeamOctober 2021The monthly One WILPF national organizing calls have been giving WILPF members from across the country a chance to connect with one another and WILPF US for nearly six years. Now we’re looking for a volunteer or intern to join our team as a ‘production assistant’ t… Updates
- The Peace Gate “Using a Thousand Paper CranesBy Judy AdamsWILPF Peninsula Palo AltoAs a follow-up to our branch’s installation of 2,080 origami cranes outside Menlo Park’s Art Ventures Gallery for last year’s 75th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki project of our branch, the gallery owner was not technically commissioned by … Updates
- To Prevent War and Militarism Globally, We Must Elect More WomenBy Anne HoibergRetired research psychologistWILPF San DiegoOctober 2021As we acknowledge the 76th year since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we are reminded of former soldier turned conscientious objector Shelley Anderson’s comments about the unimaginable consequences of those bombing… Updates
- Keep Space for Peace Week —Oct. 2-9, 2021Art design by Brandon Marx & Nancy RandolphBy Bruce Gagnon andEllen Thomas, Co-chair, DISARM/ End Wars Issue CommitteeIf you have an event that you would like to share that relates to SPACE and PEACE enter your event details here.A gold rush into space is now underwayThere are tens of thousands of m… Updates
- OCTOBER: A Call to Support the Philippine Human Rights Act (PHRA)By Nikki Abeleda, ASWField Facilitator, Inside & Out InitiativeOctober 2021Filipino-Americans are one of the largest Asian American groups in the United States, and October is Filipino-American History Month (FAHM). FAHM, Filipino American National Historical Society cites that the month should be … Updates
- What We Need to Know About Afghanistan and What’s NextBy Orly Benaroch LightWILPF San DiegoThe September 11 attacks are remembered as a double tragedy. The attacks on that day killed almost 3,000 people, and the wars that followed killed and injured hundreds of thousands more. Our thoughts and prayers for the victims, survivors, and families.After 20 y… Updates
- What’s Up with the Inside & Out Initiative?By Nikki Abeleda, ASWField Facilitator, Inside & Out InitiativeOctober 2021There are three steps of the Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) Framework: (1) Collect Stories, (2) Share your gifts, assets, and strengths, (3) Map the gifts, capacities and assets of individuals, and associations, als… Updates
