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- Committee Updates: Opportunities to join the WILPF US Board; The Women’s Learning Circle; Get Connected to the Advancing Human Rights Issues Subcommittees; Social Media BuzzSeptember 2021NOW IS THE TIME! Board Elections!!!Now is the time to apply for or nominate someone else for an opening in the 2022 WILPF US board! See the elections timeline. The deadlines are October 10 for applications and October 1 for nominations.See the position openings to know what seats are v… Updates
- Decades of WILPF US Racial Justice Work – Part 1By Darien De LuPresident, WILPF USSeptember 2021In WILPF’s past, our racial justice work has addressed both “inner” work – addressing the personal awareness, attitudes, and unconscious biases of WILPF members – and “outer” work – addressing race-related injustices in education, employment, the law, … Updates
- Can you believe we did this! A short overview (videos available).By Mary Hanson HarrisonCongress Coordinator, WILPF USSeptember 2021“Not only were the content and organization of the [Congress] program timely and diverse, but the technology worked brilliantly…all by WILPFers.” —Mary Bricker-Jenkins Poor People’s Campaign leader and long-time WILPF … Updates
- Sept 18th Caring Wages Webinar Boasts Internationally Renowned Feminist Leaders and IconsBy Marybeth GardamWomen, Money & Democracy CommitteeSeptember 2021A CARING WAGE: OUR TIME IS NOW is a webinar on Saturday, September 18th that’s been in the works for nearly a year, but the guest speakers that WILPF’s own Mary Bricker-Jenkins has assembled were worth waiting for.Register HEREIntern… Updates
- Speak out to oppose the corporatization of the UN Food Summit on Thursday, September 23rdBy the Women, Money & Democracy Committee and the Earth Democracy Committee.September 2021The UN Food Systems Summit (UN-FSS) event scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 23rd has been in the works for over a year, and presents itself (falsely) as ‘the peoples food summit’. It’s anything but. It’s wholly o… Updates
- Carolina’s WILPF US Branch BuildingBy George FridaySeptember 2021On August 16th members of newly formed branches in the Carolinas met in Gastonia, NC at the Esquire Hotel restaurant. Co-chairs of Southern Anti-Racism Network (SARN), Theresa El Amin and Chantaye McLaughlin, attended the meeting. SARN covered the cost of lunch for all… Updates
- WILPFers will never forget the dreadful bombings of Hiroshima & NagasakiBy Cherrill SpencerCo-chair of DISARM/End Wars Committee September 2021The Corvallis, Oregon WILPF branch paired up with Veterans For Peace, Chapter 132, Linus Pauling chapter to hold our annual commemoration which featured live traditional Japanese koto music, the reading of a letter written by Ju… Updates
- What’s Up Within International WILPF?By Janet SlagterSeptember 20211. Planning, Planning, Planning!WILPF's Triennial Congress has been delayed a year, until 2022. It will be virtual, held in July, and hosted by Australia. Given time differences between US and Australian time zones, you can expect some sessions to be held during hour… Updates
- MEPJAC Round Table at CongressBy Odile Hugonot Haber Co-chair of MEPJACSeptember 2021Following an introduction to the committee's work, a video message from Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib was played, reflecting her hopes and dreams for peace and reconciliation between the peoples of Israel/Palestine. https://youtu.be/ccNJ1YSe00cThe… Updates
- Building Branches from the Inside and Out InitiativeBy Nikki Abeleda (She/They)Field Facilitator, WILPF USSeptember 2021Five WILPF US Branches: Sacramento, San Diego, Des Moines, Boston, and Philadelphia have been working on the Inside and Out Initiative through the Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) framework. Nikki Abeleda, Field Facilitator … Updates
- Earth Democracy and the Development of Two New Earth Democracy CampaignsBy Nancy Price and Randa SolickSeptember 2021Vandana Shiva inspired us all by saying, “Our power is the power of resistance.” Our work is to create a beautiful peace with each other and the earth, creating our own system for a just world grounded on love for all living things.The panels we review b… Updates
- Breaking with “Normal” Our 2021 WILPF US CongressBy Darien De LuPresident, WILPF USAugust 2021"I’m a real rebel with a cause." – Nina SimoneJoin us Monday, August 9 – Sunday, August 22For a WILPF Congress to continue for nearly two weeks – August 9-22 – yet only a few hours each day, that isn’t normal. But these are not "normal" time… Updates
- Protest Continues Long Struggle for Voting Rights; Join Poor People’s Campaign Congress Sessions August 13From left, Mary Bricker-Jenkins, former WILPF liaison to the Poor People’s Campaign, Maureen Taylor, Chairperson of the Michigan Welfare Rights Organization, and Marian Kramer, President of the National Welfare Rights Union Board;. Those risking arrest at the July 19 protest wore the white sashes.By… Updates
- Sign Up for Public Banking Learning Circle Beginning August 27!Tired of economic mansplaining? Join a six-session learning circle for women about public banking beginning August 27.By Marybeth GardamChair, Women, Money & Democracy CommitteeAugust 2021Get informed and prepared to be an effective advocate right in your own community! Sign up for a PUBLIC BANKING … Updates
- “Uplifting Transgender Women of Color” August 21 Congress Panel With ActivistsAt a WILPF US Congress panel on August 21, learn about some current advocacy efforts on transgender rights and how you can support them.By Nikki AbeledaField Facilitator, WILPF US Inside and Out InitiativeAugust 2021Every day, transgender people face marginalization due to discrimination and violenc… Updates
- The Herculean Task of PFAS Disposal and Remediation: August 9 ZoominarBy Marguerite AdelmanWILPF BurlingtonAugust 2021The Vermont Military Poisons/PFAS Coalition, WILPF Burlington, and the Earth Democracy Committee are holding a Zoom webinar on PFAS Disposal and Remediation on Monday, August 9 at 7:30 pm ET (6:30 pm CT, 5:30 MT, and 4:30 PT). The 90-minute, Zoom webin… Updates
- Can “We”Rise to the Challenge of Our Climate and Earth Emergency?Picture by Nancy Price at Fridays for Climate Action, Davis, CA, in May 2021. By Nancy PriceCo-chair, Earth Democracy Issue CommitteeAugust 2021All recent reports make clear that we have passed a tipping point and entered a new level of climate, water, and food security emergency. We must join toget… Updates
- Congress Roundtable August 21: “How WILPF Can Change U.S. Policy in the Middle East”A mother paints the Palestinian flag on her daughter’s face amid Gaza’s ruins in July 2021. Photo by Sarah Murtaja; used with permission.By Barb TaftCo-chair, Middle East Peace and Justice Action CommitteeAugust 2021On Saturday, August 21, beginning at 3:20 pm PDT / 5:20 pm CDT / 6:20 pm EDT, our pa… Updates
- “Move the Money from War to Peace, Global to Local” Panel at WILPF Congress on August 21A B1-B bomber assigned to the 7th Bomb Wing at Ørland Main Air Station in Norway, March 2021. Photo courtesy of US Air Force.By the DISARM/End Wars Issue CommitteeAugust 2021On Saturday, August 21 at 1:45 pm PDT / 3:45 pm CDT / 4:45 pm EDT the DISARM/End Wars Issue Committee will sponsor a panel “Mo… Updates
- What Is True in Cuba? Join “Lessons from Cuba – Women on the Frontlines Establishing Democracy!” on August 14Kathryn Hall-Trujillo (left), founder of The Birthing Project, and Cindy Domingo (right), co-chair of Cuba and the Bolivarian Alliance for WILPF US, two of the speakers at a Congress panel on August 13.By Cindy DomingoCo-chair, Cuba and the Bolivarian Alliance Issue CommitteeAugust 2021For the past … Updates
