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- “Uniting Communities for Environmental Justice: Radioactive Pollution, Deadly in Any Space” Congress Session on August 15Tina Cordova will be one of the speakers at an August 15 panel on nuclear radiation, waste, and testing fallout, and environmental justice efforts led by people suffering from their effects. Photo by Joshua Wheeler, used with permission.By Ellen ThomasCo-chair, DISARM/ End Wars Issue CommitteeAugust… Updates
- “Feminist Foreign Policy: A Path to Peace, Freedom and Justice” with Dr. Patricia Hynes on August 14Traprock Center for Peace and Justice Director Pat Hynes at a local climate action event in Greenfield, MA on April 29, 2017. Photo by Diana Roberts, used with permission.By Nancy PriceCo-chair, Earth Democracy Issue CommitteeAugust 2021On Saturday, August 14 at 2:30 pm PDT / 4:30 CDT / 5:30pm EDT, … Updates
- May Takayanagi Turns 97!From left, WILPF Boston members Nancy Wrenn, May Takayanagi, Joan Ecklein, ‘Libby’ Gerlach, and Pauline Soloman, at a celebration for May’s 97th birthday. Photo by Eileen Kurkoski.By Eileen KurkoskiBoston BranchAugust 2021Thanks to each of us having COVID vaccinations, WILPF Boston members gathered … Updates
- Next Advancing Human Rights Issue Committee Is August 30 “Join Us!By Joan GoddardTemporary AHR CoordinatorAugust 2021The Advancing Human Rights (AHR) committee has had two revitalizing meetings and will meet again on Monday evening, August 30.Write to AHRchair@wilpfus.org to get registration information for that meeting and to be connected with one or more of the … Updates
- Sneak Peek of Weekday Presentations at CongressBy Mary Hanson HarrisonWILPF US 34th Triennial Congress CoordinatorRegister now »»Visit Congress website.July 2021SEEKING SOLUTIONS? You’ve come to the right place! Join our WILPF US CONGRESS for WEEKDAY afternoon/evening Zoom presentations August 9–12 & August 16–19, Mondays-Thursdays starting at 5… Updates
- Cuba Discussion at the July 6 All-WILPF Members Program Committee Meeting“Vacuna Yoa” photo by Yoamaris Neptuno Dominguez, used with permission.By Leni Villagomez ReevesCo-chair, Cuba and the Bolivarian Alliance CommitteeAll WILPF members are cordially invited to join the All-WILPF Members Program Committee Meeting on Zoom, hosted by the Cuba and the Bolivarian Alliance … Updates
- “Golden Rule” Arrives in San Francisco BayThe four crew members of the Golden Rule were greeted with hugs and leis when they arrived at Schoonmaker Point Marina in Sausalito on June 1. Photo by Gerry Condon, used with permission.By Gerry Condon* and WILPF Member Helen JaccardJuly 2021The Golden Rule crew and supporters were greatly relieved… Updates
- Children Die as Things Get Worse in Yemen: Please Act Now!Taiz, Yemen – February, 2021: A girl at a displacement camp in Taiz in southern Yemen. The war in Yemen has led to more than 4 million internally displaced people and caused the deaths of more than 12,000 civilians, 25% of them children. Photo by Akram Alrasny / Shutterstock.com.By Odile Hugonot Hab… Updates
- Making Zoom Work for YOUBy Darien De LuWILPF US PresidentJuly 2021Is that you in the picture – confident in your power to be in charge of your world (well, at least of your online experience)? It can be! Technology is here, whether we like it or not, but we can help each other by becoming more adept with the options each i… Updates
- WILPF Partners with the Poor People’s Campaign to Build America’s Third ReconstructionMembers of the WILPF San Jose branch called on all California representatives to embrace the 3rd Reconstruction Resolution at Representative Zoe Lofgren’s office (CA 19th District). By Dorothy Van SoestWILPF Liaison to the Poor Peoples CampaignWILPF Women, Money & Democracy CommitteeMember, Washingt… Updates
- Responding to Global Nuclear Weapons Spending and Biden’s FY2022 BudgetPresident Biden’s proposed budget for FY2022 has an increase in military spending over 2021. Pie chart courtesy of the National Priorities Project.By Cherrill SpencerCo-chair of the DISARM/END WARS Issue CommitteeJuly 2021The President’s proposed discretionary budget for the next fiscal year, which … Updates
- Don’t Miss “The New Corporation” Film and US July 21 PresentationsBy Rickey Gard DiamondWomen, Money & Democracy Issue CommitteeJuly 2021The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequelalthough released in Canada is 2020 and available on Netflix there, it is only now premiering in the U.S. with a special showing through WILPF US. We’re honored that Women’s … Updates
- Write Letters to Kings Bay Plowshares 7 ActivistsAll of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 were convicted and imprisoned for their nonviolent action at the largest nuclear submarine base in the world on April 4, 2018. Photo from kingsbayplowshares7.org, used with permission.By Randa SolickWILPF Santa CruzJuly 2021Seven Catholic plowshares activists entere… Updates
- Committee Updates: WILPF US Congress Is Bigger and Better; New WILPF Anti-Racism Committee; W$D Public Banking Webinar SeriesJune 2021WILPF US Congress in August Is Bigger and Better!By Mary Hanson HarrisonWILPF US 34th Triennial Congress CoordinatorSave the dates and get excited! We’re going BIGGER and BETTER!!“WOMEN, POWER, and SOCIAL JUSTICE: Building from Strength” is the theme for the 34th WILPF US Triennial Congress… Updates
- Help Protect Palestinian FamiliesPalestinian families whose homes were damaged by Israeli aircraft strikes displaced to a United Nations school in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, on May 17, 2021. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib / Shutterstock.com.By Ellen RosserMiddle East Peace and Justice Action CommitteeJune 2021Let's not forget how the … Updates
- Poor People’s Campaign Launches a Third ReconstructionThe Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival is engaged in “moral fusion organizing” and continuing to build a transformational movement. Participate in upcoming actions on June 7 and June 21!By Dorothy Van SoestWILPF Liaison to the Poor Peoples CampaignWILPF Women, Money & Democrac… Updates
- Three New Branches in the South!; Plus Maine & St. Louis EventsA Tax Day Spring awakening held on the Brunswick, Maine town green was co-sponsored by Maine WILPF.June 2021Three New Branches in the South!By Theresa El-Amin, Fannie Lou Hamer BranchGeorge Friday, Triad North Carolina BranchOn May 22, 2021, new WILPF members in Metro Atlanta and the Triad of North … Updates
- Let’s Raise Our Voices for Human Rights in ColombiaDemonstrations against the economic policies of Colombian President Ivan Duque by citizens in Medellin, Colombia, May 5, 2021. Photo: Wirestock Creators / Shutterstock.com.By Leni Villagomez ReevesCo-chair, Cuba and the Bolivarian Alliance CommitteeJune 2021We are being urged by people of Colombia, … Updates
- Congressional Pressure Necessary to #defund the ICBM Modernization Program and #movethemoney to Peace Programs!Graphics from beyondthebomb.orgused with permission.By Ellen ThomasDISARM Committee Co-chairJune 2021Please join DISARM’s June 2021 Disarm Legislative Action Campaign to move forward two significant pieces of weapons-cutting legislation that are stuck in committees of the 117th Congress. We are aski… Updates
- Join June 30 Meeting to Help WILPF Advance Human Rights!The WILPF US Advancing Human Rights (AHR) Committee is being revived. Bring your interests, ideas, and questions to our June 30 meeting.By Joan Goddard2020 WILPF US Program ChairJune 2021There are so many ways to support human rights! WILPF members interested in United Nations work involving women, … Updates
