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- Branch Happenings: Burlington, Pittsburgh, & Peninsula/Palo Alto Left: Burlington WILPF members Jean Hopkins, Marguerite Adelman, and Jane Hendley, together with Molly Gray, candidate for Vermont’s Lt. Governor, at an August 26 Women’s Suffrage Centennial event. Photo credit: Robert Ackland. Right: Pittsburgh Branch member Susan Smith at protest to ban nuclear w… Updates
- Join September 20 Webinar Celebrating 60th Anniversary of the Federation of Cuban Women By Cindy Domingo Co-chair, Cuba and the Bolivarian Alliance Issues Committee September 2020 We hope you will join WILPF’s Cuba and the Bolivarian Issues Committee and US Women and Cuba Collaboration in celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC), and our work in solidari… Updates
- Disproportionate Attacks on Gaza: We Must Act! Huge explosion in Gaza. Editorial credit: Gershberg Yuri / Shutterstock.com. By Tura Campanella-Cook, Ellen Rosser, and Odile Hugonot Haber For the Middle East Committee September 2020 The WILPF-US Middle East Committee Gaza Declaration: As our own presidential elections approach, we are anxious… Updates
- Watch 75th Anniversary Webinars You May Have Missed Plus Two More on Sept. 20 & Oct. 22 By Ellen Thomas and Robin Lloyd Co-chairs, Disarm Committee September 2020 As you probably know by now, the Disarm Committee has been having a series of monthly Zoom meeting webinars tied to the 75th anniversaries of the United Nations and of the development and use of nuclear weapons. These are li… Updates
- Not in a Local Branch? Join the Virtual Jane Addams BranchJane Addams (second from left, behind the letter P), with other American peace delegates, on the deck of a ship heading to the International Congress of Women held at The Hague in 1915. George Grantham Bain Collection / Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.September 2020 If any WILPF member would li… Updates
- Save Your August 2021 Weekends for a Special WILPF Event By Darien De Lu President, WILPF US September 2020 In August 2021, WILPFers across the US will share one significant benefit of the pandemic. Yes – for all of their many negatives, these strange, stressful, and isolating times have also offered us a few benefits. If you, in the last few months, hav… Updates
- Many Successful Solidarity Events Held, with More to Come! The peace symbol made with small peace cranes, a display made by Sacramento WILPFer Sabreena Britt. Photo taken by Sabreena Britt and used with her permission. By Cherrill Spencer and Margaret Pecoraro Co-team Coordinators of the Ceasefire/75th Solidarity Event Planning Team September 2020 Nineteen… Updates
- Host “The Laundromat” Watch Party and Build Your Branch Publicity still for the 2019 film The Laundromatdirected by Steven Soderbergh, production companies Netflix and Anonymous Content. By the Women, Money & Democracy Committee. September 2020 How can a VIRTUAL Community MOVIE NIGHT build your branch and actually help reclaim our democracy? WILPF’s W$D… Updates
- Save the Date: Sept. 21 Film Premiere to Inspire Activism September 2020 We Are Many is a documentary tribute to movement building, telling the story behind the 2003 anti-Iraq War protests – the largest demonstration in history – and how this worldwide demonstration inspired the next generation of activists. As peaceful protests continue to erupt across t… Updates
- Committee Updates and Action Items The Advancing Human Rights Committee worked with Development Chair Marybeth Gardam to design this Facebook post for Juneteenth 2020. August 2020 Get Creative & Help Appeal for Online Support! By the WILPF US Development Committee Are you a whiz on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook? Do you enjoy bei… Updates
- Portland Reveals National Problems: From Local to Global, End Militarism!Tear gas from BORTAC and fires at Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse during the 2020 George Floyd protests in Portland, Oregon, 22 July 2020. Photo credit: Tedder. Available for editorial use under Creative Commons license. By Joan GoddardProgram Committee Chair Michael IppolitoWILPF US Memb… Updates
- New Resource Guides Available for Solidarity EventsThe graphic has been made available to all 41 WILPF branches to use on banners, lawn signs, or flyers. The Solidarity Event Planning Team has already customized the graphic for 13 branches with branch name and contact info. and can do so for more branches. Follow the instructions in the July 3rd ema… Updates
- Monterey County Marks 75th Anniversary with Event SeriesThe annual Remembrance and Peace Lantern Ceremony at Lovers Point Cove in Pacific Grove is not safe to hold this year, so Monterey County WILPF and partner organizations are hosting a series of Saturday events and an online community candlelight vigil to mark the 75th Anniversary of the Hiroshima/Na… Updates
- Endless Wars and Sacrifice Zones: How Pipeline Politics Link Oil and DeathThis 1947 map shows the dotted line of a projected pipeline route of TAPLINE. It would eventually terminate in southern Lebanon, following the CIA’s first coup in 1949 overthrowing Syrian president Shukri al-Quwatly, who objected to its routing through Syria. Photo credit: Chelsea Green Publishing,… Updates
- Upcoming 75th Anniversary Timeline Webinars; Watch Past Ones on New YouTube Channel By Ellen Thomas Co-chair, Disarm Committee August 2020 There are now three 75th Anniversary Timeline webinars available on the new WILPF US Disarm Committee YouTube channel: On May 17Martha Hennessey of the Kings Bay Plowshares, her attorney Bill Quigley, and John LaForge of Nukewatch, discussed … Updates
- Pass the Popcorn, Learn About Corporate Fraud & Government Complicity Publicity still for the 2019 film The Laundromatdirected by Steven Soderbergh, production companies: Netflix and Anonymous Content. By Marybeth Gardam Chair, Women, Money & Democracy (W$D) Committee August 2020 The Women, Money & Democracy (W$D) Committee of WILPF US (formerly the Corporations v … Updates
- Important Book to Read Now: Sumiteru Taniguchi’s “The Atomic Bomb on My Back”In this June 30, 2015 photo, Sumiteru Taniguchi, a survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, shows a photo of himself taken in 1945. Taniguchi devoted his life to seeking to abolish nuclear weapons after he was burned severely in the 1945 attack. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, file) By Robin Llo… Updates
- Endorse the US-Cuba-Canada Saving Lives CampaignA Cuban doctor at a consult. Cuba has a free universal access health system which has so far helped keep its COVID-19 case and death numbers low, even though many Cubans struggle with the necessities of daily life due to shortages and scarcities mostly caused by the US blockade of Cuba. Photo by Yoa… Updates
- Let’s Brainstorm Branch Fundraising Ideas By Marguerite Adelman Burlington VT Branch and WILPF US Development Committee August 2020 Unless WILPF branches assess a local membership fee, we know you have very little, if any, monies for your basic needs or special projects. Say you want to buy a banner for your group, rent a room for a large … Updates
- Prepare for Our Virtual Congress with August 20 Virtual Meeting Training! “You did it!” says Hali Hammer, helping you on virtual meetings By Darien De Lu WILPF US President August 2020 It’s time for all of us to get comfortable with virtual connection tools. In August 2021, for the first time, WILPF US will conduct our national Congress virtually! Let’s freshen up our sk… Updates
