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- Maine Flowers on International Women’s Day Photo: WILPF Member Martha Spiess, photographer and filmmaker extraordinaire Due to the snowstorm, Maine WILPF members celebrated International Women’s Day on Friday, March 9, by handing out flowers at the noon hour in Brunswick. Smiles surrounded us as we handed the flowers out—and, surprise, surp… Updates
- Brutality and Instability in Palestine and IsraelPalestinian girl Malak Al-Khateb, 14, is welcomed by family members as she arrives to Beitin village near Ramallah after being released from an Israeli military prison on February 13, 2015. Al-Khateb, accused of throwing stones at Israeli soldiers, was arrested and subjected to interrogation and har… Updates
- Invite Progressives to First Ever Public ONE WILPF Call on March 8! Credit: Feminist Art Project, Rutgers University By the ONE WILPF Call Team On March 8, the next ONE WILPF Call will be open to the general public, and WILPF members are urged to invite friends, neighbors, co-workers, fellow faith community members…or any progressives interested in system changeele… Updates
- Recommend Young People for Scholarship to Attend May ANA Events ANA provided scholarships to over a dozen young people from around the United States to participate in the 2017 DC Days. Credit: www.ananuclear.org/dcdays. WILPF belongs to the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability (ANA)which focuses on education and issues lobbying in DC. Their annual event, called … Updates
- WILPF US Sends Delegation to the 62nd Commission on the Status of WomenMembers of the 2017 delegation to CSW attend a panel event on economic empowerment of women in the General Assembly room at the UN Headquarters in New York City. By Dixie Hairston UN Programs Coordinator and co-faculty for the Practicum in Advocacy WILPF US will be sending a delegation to the 62nd C… Updates
- Partnering with the Poor People’s Campaign Provides Hope The Poor People’s Campaign contingent in this year’s Moral Movement March in Raleigh, NC, led by the Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, co-chair of the campaign. Many Triangle Branch members participated, including Lucy Lewis, who said it was a “Great example of the multi-racial, intersectional, values-based … Updates
- Get Trained, Join Actions: Disarm-End Wars Issues Committee UpdateBy Robin Lloyd, Barbara Nielsen, and Ellen Thomas Disarm-End Wars Committee Michael Ippolito EWNE campaign organizing and capacity-building adviser Join our weekly Twitter calls on Wednesdays and invite everyone you know! We are promoting our national petition to the POTUS and US Senate to ratify th… Updates
- Monterey County Branch News and Goodbye to Darby Moss Worth Darby Moss Worth By Joyce Vandevere Co-chair, Monterey County Branch In January, we presented Brother Outsiderthe life story of pacifist Bayard Rustin. Other January/February events included “The Korean Struggle for Peace” with Christine Hong leading the discussion, a documentary about Paul Robeso… Updates
- Racial Justice Working Group of the AHR Issues Committee: Join Us! By Courteney Leinonen (Greater Philadelphia Branch) Convener, Racial Justice Working Group of the AHR Issues Committee The Racial Justice Working Group of the Advancing Human Rights Issues Committee, moving us forward from the energizing, informative, thoughtful, and overflow-attendance workshop he… Updates
- Development/Fundraising Experience Needed for Exciting New Project By Marybeth Gardam Development Chair You’ve got experience we can use… In community organizing, fundraising for nonprofits, connecting progressives, and working on strategies for expanding your branch or your project. Contact us to help with an exciting new project at WILPF US. Development Chair Ma… Updates
- Pittsburgh Branch Holds FundraiserBy Edith BellCoordinator, Pittsburgh branchThe Pittsburgh branch had a successful and fun fundraiser. The Unitarian Universalist Church of the South Hills (Sunnyhill), one of the progressive UU churches in our area, invited our Raging Grannies to participate in their Sunday service on February 11, 2… Updates
- Program Committee’s Call Series: Calling Each Branch to Send a Representative! By Chairs Teresa Castillo (Fresno branch) and Barbara I. Nielsen (San Francisco branch) Program Committee Chairs We are seeking a representative from as many branches and groups as possible to join our Program Committee monthly call series. The national Program Committee’s 2018 meeting series is on… Updates
- Monthly Advancing Human Rights Issues Committee Calls: Please Join Us! By Barbara L Nielsen Co-chair, Advancing Human Rights Issues Committee We learned much from members at the human rights umbrella workshop at the Chicago Triennial Congress last summer. We are working on and interested in a wide range of intersecting issues including, but not limited to: reproducti… Updates
- Nothing Less Than a Call for a National Moral Revival: Join Feb. 8 ONE WILPF Call By the ONE WILPF Call Team On our February 8 ONE WILPF CallCiara Taylor of the Poor People’s Campaign will discuss how WILPF members and branches can connect with this ally organization and engage in meaningful contributions to their planned MAY DAYS OF ACTION from Mother’s Day through Summer Solst… Updates
- Trump Administration Withholds $65 Million in Aid to United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Palestinian refugees receive aid at a United Nations food distribution center in al-Shari refugee camp in Gaza city on January 18, 2018. Photo: Ashram Amra/APA Images. By Genie Silver, Middle East Committee On January 16, 2018, the Trump Administration announced that it was withholding $65 million … Updates
- Branches Represent WILPF in Women’s Marches By ONE WILPF Call Team Members WILPF members organized quickly after the Thursday, January 11 ONE WILPF Call where it was decided that WILPF branches would have a WILPF US presence at the January 20th Second Annual Women’s Marches being planned around the country. Quick action and organizing brough… Updates
- Earth Democracy: Our Bold Agenda for the State of the Union A lunch group of WILPF members who attended the historic “Closing U.S. Military and NATO Bases in Foreign Countries” conference held in Baltimore on January 12-14, 2018. Front row: Alan Shorb and Nuri Ronaghy, Ojai, CA. Back row: Jeanne Sears, Baltimore; Dianne Blais, Virginia; Nancy Price, Sacrame… Updates
- Golden Rule Project Manager Tours Japan By Helen Jaccard Disarm/End Wars Issues Committee of WILPF, Veterans for Peace Golden Rule Project Manager The Golden Rule peace boat will be in Japan during July and August 2020 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I toured Japan Dec 2-21, 2017, i… Updates
- Disarm-End Wars Working Group and Events Ellen Thomas tabling at the “Closing U.S. Military and NATO Bases in Foreign Countries” conference held in Baltimore on January 12-14, 2018. Photo: Nancy Price. By Disarm-End Wars Committee co-chairs Robin Lloyd, Barbara Nielsen, and Ellen Thomas, and EWNE campaign organizing and capacity-building … Updates
- Burlington Campaign Against F-35 Siting Succeeds! Robin Lloyd reports from Burlington, VT, “Hurrah! We won the right to have our F-35 ballot item put on the ballot in March! And we made the cover of the Burlington Free Press! (that’s me with the pink hat in the foreground). I’m proud of our signage: we lettered both sides of our posters, leading t… Updates
