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- California Earth Democracy Spring TourDear California WILPF Branches and Members,Coming out of the Women’s Congress for Future Generations in Moab this past summer, we four WILPF members are enthusiastic about bringing the idea of Guardianship of Future Generations and the Precautionary Principle to all our California members and branch… Updates
- Peace and Prosperity Through Participation?WILPF changes the world by changing lives. Beginning with our own. We all know this to be true and, as president, I know this to be true at both the micro and macro levels. I am continually humbled by WILPF’s past and inspired by its future. Working in the national office alongside Ria, our Direc… Updates
- Make Your Voice Known to the Nuclear Regulatory Commissionby Ellen Thomas, Disarm/End Wars Issue CommitteeDUE JANUARY 2, 2013: PUBLIC COMMENTS TO THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC) REGARDING ITS “WASTE CONFIDENCE RULE.” YOU CAN HELP BY MAKING PUBLIC COMMENTS ON YOUR OWN AND IN SUPPORT OF THE WILPF POSITION ON THIS ISSUE. SEE BELOW FOR DETAILS.BACKGROU… Updates
- BBC Seeking Members to Join in Advocacy WorkThe Building the Beloved Community Issue Committee (BBC) is seeking WILPF members to join in advocacy work on issues embraced in this committee’s mandate. We are planning an organizing conference call in early December.If you are concerned about racial justice issues and the interrelationships betwe… Updates
- Just “Do the Math!” Go Fossil Freeby the Earth Democracy Issue CommitteeBill McKibben and 350.org have launched the Go Fossil Free—Divest From Fossil Fuels Campaign. After a summer of unforgiving drought, unprecedented Arctic melt, and Hurricane Sandy, McKibben is responding to the public’s pent-up desire to challenge the fossil fue… Updates
- Ban Weaponized Drones! Sign the Petition!by the Disarm/End Wars Issue CommitteeBecause drones are the new weapon of warfare, used by the U.S., Britain, and Israel, we are asking WILPF Branches and members to take action against the use of drones in warfare. We propose two actions: Please sign the petition found here. Or you can print cop… Updates
- Join 24 Hours of International Feminist Actions in DecemberOn December 10, 2012, Human Rights Day, the World March of Women (WMW) has called for women around the world to organize a 1-hour action from 12 noon to 1:00 p.m. (your local time) highlighting the values of equality, justice, freedom, solidarity and peace and showing our resistance against militari… Updates
- WILPFers attend “Women’s Congress for Future Generations”We have a beautiful mother Her green lap immense Her Brown embrace eternal Her blue body everything we know. (Alice Walker)In late September, four California members of the Earth Democracy Leadership Team – Jean Hays, Fresno; Randa Solick and Mathilda Rand, Santa Cruz; and Nancy Price, Davis – atten… Updates
- Ring Bells for Peace on November 11Remember the Kellogg-Briand Treaty? On this Armistice Day, November 11, 2012, celebrating the end of World War I, we invite you to join Veterans for Peace and other organizations, endorsed by WILPF Disarm/End Wars Committee, in an action to call for the end of the current wars in Iraq and Afghanista… Updates
- Urgent Call for Signatures on Petition to Secretary of State ClintonBy Isabel Macdonald, WILPF-DC BranchPlease take a moment to sign and share our petition! Change the U.S. UN vote on depleted uranium weapons this fall.We write to draw your attention to the upcoming U.S. vote in this year’s United Nations General Assembly on a fourth resolution regarding the Effects… Updates
- Jane Addams Children’s Book AwardFriday, October 19th at 2:30 PM New York City 777 United Nations Plaza (2nd Floor) on the corner of 44th St. and 1st Ave. Join us for a memorable afternoon of award presentation and responses by authors and illustrators. Come meet and talk with the honored guests, including Award winners Winifred Co… Updates
- Advancing Human Rights Issue Committee Establishes New Working Group on Human TraffickingThe Advancing Human Rights Issue Committee has established a new working group on Human Trafficking. Updates
- Human Right to Water Act in California Needs Governor Brown’s Signature to be LawThe Human Right to Water Act, AB 684, just passed both houses of the California Legislature. It is now on Governor Brown’s desk to sign into state law and policy. To ensure Governor Brown signs AB 685 this month, we invite one last action by California WILPFers. Please print out this petition to … Updates
- A Victory for the Earth and for Future GenerationsBy Jean Hays, Earth Democracy Leadership Team, Fresno, CaliforniaFor a decade, Jesse Morrow Mountain, a predominant foothill at the gateway to the Sierra Mountains and to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks just northwest of Fresno, California, has been the target of the Cemex Corporation, one o… Updates
- 16 Days CampaignThe 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence is an annual global campaign from November 25, International Day Against Violence Against Women, through December 10, International Human Rights Day. The 2012 16 Days Campaign will continue with the global theme, "From Peace in the Home to Peace in the… Updates
- Devil’s Tango ReleasedAward-winning author Cecile Pineda of Berkeley, California, recently released a new book, Devil's Tango: How I Learned the Fukushima Step by Step, published by WingsPress of San Antonio, Texas. Her previous books have earned prestigious prizes.WILPF (through DISARM-End Wars Issue Committee) is helpi… Updates
- Nuclear Free Future MonthBy Carol Urner, DISARM/End Wars Issue Committee August's Nuclear Free Future month opened with WILPF women across the country recommitting themselves to work for a Nuclear Free Future. Send your August NFF news to carol.disarm@gmail.com.Ashland, OR and St. Louis, MO WILPF Branches were both chief sp… Updates
- Keep the Frack Out of My WaterStart now to plan a dynamic community action for September 22. On September 22 - WILPF and Earth Democracy joins the growing coalition in the Global Frackdown Day of Action calling for a global BAN on fracking. Join this growing and powerful people’s movement to ban fracking not just in the U.S., … Updates
