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- Detroit Kitchen Table Talk & Action Series on ZoomMarching up Market Street in San Francisco on May Day (also known as International Workers Day), May 1, 2021. Photo credit: Shutterstock.by Judith SheltonDetroit BranchMarch 2023The Detroit Branch continued its ongoing “Kitchen Table Talk & Action” series on January 26, 2023. Longtime member Sherry … Updates
- NYC area WILPFers Come Meet Our CSW67 Delegation on March 9!by Shilpa Pandey and Jan CondermanCommission on the Status of Women (CSW) Coordinators —WILPF USMarch 2023Now that the annual United Nations CSW (Commission on the Status of Women) programs are once again in-person, WILPF US is glad to be resuming our two special CSW programs, Local to Global (for W… Updates
- WILPF Supports the International Decade for People of African Descent and You Can Help!A slave fort in Ghana overlooks residents and their fishing boats. Photo by Darien De Lu. During the WILPF International Congress 2022, held in Brisbane (Australia) and online, WILPF adopted a resolution on supporting the International Decade for People of African Descent. Learn how you can support… Updates
- WILPF Members Celebrate the Second Anniversary of the Nuclear Ban Treaty Entering into ForceA group of peace activists visited the White House on January 22, 2023, to deliver a letter to President Biden regarding the TPNW. WILPFer Vicki Elson is the woman on the right-hand side in the front row with the blue hat. Photo credit: Photo taken by Timmon Wallis and used with his permission.by Ch… Updates
- The Future in Our Pockets: Making Money Work for the Common Good Join this Zoom Webinar on Thursday, February 23by Marybeth Gardam and Mary SandersonWomen, Money & Democracy CommitteeFebruary 2023Save the date and join the upcoming Zoom webinar cosponsored by the WILPF US Women, Money & Democracy (W$D) Committee and our ally Alliance for Just Money.THE FUTURE IN OUR POCKETS: Making Money Work for the Common … Updates
- Free Money for Branch Projects! Apply now!by Ellen SchwartzWILPF US Mini-grant CommitteeFebruary 2023WILPFers, did you know that your branch can apply for a grant of $250-$2500 to carry out a project? Our aim is to build WILPF programs starting at the branch level. We have provided funding for webinars, plays, lectures, conferences, study g… Updates
- World Water Day 2023: Accelerating Change to Meet SDGs by 2030by Jan Cordeman, Lib Hutchby, and Nancy PriceEarth Democracy CommitteeFebruary 2023This year, the United Nations combined World Water Day (March 22nd) with World Toilet Day (November 19th) under the theme Accelerating Change to speed up achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6 – safely managed clean… Updates
- Accelerating Change in Iowa and NC: Fighting Factory Farms and Getting the “Scoop on the Poop”by Jan Cordeman, Lib Hutchby, and Nancy PriceEarth Democracy CommitteeFebruary 2023WILPFers in Iowa and North Carolina are showing us how to “accelerate change” on the local level, working with allies toward a moratorium on factory farms and exposing the environmental racism of CAFOs.For decades, sm… Updates
- WILPF Board Budget Builds Bridges to the Future with BequestsIn Ghana, a WILPF member directs her attention forward.by Darien De LuWILPF US PresidentFebruary 2023Here we are, in a new year, but still here we see the global and national problems that both preceded and grew in extent in 2022. Looming ahead is the 2024 election year. So what is WILPF going to do… Updates
- Women in Nicaragua TripPicture of our Brigade with six members of Las Dioses Co-op (works closely with La Fondacion Entre Mujeres (FEM), or Foundation between Women). I’m in the back row, third from right.by Dianne BlaisWILPF US SecretaryConvener, Jane Addams BranchFebruary 2023I was one of 22 women who traveled in Nicara… Updates
- New One WILPF Call Format, Calendar, and Feedback SurveyBy Ashley Carrington and Marybeth GardamOne WILPF Call TeamFebruary 2023Our One WILPF Calls for 2023 are now quarterly. Our format is shifting a bit, and we’re asking for your feedback in a short survey.Starting with our January 12th call, we’ve shifted to a quarterly pattern for these calls. Since… Updates
- Greater Philadelphia Branch Continues Anti-racism and No Nukes WorkMembers of the North-West Green Party of Philadelphia with the Divest Philly from the War Machine Banner standing at the Federal Courthouse on January 22.by Tina SheltonMember, Greater Philadelphia BranchFebruary 2023Greater Philadelphia Branch continues its anti-racism work through a bimonthly Roun… Updates
- Announcements & Updates: Feb. 7 Facebook Training and Feb. 13 Galentines Day Zoom PartyFebruary 2023Feb. 7 Facebook Training for Experienced Participantsby Darien De LuWILPF US PresidentWILPF counts on our members to help with the social media (SM) posts needed for WILPF outreach and publicity, and Facebook is, currently, the SM platform most widely used by WILPFers.On Tuesday, Februa… Updates
- Help Get Cuba off the US list of State Sponsors of TerrorismYou can help share the facts through supporting resolutions, so that people in the U.S. know the truth about Cuba. Help pass resolutions in your community. Initially designed for city councils, resolutions are also applicable to organizations — unions, churches, others — to show what is in fact true… Updates
- Critique of the Israeli Government’s Actions Toward Palestinians Is Not Hatred Toward JewsA group of tour guides in their national dress pose in front of the Knotted Gun sculpture at UN Headquarters in NYC. Photo credit: UN Photo/Andrea Brizzi, from the United Nations Facebook page.by Genie Silver, Jan Corderman, Louise Lisi, & Tura Campanella CookMiddle East Peace & Justice Action Commi… Updates
- Announcements & Updates: 2023 “Gathering” Approved; Join WILPF SMART; Jane Addams Branch Is WILPF’s Virtual BranchJanuary 2023Virtual “Gathering” Approved for Summer 2023by Dianne Blais WILPF US Gathering ChairThe WILPF US Board recently approved a virtual “Gathering” for 2023. To avoid possible confusion, we don’t use the word “Congress” since the Bylaws have special provisions pertaining to WILPF Congresse… Updates
- The Commission on the Status of Women Forum Is Coming Up Soon!WILPF CSW Forum Participants enjoy the evening together in 2019, the last year meetings were held in person.By Jan CordermanCo-coordinator of WILPF’s CSW ProgramsJanuary 2023The UN Commission on the Status of Women will hold its 67th session March 6-17, 2023, with the priority theme: “Innovation and… Updates
- Jim Allison Turns 90: WILPF US Proclaims January 21st a Day of Pro-Democracy Action in His HonorJim and Tomi Allison at an Inaugurate the Revolution event in January 2017. Photo credit: Limestone Postby Marybeth GardamChair, W$D CommitteeJanuary 2023Shortly before Jim Allison’s 90th Birthday on December 23, 2022, he agreed to an interview over Zoom with Marybeth Gardam, Chair of the Women, Mon… Updates
- Planning for an In-Person WILPF Congress in 20242017 Chicago Congress Leadership Institute participants and presenters.By Darien De LuWILPF US PresidentJanuary 2023About three years ago, as WILPF President, I was working with the national Congress Committee, looking for appropriate venues for our 2020 Congress. Then the COVID pandemic began, and … Updates
- Something to CELEBRATE: Second Anniversary of TPNW’s Entry Into ForceThis image was provided by the Nuclear Ban Treaty Collaborative of which WILPF US is a member.by Cherrill Spencer and Ellen ThomasCo-chairs, DISARM CommitteeJanuary 2023It feels like we don’t have much to celebrate lately so the DISARM Committee invites all WILPFers to get out on their favorite dem… Updates
