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- Build Experience as a Production Assistant for the ONE WILPF Call Team!By ONE WILPF Calls TeamOctober 2021The monthly One WILPF national organizing calls have been giving WILPF members from across the country a chance to connect with one another and WILPF US for nearly six years. Now we’re looking for a volunteer or intern to join our team as a ‘production assistant’ t… Updates
- The Peace Gate “Using a Thousand Paper CranesBy Judy AdamsWILPF Peninsula Palo AltoAs a follow-up to our branch’s installation of 2,080 origami cranes outside Menlo Park’s Art Ventures Gallery for last year’s 75th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki project of our branch, the gallery owner was not technically commissioned by … Updates
- To Prevent War and Militarism Globally, We Must Elect More WomenBy Anne HoibergRetired research psychologistWILPF San DiegoOctober 2021As we acknowledge the 76th year since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we are reminded of former soldier turned conscientious objector Shelley Anderson’s comments about the unimaginable consequences of those bombing… Updates
- Keep Space for Peace Week —Oct. 2-9, 2021Art design by Brandon Marx & Nancy RandolphBy Bruce Gagnon andEllen Thomas, Co-chair, DISARM/ End Wars Issue CommitteeIf you have an event that you would like to share that relates to SPACE and PEACE enter your event details here.A gold rush into space is now underwayThere are tens of thousands of m… Updates
- OCTOBER: A Call to Support the Philippine Human Rights Act (PHRA)By Nikki Abeleda, ASWField Facilitator, Inside & Out InitiativeOctober 2021Filipino-Americans are one of the largest Asian American groups in the United States, and October is Filipino-American History Month (FAHM). FAHM, Filipino American National Historical Society cites that the month should be … Updates
- What We Need to Know About Afghanistan and What’s NextBy Orly Benaroch LightWILPF San DiegoThe September 11 attacks are remembered as a double tragedy. The attacks on that day killed almost 3,000 people, and the wars that followed killed and injured hundreds of thousands more. Our thoughts and prayers for the victims, survivors, and families.After 20 y… Updates
- What’s Up with the Inside & Out Initiative?By Nikki Abeleda, ASWField Facilitator, Inside & Out InitiativeOctober 2021There are three steps of the Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) Framework: (1) Collect Stories, (2) Share your gifts, assets, and strengths, (3) Map the gifts, capacities and assets of individuals, and associations, als… Updates
- Committee Updates: Opportunities to join the WILPF US Board; The Women’s Learning Circle; Get Connected to the Advancing Human Rights Issues Subcommittees; Social Media BuzzSeptember 2021NOW IS THE TIME! Board Elections!!!Now is the time to apply for or nominate someone else for an opening in the 2022 WILPF US board! See the elections timeline. The deadlines are October 10 for applications and October 1 for nominations.See the position openings to know what seats are v… Updates
- Decades of WILPF US Racial Justice Work – Part 1By Darien De LuPresident, WILPF USSeptember 2021In WILPF’s past, our racial justice work has addressed both “inner” work – addressing the personal awareness, attitudes, and unconscious biases of WILPF members – and “outer” work – addressing race-related injustices in education, employment, the law, … Updates
- Can you believe we did this! A short overview (videos available).By Mary Hanson HarrisonCongress Coordinator, WILPF USSeptember 2021“Not only were the content and organization of the [Congress] program timely and diverse, but the technology worked brilliantly…all by WILPFers.” —Mary Bricker-Jenkins Poor People’s Campaign leader and long-time WILPF … Updates
- Sept 18th Caring Wages Webinar Boasts Internationally Renowned Feminist Leaders and IconsBy Marybeth GardamWomen, Money & Democracy CommitteeSeptember 2021A CARING WAGE: OUR TIME IS NOW is a webinar on Saturday, September 18th that’s been in the works for nearly a year, but the guest speakers that WILPF’s own Mary Bricker-Jenkins has assembled were worth waiting for.Register HEREIntern… Updates
- Speak out to oppose the corporatization of the UN Food Summit on Thursday, September 23rdBy the Women, Money & Democracy Committee and the Earth Democracy Committee.September 2021The UN Food Systems Summit (UN-FSS) event scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 23rd has been in the works for over a year, and presents itself (falsely) as ‘the peoples food summit’. It’s anything but. It’s wholly o… Updates
- Carolina’s WILPF US Branch BuildingBy George FridaySeptember 2021On August 16th members of newly formed branches in the Carolinas met in Gastonia, NC at the Esquire Hotel restaurant. Co-chairs of Southern Anti-Racism Network (SARN), Theresa El Amin and Chantaye McLaughlin, attended the meeting. SARN covered the cost of lunch for all… Updates
- WILPFers will never forget the dreadful bombings of Hiroshima & NagasakiBy Cherrill SpencerCo-chair of DISARM/End Wars Committee September 2021The Corvallis, Oregon WILPF branch paired up with Veterans For Peace, Chapter 132, Linus Pauling chapter to hold our annual commemoration which featured live traditional Japanese koto music, the reading of a letter written by Ju… Updates
- What’s Up Within International WILPF?By Janet SlagterSeptember 20211. Planning, Planning, Planning!WILPF's Triennial Congress has been delayed a year, until 2022. It will be virtual, held in July, and hosted by Australia. Given time differences between US and Australian time zones, you can expect some sessions to be held during hour… Updates
- MEPJAC Round Table at CongressBy Odile Hugonot Haber Co-chair of MEPJACSeptember 2021Following an introduction to the committee's work, a video message from Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib was played, reflecting her hopes and dreams for peace and reconciliation between the peoples of Israel/Palestine. https://youtu.be/ccNJ1YSe00cThe… Updates
- Building Branches from the Inside and Out InitiativeBy Nikki Abeleda (She/They)Field Facilitator, WILPF USSeptember 2021Five WILPF US Branches: Sacramento, San Diego, Des Moines, Boston, and Philadelphia have been working on the Inside and Out Initiative through the Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) framework. Nikki Abeleda, Field Facilitator … Updates
- Earth Democracy and the Development of Two New Earth Democracy CampaignsBy Nancy Price and Randa SolickSeptember 2021Vandana Shiva inspired us all by saying, “Our power is the power of resistance.” Our work is to create a beautiful peace with each other and the earth, creating our own system for a just world grounded on love for all living things.The panels we review b… Updates
- Breaking with “Normal” Our 2021 WILPF US CongressBy Darien De LuPresident, WILPF USAugust 2021"I’m a real rebel with a cause." – Nina SimoneJoin us Monday, August 9 – Sunday, August 22For a WILPF Congress to continue for nearly two weeks – August 9-22 – yet only a few hours each day, that isn’t normal. But these are not "normal" time… Updates
- Protest Continues Long Struggle for Voting Rights; Join Poor People’s Campaign Congress Sessions August 13From left, Mary Bricker-Jenkins, former WILPF liaison to the Poor People’s Campaign, Maureen Taylor, Chairperson of the Michigan Welfare Rights Organization, and Marian Kramer, President of the National Welfare Rights Union Board;. Those risking arrest at the July 19 protest wore the white sashes.By… Updates
