NEWS-Updates
- What We Can Do Right Now as Disarm Activists Graphic provided by Cherrill Spencer. By Robin Lloyd and Cherrill Spencer DISARM/End Wars Issue Committee April 2020 Dear DISARM activists (and all WILPF members): We hope you are well and staying home. We are all seeking to understand the challenges and opportunities that the coronavirus plague im… Updates
- Keep Pushing for WMDFZ in the Middle EastOpening of UNIDIR’s project “Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone”. From a UN Office of Disarmament Affairs report on October 17, 2019. By Odile Hugonot Haber Co-chair, Middle East Committee April 2020 The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) first endorsed calls for the establishment… Updates
- Board Acts to Increase Outreach, Raise Public Awareness, and Make Future PlansFor many years Robin Lloyd has opened her Rochester, VT, family farm yearly to a gathering of WILPF members where we relax, hear informed talks, and discuss issues of the year. In support of Hibakusha and the 75th anniversary (2020) of the nuclear bombings in Japan, we made a banner and took a pictu… Updates
- Peninsula/Palo Alto Stepping Up Virtual Presence During Crisis Actions like this July 2, 2019, demonstration in Palo Alto to protest immigrant family detention and deportation are halted because of COVID-19, but the branch is stepping up its virtual presence. Photo by Jack Owicki / probonophoto. By Judy Adams Peninsula/Palo Alto Branch April 2020 As the organi… Updates
- Greater Philadelphia Branch Sends Delegation to Brownsville and MatamorosMembers of Team Brownsville-Philly and Team Brownsville prepare to cross the bridge with wagons of food for residents of the tent city. Photo credit: Tina Shelton. By Tina Shelton Co-chair, Greater Philadelphia Branch March 2020 With Judy Elson’s guidance, the Greater Philadelphia Branch learned abo… Updates
- Time to Organize for World Water Day and Earth DayThe colorful Climate Justice Women + Peace banner is 2.5 x 6 feet and can be ordered in time for World Water Day and Earth Day. By Nancy Price Co-chair, Earth Democracy Issue Committee March 2020 Time to spring forward! Make your plans now to celebrate World Water Day on Sunday, March 22, and prepar… Updates
- Earth Democracy Supports New “Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act” Plastic pollution crisis. Garbage sent to Malaysia for recycling is instead dumped in a huge landfill. Credit: Shutterstock.com. By Nancy Price Co-chair, Earth Democracy Issue Committee March 2020 Good news! Federal lawmakers recently introduced the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act. Earth Demo… Updates
- Golden Rule Peace Boat Needs $15,000 More to Get to Japan! Left: Zoe Byrd, Bob Broderick, Bok Dong Yoon, Suzanne Yoon, and Helen Jaccard have all worked hard on the Golden Rule peace boat. At its recent haul out, the crew did a week’s worth of work in four days! Right: Amanda Huntemer had her first sail on Golden Rule from Ala Wai to Ke'ehi. She is one of … Updates
- How WILPF US Will Be Part of CSW64 / Beijing +25 Participants in the 2019 UN Practicum for Advocacy. By Darien De Lu WILPF US President March 2020 In 1995, over 30,000 women from 200 countries gathered in a town near Beijing for the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women during the nongovernmental organizations (NGO) part of the conferen… Updates
- Big Changes and New Partnership for Women, Money & Democracy Committee Graphic by Caitlin Barnes Design. By Marybeth Gardam Chair, Women, Money & Democracy Issue Committee March 2020 The Corporations v Democracy Issue Committee of WILPF US has changed its name and expanded its imperative. The renamed Women, Money & Democracy Committee (W$D) recently formalized a partn… Updates
- Five Key Events in the 75th Year of the BombEllen Barfield, Katherine Flaherty, Ellen Thomas, Sameena Nazir, and Robin Lloyd at 2018 ANA DC Days (photo from Robin’s camera). By Ellen Thomas Co-chair, Disarm/End Wars Issue Committee March 2020 In the February eNews we all were invited to join three important peace conferences in April and May.… Updates
- WILPF’s Grants Task Force Wants Your Strong Projects!By the WILPF US Development Committee March 2020 The hardworking development committee launched an all-volunteer Grants Task Force last year to locate outside funding for strong WILPF projects. Come up with a project that checks all the boxes, and they can help you research funders and apply for a g… Updates
- Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Seals Available By Tura Campanella Cook Past President, Jane Addams Peace Association March 2020 Do you remember the original Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Seals? The original silver and blue book seals listed WILPF as a sponsor of the award. After our two organizations split, this design could no longer be us… Updates
- “It’s not enough to be woke” Calling WILPF to 6-20-20 By Mary Bricker-Jenkins Chair, Poor People’s Campaign Ad Hoc Committee March 2020 “It’s not enough to be woke, we need to rise up!” – Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II Thousands of poor people and advocates from across the country will gather on June 20, 2020 for the Mass Poor Peop… Updates
- WILPF US Issues Iran and the Middle East Statement The Tucson Branch was one of several WILPF US branches whose members participated in January 2020 demonstrations calling for “No War with Iran!” Photo: Deborah Livingston. By Darien De Lu WILPF US President February 2020 As President of WILPF US, I issued this statement – the result of the work of … Updates
- Save the Dates for Pat Elder Tour to 20 California Cities in March July, 2019: Pat Elder addresses PFAS contamination caused by nearby Ramstein Airbase at the Apostle Church in Kaiserslautern, Germany. From Pat Elder, used with permission. By Nancy Price Co-chair, Earth Democracy Issue Committee February 2020 In March, Pat Elder will visit 20 California cities to … Updates
- Join Three Important Peace Conferences in April & May!Puppets from the Bread and Puppet Theater (Glover, VT) joined our rally – Guardians for Peace and Planet – in front of the Burlington International Airport last summer, to prepare for the onslaught of twenty F-35 nuclear-capable jet bombers said to arrive by June 2020. Photo: Robin Lloyd. View more … Updates
- Trial of Venezuelan Embassy Protectors Begins February 11 By Leni Villagomez Reeves Co-chair, Cuba and the Bolivarian Alliance Issue Committee Based on an article in Dissident Voice by Ajamu Baraka and Bahman Azad; thanks to the authors for granting permission to use their material. February 2020 The trial of the Embassy Protectors – the four people who s… Updates
- WILPF Members Join Poor People’s Campaign March in San FranciscoAmong those gathered at San Francisco City Hall for the PPC march on December 11, 2019, were Peninsula/Palo Alto branch member Cherrill S. (left), with Jackie Cabasso of Western States Legal Foundation, and the North American Coordinator of Mayors for Peace, and Betty T. of San Francisco WILPF. By J… Updates
- Greater Philadelphia WILPF to Help Asylum Seekers in Brownsville, TexasA father and child hold a protest sign to demand the closure of detention camps at the U.S.-Mexico border at a July 12, 2019 protest in Philadelphia. Photo: Jana Shea / Shutterstock.com By Judith Elson Greater Philadelphia Branch February 2020 With the help of a WILPF US mini-grant, six members of G… Updates
