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- 94-Year-old WILPFer Arrested at Livermore Lab on August 6Sacramento WILPF member Esther Franklin before her arrest at the August 6, 2019, protest at Livermore Lab. Photo by Francisco Dominguez. By Ellen Schwartz Sacramento WILPF On August 6, 2019, 94-year-old Sacramento WILPF member Esther Franklin joined 200 Bay Area peace and justice advocates, cappin… Updates
- We’re Moving into Social Media! By Darien De Lu WILFP US President How comfortable are you with social media? As a hundred-plus-year-old organization, WILPF may not be an obvious candidate to become a force in social media; after all, quite a few of us are more familiar with mimeograph machines and typewriters than Bluetooth and … Updates
- Gaza Will Be Unlivable by 2020Palestinian children hold candles as they sit on the rubble of a house destroyed during Israeli airstrikes in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 7, 2019. Photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib / Shutterstock.com. By Ellen Rosser WILPF US Middle East Committee The situation in Gaza is almost unlivable.… Updates
- WILPF Des Moines Makes the Case for a Debate on the Climate Crisis Photo credit: Alan McDonell. Used with permission. By Linda Lemons WILPF Des Moines Leadership Team As the nation, Iowans, and WILPF Des Moines are getting organized for our first in the nation presidential caucus, WILPF Des Moines members are supporting each other as we each advance our WILPF Tal… Updates
- Peninsula/Palo Alto Branch Organizes Large MoveOn Demonstration on July 2At a July 2 MoveOn demonstration in Palo Alto, Judy Adams spoke about the inhumane conditions at immigration detention camps and about WILPF’s involvement in peace and justice issues. Photo by Jack Owicki. By Judy Adams Peninsula/Palo Alto Branch I have been organizing small (5-15 participants) week… Updates
- International Peace Women Call for Breakthrough in Korea From the “Who We Are” section of Women Cross DMZ’s website. By Odile Hugonot Haber In March this year, leaders of WILPF US and Women Cross DMZ (demilitarized zone) had the opportunity to learn much more about each other at the Women's Peace Initiativesponsored by WILPF US’s fiscal sponsor, the Peac… Updates
- Corvallis WILPF Hosts 38th Hiroshima/ Nagasaki Never Again MemorialBart Bolger from VFP took this picture on August 7 at the Van Buren Street Bridge in Corvallis, OR, at the end of the Hiroshima/Nagasaki Never Again vigil. By Maegan Prentice Corvallis WILPF On August 7, 2019, Corvallis (OR) WILPF, along with Corvallis Veterans for Peace (VFP), hosted the 38th Hiros… Updates
- Greeley Branch Celebrates Women’s Suffrage AnniversaryGreeley (CO) Branch members are ready to hand out WILPF information at a local grocery store on August 26, Women’s Equality Day. By Dianne Culver Membership and Treasurer, Greeley Colorado Branch Colorado is considered a “purple” State, perhaps trending blue in the future. But Weld County, a very co… Updates
- WILPF’s Rose Mellman Daitsman Rose Daitsman, a pioneering educator and human rights activist, passed away in late July in Milwaukee WI. Described as a “force of nature,” Ms. Daitsman’s indefatigable energy and strong sense of justice and equity led her to advocate for, and create, social change in an array of fields throughout … Updates
- Poor People’s Moral Action Congress Launches “Moral Budget” Balcony banners at the Poor People’s Moral Action Congress in Washington, DC, held June 17-19, 2019. Photo: Rowan Fairgrove. By Rowan Fairgrove WILPF San Jose Poverty in the United States is no small issue. 140 million people—more than 43 percent of the population—are poor or low-income, meaning on… Updates
- WILPF Work Focuses on Effectiveness for Electoral Issues Women voters in Fairfax County, Virginia, at the polls during the 2008 presidential election. Photo: Rob Crandall / Shutterstock.com. By Darien De Lu WILPF US President The 2020 elections are too important for WILPF not to play an influential role! National WILPF leaders are already preparing in mu… Updates
- WILPF US Joins Amicus Brief for Landmark Youth Climate Justice Lawsuit Photo Credit: Robin Loznak / Our Children's Trust. Used with permission By Nancy Price Earth Democracy The catastrophic and unprecedented heat wave in Europe in late June is leading climate scientists to stress that we are, as they say, at the beginning of a “new normal”—by which they mean a phase … Updates
- Help Create Solidarity with Japan WILPF and Atomic Survivors for Hiroshima Day Still from the skit “Dr. Disarmament” performed at the 2018 Burlington, VT, commemoration of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings. Credit: Greg Guma, Youtube. Used with permission. By Robin Lloyd Co-Chair, Disarm/End Wars Committee It’s summer; time to get outside, swim, have fun ... and reme… Updates
- Genie Silver Receives Peace and Justice Dove Award From left: Sylvia Metzler, Tina Shelton, Genie Silver, Michael Silver, and Dan Silver. Photo by Ana Santoyo, used with permission. By Tina Shelton Co-Chair, Greater Philadelphia Branch The Greater Philadelphia Branch presented Genie Silver, a WILPF member since 1973, with its 2019 Peace and Justice… Updates
- Love the Dove Match Extended Through Mid-August but Don’t Wait to Contribute! By Marybeth Gardam WILPF US Development Committee If you’ve already donated to the WILPF US Spring Appeal, thank you! Your gift will be matched (up to $25,000) by two generous donors. And now our donors have allowed us to EXTEND the length of the match through August 15th! Your gift to WILPF will g… Updates
- San Francisco/East Bay Branches Help Form “Before Enlisting” Group Effie Dilworth, left, and Sandy Thacker, right, tabling at a local high school with a poster titled “Ten Points to Consider Before You Sign a Military Enlistment Agreement.” On the table is a wheel for the kids to spin with possible non-military careers to consider. By Sandy Thacker Membership Chai… Updates
- New Member Drive: Branches Can Help! Working together—winning together! Photo by Jan Corderman. By Shilpa Pandey Chair, Membership Development Committee We know that our chances of success are better when we answer these questions together. That’s why the Membership Development Committee is putting together a plan for a WILPF–Wide N… Updates
- Celebrating 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage Women’s suffrage envoys from many states brought petitions to Congress on May 9, 1914. Five thousand women massed on and about the east steps of the Capitol singing Ethel Smyth’s “Hymn of the Women.” By Susan Smith Pittsburgh WILPF City of Pittsburgh Mayor William Peduto held an event to celebrate… Updates
- Threats of War with Iran Continue: Act Now! By the WILPF US Middle East Committee US military confrontation with Iran, leading to war, continues to be a serious threat. On Friday, June 28, the Senate rejected a bipartisan bill introduced by Tom Udall (D-NM) to curb Donald Trump’s war powers to attack Iran. (See the New York Times article). … Updates
- The Dangers of US Warmongering with IranMap of the world with different kinds of nuclear proliferation and nuclear-weapon-free zones as defined by United Nations Resolution 3472 from 1975.Nuclear-weapon-free zones by international treaty, including territories that belong to a Nuclear Weapons State that has agreed the territory is subject… Updates
