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- Get Us to 55: Spring Campaign Gets Boost from Matching Donation! By Marybeth Gardam Interim Chair of the WILPF US Development Committee Our Spring Appeal is coming to your mailbox this month. Your GIFT in any amount will be MATCHED! We’re proud that 51% of our members donate over and above their annual dues. Thank you! Your gift in any amount makes a huge differ… Updates
- From the Code Pink House to the Halls of CongressA pink cake was given to Paki Wieland in gratitude for her wonderful hospitality at the Code Pink House where we stayed during this year’s ANA DC Days. From left: Alex Rose, Ariel Gold, Kina Thorpe, Paki Wieland, Robin Lloyd and Janice Sevre-Duscynska. Photo (selfie) by Alex Rose. By Robin Lloyd Co-… Updates
- Protection of the Venezuelan Embassy and International LawFrom left: Kevin Zeese, Margaret Flowers, David Paul, and Adrienne Pine at windows of the Venezuelan Embassy. Signs below them call for a mutual Protecting Power Agreement. Photo courtesy of Popular Resistance. Introduction by Cherrill Spencer (Palo Alto Branch), Cindy Domingo (Cuba and the Bolivari… Updates
- WILPF Donates Peace Books to Detroit Public LibraryFrom left: Judith Sheldon, Peace Camp; Margaret Williamson, Detroit Rotary; Laura Dewey, President, Detroit Branch of WILPF; Margaret Bruni, Director of Public Services, Detroit Public Library; Pastor Charon Barconey, Presbytery of Detroit; and Linda Jackson, Peace Camp. By Laura Dewey Coordinator, … Updates
- Join WILPF’s Nuclear Free Future Tour…ONLINE!Alan Shorb (right) exchanges cards with a Japanese journalist at the United Nations in June 2017 as Nuri Ronaghy smiles at the camera. Both were part of the WILPF-US delegation to view the historic, successful vote on the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Photo by Ellen Thomas. By Ell… Updates
- Fresno Earth Democracy Group Tries Nature Learning ExcursionsFresno WILPF members and staff at the Friant (San Joaquin) Fish Hatchery. From left: Mary Steenhoek, Jean Hays, Ann Carruthers, Janet Cappella, Joan Poss, Melissa Fry, Evonne Waldo, and Heidi Ann Isner (back to the camera). Photo by Catherine Fowler, co-chair of the Earth Democracy Group, WILPF Fres… Updates
- Support New Bill on Human Rights for Palestinian ChildrenThe family of Shadi Farrah, 15, greet him as he arrives in Ramallah after serving almost three years in an Israeli prison, West Bank, November 29, 2018. Farrah was arrested when he was 11 years old at a bus stop in Jerusalem in December 2015, and was later accused of “possessing sharp tools and enda… Updates
- Peace in the Pacific Voyage Rescheduled By Helen Jaccard The Peace in the Pacific Voyage has some unfortunate news to share with WILPF members. Many of you probably expected to hear by now that we arrived in Hilo, but the Golden Rule anti-nuclear peace boat had to return to San Diego due to engine problems. Sea water flowed in through th… Updates
- June 13th ONE WILPF Call: Collaborating and Strategizing with Women Cross DMZ Christine Ahn, the founder and international coordinator of Women Cross DMZ. By the ONE WILPF Call Team Members of our WILPF US leadership team met with Women Cross DMZ leaders in March in San Francisco. Now it’s time to follow up and explore how we might forge a stronger strategy for peacework co… Updates
- Highlights from the 5/21/19 WILPF US Board Meeting “Collaboration,” drawn by Eileen Kurkoski. By Eileen Kurkoski WILPF US Secretary The following are highlights from the WILPF US Board Meeting held on May 21, 2019. We heard about a number of limitations of our website, which needs many updates. Some would be costly, making the proposal of a new we… Updates
- Mark Your Calendars: WILPF US Technology Trainings & Twitter Wednesdays By Michael Ippolito WILPF US National Communications Coordinator Mark your calendars for the upcoming Technology Training Call Dates: June 10th & 17th These calls are always on Mondays at 8 pm EST, 5 pm PST. You can register by clicking here. These trainings usually take place one to three times… Updates
- Tucson WILPF’s Successful “Challah for Gaza” Event Tucson WILPF’s Successful “Challah for Gaza” Event By Deborah Livingston Chair, Tucson WILPF Branch Tucson WILPF’s annual event, “Challah for Gaza,” was a great success! On Sunday, April 7, we served delicious French toast at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Tucson to raise awareness and money … Updates
- Golden Rule “Peace in the Pacific” Voyage Begins Golden Rule peace boat as she heads for the Pacific Ocean. Photo by Helen Jaccard. By Ann Wright and Helen Jaccard After well over a year of planning, the Golden Rule, a project of Veterans For Peacestarted the first ocean crossing of its “Peace in the Pacific” Voyage from San Diego to Hilo, Hawai'… Updates
- Women’s Peace Initiative Meets in San Francisco The Women’s Building in San Francisco, where the Women’s Peace Initiative met in March. Photo by Cherrill Spencer. By Odile Hugonot Haber On March 22, 2019, five women’s peace organizations including WILPF US met in San Francisco to discuss how we might collaborate, learn from each other, and suppo… Updates
- Your Letter Could Save Lives in YemenIbtissam, a 15-year-old orphan girl, lives in a ragged tent with her 7 siblings in an IDP settlement in Khamir, about 100 km north of Yemen’s capital. They are among the estimated 3.9 million people who have fled their homes in search for safety and security since the escalation of the conflict in 2… Updates
- Norton Bill Reintroduced: Time to Visit Your Representative!From left, DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton and WILPF Disarm/End Wars Co-Chairs Robin Lloyd and Ellen Thomas, who met together at Ms. Norton’s office in May 2018. By Ellen Thomas Co-Chair, Disarm/End Wars Issue Committee Great News! DC’s Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton has introduced a new and … Updates
- US War against Cuba Heightens A rural farm in Cuba. Photo: Louis Mendelowitz. Used by permission. By Cindy Domingo Chair, Cuba and the Bolivarian Alliance Issues Committee The Trump administration’s latest announcements towards strengthening the US blockade against Cuba has been met with condemnation by nations around the world… Updates
- May 7 Program Call Answers Questions about Election-Year Action!Venezuelan urban gardeners in low income housing act for peace through local food production. Photo: Darien De Lu. By Darien De Lu WILPF US President Join us on for a second open-to-all conference call of the national Program Committee. The focus for this call is action! It’s an opportunity for memb… Updates
- Dear Fellow WILPFers: Join the Wednesday Twitter Calls! Dear Fellow WILPFers, We write encouraging you to please consider joining us on the Wednesday Twitter calls. Such an enjoyable way to get to know your fellow WILPFers while putting good messaging out for the world to see. These calls are fun, relaxed and social. Michael does all the heavy lifting. … Updates
- April News from the Boston and Pittsburgh BranchesA Boston fundraiser was held to help a new branch in Sierra Leone. Front row, from left: Joan Ecklein, hostess, Pat Hynes, speaker, Eileen Kurkoski, organizer. Back row: Pauline Soloman, Virginia Pratt, Jane Brown, Sue Mirsky, Libby Gerlach, May Takayanagi. The photo was taken by a donor at the even… Updates
