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- WILPF US Offers a Pathway to Leadership: Join the National Development Committee By Marybeth Gardam Acting Chair of the WILPF US Development Committee WILPF US’s Development Committee is relaunching this Spring and your participation is requested. At-large members of WILPF US and Branch Members are invited to help steer the mother ship. Contribute your talents and ideas, yo… Updates
- “Thirsty for Justice” Peninsula/Palo Alto’s Solidarity Earth Day Event By Judy Adams Peninsula/Palo Alto Branch Our branch celebrated World Water Day on March 22 with signs and our WILPF Peace & Planet Before Profit banner at our weekly vigil/demonstration on a busy intersection in Palo Alto. Our plan was to feature water issues again with an Earth Day event in April … Updates
- Help Confront Corporate Power: Join the CvD Issue Committee By Marybeth Gardam Chair, Corporations v Democracy Issue Committee Corporate power plays an increasingly dominant role in our society and our politics. Help design WILPF’s response by joining our Corporations v Democracy Issue Committee. The relaunch organizing call is coming up on Tuesday, May 28.… Updates
- Disarm/End Wars Committee Calls Changing to Second Sunday Environmentalist Ruth Thomas on a WILPF conference call. By Disarm/End Wars Issue Committee Beginning in June, the Disarm/End Wars Committee monthly conference call will be changed to the second Sunday of the month. The calls take place at 7:30 pm EST, 4:30 pm PST, and the first call on the new sch… Updates
- Mark Your Calendars: WILPF US Technology Trainings By Michael Ippolito WILPF US National Communications Coordinator Mark your calendars for the upcoming Technology Training Call Dates: May 6th, 20th, & 27th June 10th These calls are always on Mondays at 8 pm EST, 5 pm PST. You can register by clicking here. These trainings usually take place on… Updates
- Integrating L2G with G2L: Reflections on the 63rd CSW Photo credit: From www.unwomen.org. By Mary Ann Koch Des Moines, IA Branch Having spent several days in New York City attending CSW63 (the 63rd session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women) from March 7-17, 2019, as a L2G (Local to Global) representative, it is a challenge to integrate the e… Updates
- Stop the Strengthening of the US Blockade against Cuba! By Cindy Domingo Chair, Cuba and the Bolivarian Alliance Issues Committee WILPF’s Cuba and the Bolivarian Alliance Issues Committee stands in solidarity with the Cuban people in condemning the Trump administration’s latest escalation of its war against Cuba. On March 19, Title III of the Helms-Burt… Updates
- Cross-Country Tour Highlights America’s Most Contaminated Military BasesA still photo from one of the videos that Pat Elder made on his “Million Parts per Trillion Tour”; all the videos can be found at civilianexposure.org. China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station, located 150 miles north of Los Angeles, was Stop #1. By Pat Elder WILPF US Member “If the Bill of Rights conta… Updates
- ANA DC Days 2019: Time to Register!From left: Ellen Barfield, Katherine Flaherty, Ellen Thomas, Sameena Nazir, and Robin Lloyd participated in last year’s DC Days. By Ellen Thomas Co-Chair, Disarm/End Wars The Alliance for Nuclear Accountability (ANA) is excited to be hosting the 31st annual DC Days from May 19-22, 2019! Participants… Updates
- New Partners: WILPF, the Young Feminist Leadership Conference, and Ms. MagazineWILPF US shared an ad in the Young Feminist Leadership Conference Program Bookthe next step in a fruitful collaboration that has led to a series of articles in Ms. Magazine called “Women Unscrewing Screwnomics.” This series could help raise WILPF’s profile and impact us in other positive ways. By M… Updates
- “Oily Wells”3-Day March Protests Wells Fargo’s Fossil Fuel Investments “Oily Wells” marchers gather in Palo Alto on March 16. Photo: Cherill Spencer. By Judy Adams Peninsula/Palo Alto Branch Peninsula/Palo Alto CA branch member Roberta Ahlquist worked hard with members of 350.org and other environmental groups and environmentalists on a 3-day march and rally (March 16… Updates
- This Earth Day, “Ask the Candidates” about Their VisionOn World Water Day in 2017, San Francisco-East Bay Branch members stand in front of the former Bechtel Corporation headquarters in San Francisco. From left: Anne Politeo, Barbara Blong, Deetje Boler, and Betty Traynor. Bechtel, a private corporation, “serve[s] the Infrastructure; Nuclear, Security &… Updates
- May 7 Program Committee Call Plans for Strategic Work in Electoral Period By Darien De Lu WILPF US President Once again, on Tuesday, May 7, all WILPF US members are invited to call in to the monthly Program Committee conference call. The members of WILPF issue committees—the national bodies that focus on and put together our political work—will explore action plans for m… Updates
- Burlington Branch Resisting Imminent Arrival of F-35 Bombers at AirportRoseanne Greco, right, speaks during a press conference held by Citizens Against Nuclear Bombers in Vermont at the State House in Montpelier on Tuesday, March 12. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger. By Robin Lloyd Burlington WILPF member Burlington WILPF, together with other area peace and justice grou… Updates
- Howie Hawkins and Venezuela Reports on the April 11th ONE WILPF Call Howie Hawkins, a Green Party candidate who was the originator of the term “Green New Deal.” By the ONE WILPF Call Team The Green New Deal is very much in the news and is an appropriate initiative to move forward for Earth Day this year. On our next ONE WILPF call on Thursday, April 11, we’ll hear f… Updates
- Planning Together as One WILPF for Better National Visibility By the ONE WILPF Call Team The March ONE WILPF Call is now posted to the website. Check out the PowerPoint featured in the March call about how to better plan and promote your events and actions. Strategic planning can make you more successful! Consider having your leadership team view it together.… Updates
- WILPF US Board Excited by New Initiatives and OpportunitiesPeace Delegation meets with residents at an urban gardening project in Venezuela. WILPF US President Darien De Lu traveled with the delegation and gave a report on the April 1 ONE WILPF Call. Photo: Darien De Lu. By Eileen Kurkoski WILPF US Secretary As WILPF US Secretary, I offer WILPF US members t… Updates
- Lydia Wood of NuclearBan.US Gives Challenging Talk in Maine Lydia Wood of NuclearBan.US speaks at the USM’s (University of Southern Maine) Gorham campus on March 14, 2019. Photo: Martha Spiess. By Martha Spiess Maine WILPF NuclearBan.US Campaign Coordinator Lydia Wood visited Maine on March 14, 2019. She was interviewed by Maine WILPFer Grace Braley in the … Updates
- Pittsburgh Branch Shares Visionary WomenEdith Bell was a co-presenter at a Women’s History Month program on “Visionary Women: Champions of Peace and Nonviolence.” By Susan Smith WILPF Pittsburgh On March 27, 2019, Edith Bell and Susan Smith, Ph.D., gave a presentation to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) at the Federal Building in … 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: April 15 & 22 May 6, 20, & 27 June 10 These calls are always on Mondays at 8 pm EST, 5 pm PST. You can register by clicking here. These trainings usually take pl… Updates
