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- The Green New Deal Connects the Dots Photo credit: Rachael Warriner / Shutterstock.com By Randa Solnick Santa Cruz Branch The Green New Deal (GND) is one of the most hopeful proposals we’ve seen in a long time. The previous eNews had the first part of this article; here’s the second. The Green New Deal is being proposed and considered… Updates
- The Situation in Yemen Is DireAbove: Ibtissam, 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. Ibtissam’s father was killed when her hometown of Saada was attacked in 2015 and her mother died of a stroke shortly after. Ibtissam and her s… Updates
- Feisty Women Creating Movements and Building Coalitions By Jan Corderman and Linda Lemons WILPF Des Moines Steering Committee Members WILPF Des Moines’s major event in February was our 9th Strong Feisty Women, Powering Change Event, honoring Eloise Cranke for powering change in our community, Marti Anderson for powering change in our legislature, and Ca… Updates
- Take Action for Peace in Venezuela Aerial view of Francia Square (aka Altamira Square), in the Venezuelan capital city, Caracas. Paolo Costa / Shutterstock.com By Darien De Lu WILPF US President The developing situation in Venezuela is extremely concerning. Because Venezuela is an oil-rich country, the US government is preparing to… Updates
- On April 4th, Honor Martin Luther King Jr. and His “Revolution of Values” The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. speaking at Riverside Church in New York, April 4, 1967. Photo credit: John C. Goodwin. By Nancy Price Earth Democracy Issue Committee Honor Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4th by organizing a public reading of his “Beyond Vietnam” Riverside Church Speech in your com… Updates
- New WILPF Collaboration on War, the Environment, and Public Health Pat Elder on his “Million PPT tour.” By Nancy Price Earth Democracy Issue Committee Follow and share videos of Pat Elder’s cross-country “Million PPT Tour” to eight of the most contaminated military sites from February 23 to March 1. It’s time for peace, environmental justice, and public health org… Updates
- Join March 30-April 4 Events & Actions to Oppose NATO, War, and Racism Photo from www.no2nato2019.org March 30-April 4: Join or organize events to support “A Call for National Mobilization to Oppose NATO, War, and Racism.” April 4 is the 70th Anniversary of NATO, the day Martin Luther King Jr. gave his historic “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence” speech at River… Updates
- Forgotten Fukushima Workers coming back from their shift at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, J Village, Naraha. Photo credit: Pierpaolo Mittica By Linda Cataldo Modica March 11, 2019 will mark the eighth year since the beginning of the nuclear power disaster in Fukushima, Japan. Yet, even an anti-nuclear act… Updates
- Puddles and Pathos, Turtles and TerrorFrom left, Triangle WILPF members Mary Jenne, Jean Chapman, and Fran Schindler at the HKonJ March in Raleigh, NC, on February 9, 2019. Photo credit: Emily Keel (WILPF). By Lib Hutchby and John Wagner Triangle Branch, North Carolina The hurricane didn’t come yesterday; it came last year, and one came… Updates
- A Deteriorating Situation in Palestine Palestinians searching for food in the dump in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camp, Beirut, Lebanon, 3 February 2018. Catay / Shutterstock.com By Ellen Rosser For the Middle East committee Trump (Kushner) cut the $350 million US contribution to UNRWAas well as US money to NGOs that help Palestinians… Updates
- US Military Greatly Impacts Environment Production still from the documentary film Scarred Lands & Wounded Lives. By Susan M Smith Pittsburgh Branch On February 24, 2019, WILPF Pittsburgh organized a showing of Scarred Lands & Wounded Lives: The Environmental Footprint of Wara documentary by Lincoln and Alice Day, at the Squirrel Hill br… Updates
- March 14 ONE WILPF Call: Making the Most of Your Next Action or Event By the ONE WILPF Call Team With people so busy and overwhelmed, how can you turn out more people for your actions/events? The next ONE WILPF CALL on March 14 will focus on “Making the Most of Your Next Action or Event.” Planning ahead and planning for expansion are vital for actions that appeal to … Updates
- WILPF Members Can Call In to Hear Board Meetings, Plus Board Decisions and Minutes Now Available!The WILPF US Board and Development Committee at a three-day work session in Des Moines held October 4-6, 2018, with Frank Cownie, Mayor of Des Moines and one of the Vice Presidents of Mayors for Peace. By Darien De Lu WILPF US President and Eileen Kurkoski, WILPF US Secretary What does the national … Updates
- WILPF San Jose News: Women’s March and White Privilege Workshop By Paula Rochelle San Jose Branch On January 19, 2019, WILPF San Jose participated in the 2019 Women’s March in San Jose with a booth at Call to Action Alley. WILPF information for both the San Jose Branch and the Palo Alto Branch was at the booth. San Jose highlighted WILPF anti-nuclear work and c… Updates
- New Structure for Monterey County Branch By Joyce Vandevere Co-chair, Monterey County Branch Steering Committee Our branch is both strong and weak: plenty of members, but only a sparse handful attend monthly meetings; volunteers always available for events but no one wanting to be chair; plenty of strong older women but not many younger o… Updates
- March 28 Racial Justice Group Call: Join Us! Book image from the author’s webpage: www.professorcarolanderson.org. By Joan Goddard Member of the WILPF US Racial Justice Group and of the San Jose (CA) Branch More than 50 years after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., racial justice continues to be something we experience only in… Updates
- WILPF’s “Norton Bill”Calling for Conversion to a Peace Economy From left, DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton and WILPF Disarm/End Wars Co-Chairs Robin Lloyd and Ellen Thomas, who met at Ms. Norton’s office on May 21, 2018, about her nuclear weapons abolition and conversion bill. By Robin Lloyd Co-Chair, WILPF-US Disarm/End Wars Committee Many WILPF members may … Updates
- Join US Women’s Delegation to Cuba May 3-12, 2019 2018 WILPF and US Women and Cuba Delegation meeting with Cuban women. By Cindy Domingo Chair, Cuba and the Bolivarian Alliance Committee WILPF’s Cuba and Bolivarian Alliance Issues Committee invites you to join us and the US Women and Cuba Collaboration to travel to Cuba May 3-12, 2019, on a people… Updates
- Best News in a Long Time: The Green New Deal Photo credit: Rachael Warriner / Shutterstock.com By Randa Solick Santa Cruz Branch This is going to be GOOD NEWS!!! Take a deep cleansing breath – and imagine we are successful. We pull the planet out of its death spiral, we create a just society for everyone, and the despair is lifted from all sh… Updates
- Plan Your “Season of Peace” Spring Actions By Nancy Price Earth Democracy Issue Committee Plan your “Season of Peace” Spring Actions…for International World Water Day on March 22the No to NATO 70th Anniversary Summit March 30-April 4and Earth Day on April 22. I know you all are making plans for one, two, or maybe all of these days of action… Updates
