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- Final Reminder: Apply for Women’s Peace Initiative Conference Credit: Feminist Art Project, Rutgers University There is still time to apply for this national WILPF opportunity! We are looking for WILPFers older and younger, near and far, to be one of our five delegates to a peace collaborative: The Women’s Peace Initiative (WPI)! The WPI includes a one-day co… Updates
- Magnify Your Message: Join Fun Weekly Twitter Calls By Michael Ippolito WILPF US National Communications Coordinator Looking for an action that is easy to do and enables you to meet and casually talk with other WILPFers while you do it? Each Wednesday for the last year and a half, WILPFers from around the country have been gathering at 7pm EST & 4pm… Updates
- COP24: A Sluggish but Persistent Response By Odile Hugonot Haber “Climate science demands that we must act now to stop the acceleration of climate change. To keep warming below 1.5 degrees C, we must keep the majority of fossil fuel under the ground and freeze fossil fuel projects as we develop a quick transition to 100% renewable energies… Updates
- Des Moines News: Women’s March, Candidate Questions, Feisty WomenPictured are six of the WILPF members who attended the Women’s March on January 19, 2019. In the front row from left are Mary Ann Koch, a Local2Global honoree, and Des Moines Leadership Team member, and Eloise Cranke, an honoree of our Strong Feisty Women Award to be held in February. The back row, … Updates
- New Triangle WILPF Member Speaks at Women’s March Triangle, NC WILPF member Amanda Murray speaking at the Women’s March in Raleigh, NC. By Lucy Lewis Triangle (NC) Branch North Carolina held our Women’s March on Saturday, January 26, 2019, in Raleigh. There was a large and very spirited turnout as thousands of people marched around the North Carol… Updates
- Customized Technology Trainings Available for WILPF US Members By Michael Ippolito WILPF US National Communications Coordinator Mark your calendars for the upcoming Technology Training Calls: February 18, March 4 & March 18. These calls take place on Mondays at 8 pm EST, 5 pm PST. You can register by clicking here. These trainings are usually held twice a mont… Updates
- Attention Members: Double-Check the Address When Mailing Donations! Our fiscal sponsor, Peace Development Fund (PDF), recently informed us that they were changing the address at which any incoming checks and other mail should be sent. PDF is moving all gift processing to their Amherst, Massachusetts office. They asked us to please notify our donors and update our w… Updates
- New WILPF President Darien De Lu on “Strategic Action Based in Love” Kermit and Darien De Lu, the newly elected president of WILPF US. WILPF US welcomes our recently elected president, Darien De Lu, who will begin her three-year term in January 2019. Darien, a member of the Sacramento Branch, has served on the national level in many capacities, including past co-pre… Updates
- First International Conference to Close US/NATO Military Bases Held in Dublin International peace activists gather on Friday, November 16, outside the Dublin Post Office. Nancy Price of WILPF US, in a purple coat, is toward the left of the group and is holding one side of a WILPF sign. Photo: Ellen Davidson. By Nancy Price On November 16-18, 2018, some 300 peace activists re… Updates
- Act Now on Legislation to End Military Detention of Palestinian Children By Odile Hugonot Haber Co-chair, Middle East Committee H.R. 4391, the Promoting Human Rights by Ending Israeli Military Detention of Palestinian Children Act, prevents the use of United States tax dollars for the Israeli military's ongoing detention and mistreatment of Palestinian children. The bil… Updates
- WILPFers Attend Inspiring Peace Congress and Armistice Day Rally A march to reclaim Armistice Day organized by Veterans for Peace began near the World War II memorial, went on to the memorials for the Korean War and Vietnam War, and ended at the World War I Memorial. Photo: Nancy Price. By Odile Hugonot-Haber and Nancy Price On November 10th, Odile Hugonot-Haber… Updates
- New Platforms for WILPF US & December Technology Training By Michael Ippolito WILPF US National Communications Coordinator WILPF US is expanding its presence on new platforms online. We now have accounts not only on Facebook and Twitterwe have accounts on Pintrest and MediaRevolt.org. For those on Facebook, Media Revolt looks and feels almost exactly lik… Updates
- WILPF Branch Helps Organize a “Stop the Tears” Rally in Palo Alto On November 30, women and men of the San Francisco Peninsula expressed their outrage about the violence inflicted by the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol at the Mexico Border a few days earlier. Photo credit: Deborah Hoag. By Judy Adams Peninsula/Palo Alto Branch There was good local press coverage o… Updates
- Remembering Stelle Scheller, Presentation on the Palestinian Struggle for Justice Stelle Scheller is shown here in April, 2018, with fellow WILPF members at a Tax Day event. From left to right: Sylvia Metzler, Gayle Simons, Judy Elson, and Stelle Sheller. Photo credit: Judy Elson. By Tina D. Shelton Co-chair, Greater Philadelphia Branch Stelle Scheller, stalwart member of the Gr… Updates
- Pittsburgh Branch Posts Billboard on Busy Street By Edith Bell WILPF Pittsburgh, with the support of World Beyond War, posted the following quote on a billboard on a busy street for one month: 3% of U.S. military spending could end starvation worldwide. The ad agency Lamar created and posted the billboard. We were so successful at raising mon… Updates
- Back from Ghana: Listen to Reports from Our US Delegates WILPF US Membership Development Chair Shilpa Pandey with two friends from African Sections. By the ONE WILPF Call Team Back from Ghana…the audio reports from our delegates are now posted on the WILPF Website. Feel free to listen to them at your convenience. The WILPF International Congress in… Updates
- November ONE WILPF Call: All about Planning, Board Candidate Statements © Rawpixel Ltd. By the ONE WILPF Call Team Join the Thursday, November 8th ONE WILPF Call and be ready to weigh in on important events you or your branch are planning to work on in 2019. Help us identify priorities for action and synergies across branches and cities. The call is at 7pm eastern/4pm … Updates
- Triangle Branch (NC) Speaks Out to Stop Environmental Devastation and FrackingRally for Environmental Justice with Al Gore and Rev. William Barber held on August 13, 2018, at the Belews Creek Coal Ash Pond, Stokes County, NC. By Lib Hutchby and John Wagner Triangle Branch, North Carolina Earth Democracy Issue Committee The Triangle Branch (NC) is in alliance with over for… Updates
- Act Now to End the War in Yemen and Suspend Arms Sales to the Saudis By Odile Hugonot Haber Co-Chair, Middle East Committee The total population in Yemen is 27.4 million and 18.8 million are in dire need of food. OXFAM reports one civilian is killed every three hours. “Over a third of [Yemenis] are at risk of starvation if Saudi and UAE bombing campaigns continue,” … Updates
- Hold 70th Anniversary Human Rights Events By Marybeth Gardam With the torture and murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi, children being imprisoned at the border, and the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights—possibly the most important declaration ever penned—seems critical to st… Updates
