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- Peninsula/Palo Alto Branch Achieves Lobbying Victories This poster for the documentary film Atomic Homefront is based on a 1976 political cartoon by Tom Engelhardt. By Judy Adams Member, Peninsula/Palo Alto DISARM/Nuclear Issues Committee Our branch has successfully lobbied East Palo Alto and Menlo Park, CA, to join Mayors for Peace. The branch is also… Updates
- Invitation: Fall Speaking Tour on Venezuela Sanctions Steve Ellner, who will do an educational speaking tour this fall about US sanctions against Venezuela. Photo credit: Ángel Dejesús. By Cindy Domingo Chair, Cuba and the Bolivarian Alliance Issues Committee WILPF’s Cuba and the Bolivarian Alliance Issues Committee invites branches to participate in … Updates
- Strengthening US Accountability: Reflections on the UN 2018 High-Level Political Forum Members of the Women’s Major Group wearing dark blue scarves to raise awareness about the need to protect and engage women’s human rights and environmental defenders. (Photo: WMG) By Dawn Nelson As an American, I am keenly interested in United States accountability both domestically and globally. T… Updates
- Take Action to Ensure Fair and Honest Elections By Nancy Price Earth Democracy Issue Committee We need leaders at all government levels to pass climate and environmental policies to put people and the planet before deregulation, dirty energy, and corporate profiteering. Only with fair and honest elections and protected voting rights can we elect… Updates
- The Power of Story….We Want Yours! By the WILPF US Development CommitteeThe most powerful tool a fundraiser or recruiter can have is a good story. We want your story! When we talk to new people about WILPF, the best we can offer are stories about real women making a real difference in their communities. That’s what we’ve been doing … Updates
- New Nation-State Law in Israel Is “Severe” Tens of thousands participate in a Druze-led protest in Tel Aviv against the Jewish nation-state law, on August 4, 2018. Photo credit: Adam Rasgon/ Times of Israel staff. By Genie Silver Middle East Committee On July 19, 2018, the Israel Knesset passed a Basic Law Nation-State bill that codifies Ap… Updates
- Pittsburgh WILPF Marches for Peace and Hosts “Grannies Respond” By Edith Bell Coordinator, Pittsburgh Branch Pittsburgh WILPF participated in a March for Peace on August 25, emphasizing the local creators of weapons and benefactors of the military industrial complex, which includes Carnegie Mellon University, PNC Bank, and several other corporations. The event … Updates
- First International Conference Against US/NATO Military Bases, November 16-18 in Dublin By Nancy Price For Disarm and Earth Democracy Issue Committees The First International Conference Against US/NATO Military Bases will be held November 16-18, 2018, in Dublin, Ireland. The conference is jointly organized by the Peace and Neutrality Alliance (PANA), Ireland, and the Coalition Against… Updates
- WILPF US Supports Bill to End Israeli Military Detention of Palestinian Children By Jan Corderman Des Moines Branch and WILPF US Treasurer An estimated 10,000 Palestinian children have been detained by Israeli security forces and prosecuted in the Israeli military court system since 2000. Independent monitors such as Human Rights Watch have documented that these children are… Updates
- Screwnomics and Its Potential for WILPF Branches By Marybeth Gardam Chair, Corporations v Democracy Issue Committee A new book is making waves across the country with information that is both practical and approachable… and appeals to women caught in an economy that deliberately disadvantages them. Your Corporations v Democracy Chair is delight… Updates
- Development Needs Research Sleuths and Card Glitch Squad! By Marybeth Gardam Development Chair The Development Committee is looking for two groups of members who can help in specific (NOT asking for money) ways. These are small, discrete assignments but they will make a big difference in funding our work. If you are often online and enjoy doing rese… Updates
- #NoWar 2018: World Beyond War Conference, September 21-22 in Toronto By Leah Bolger Disarm/End Wars Committee and World Beyond War WILPF partner organization, World Beyond War (WBW), will be holding their third annual conference on September 21-22 in Toronto, Canada. The conference will be held at the Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD) and the theme this year … Updates
- Humboldt WILPF Joins “Families Belong Together”March and Holds Annual Book Sale The Humboldt WILPF Branch with their banner at a local “Families Belong Together” march. By Sue Hilton President, Humboldt Branch We've been pretty busy here in Humboldt this month, gathering for the Poor Peoples Campaign, marching to keep families together, and celebrating the Fourth of July with … Updates
- Forty Days of PPC Nonviolent Direct Action Culminate at the US Capitol Brenda McGowan, Rockford IL Branch, and Mary Hanson Harrison, WILPF-US President, at the June 23 Poor People’s Campaign Rally in Washington, DC. Photo: Phoebe Sogren. By Mary Bricker-Jenkins Chair, ad hoc WILPF4PPC Committee “This is a movement, not a moment,” Rev. Dr. William Barber reminded us … Updates
- WILPF Earth Democracy Member to Attend the 2018 HLPF By Dawn Nelson WILPF Earth Democracy is developing an agenda to integrate the work from this issue committee into broader WILPF work. WILPF Earth Democracy issue committee member Dawn Nelson will attend the 2018 High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development at the United Nations to… Updates
- Disarm/End Wars Co-Chairs Secure First Signature on Congressional PledgeJoanne Steele, Rick Wayman, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Robin Lloyd, and Ellen Thomas, at Norton's office on May 21, 2018. By Ellen Thomas Co-Chair, Disarm/End Wars Committee Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton met with Robin Lloyd and Ellen Thomas, the co-chairs of the WILPF-US Disarm/End Wars Committee… Updates
- WILPF Branches Poor People’s Campaign Round Up: Weeks 1 and 2Katherine Flaherty of WILPF DC Metro, Camille Dantzel , a PhD candidate at Howard University, and WILPF US Board member Marybeth Gardam joined hundreds on the Capitol lawn in DC at the kickoff launch for the Poor People's Campaign on May 14, 2018. They held the WILPF4PPC Banner aloft and marched to … Updates
- WILPF’s Triennial International Congress in Ghana: What You Need to Know */, By Zala Zbogar Congress Coordinator (Geneva) We are excited to gather with all of you in Accra, Ghana, for The 32nd WILPF Triennial International Congress to be held August 20-22. This year's Congress is the first to be hosted in Africa. With expanding WILPF membership in the region and our g… Updates
- Burlington Branch to Host Five-Day Hibakusha EventShigeko Sasamori, one of the Hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors), with a student at Booker T. Washington High School in Tulsa, OK. Photo: www.hibakushastories.org By Robin Lloyd Burlington Branch The Burlington, Vermont Branch of WILPF and Hibakusha Stories are working on a very special project for st… Updates
- Honor the Dead by Working for PeaceIsaac Villegas, pastor of the Chapel Hill Mennonite Fellowship, delivers an address at the Memorial Day Commemoration of the Victims of War held in Chapel Hill on May 28. Photo credit: Emily O’Hare, WILPF member. By Lucy Lewis Triangle (NC) Branch Steering Committee Triangle (NC) WILPF was deeply en… Updates
