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- Developing a Peace Movement Middle East Agenda Photo source: US Campaign for Palestinian Rights By Odile Hugonot Haber and the Middle East Committee Since Israel attacked the US ship “Liberty,” a ship the US had sent to monitor the Suez Canal in the beginning of the Six Days War (1967), relations between the US and Israel have become increasing… Updates
- Working Group Discusses the History of US RacismHoward University students protest outside the National Crime Conference in Washington, DC, 1934 (© Bettmann, Getty Images), from the Equal Justice Initiative’s website www.eji.org. By Courteney Leinonen Convener, Racial Justice Working Group of the Advancing Human Rights Issues Committee On May 24,… Updates
- Recent Maine Branch ActivitiesProtesters demonstrate outside a US Marine base on Okinawa. The US plans to greatly expand the base in the rural fishing village of Henoko. Photo Credit: Sonia Narang, PRI. By Martha Spiess and Christine DeTroy Maine Branch of WILPF Our small branch continues to collaborate with Brunswick's local pe… Updates
- WILPF/Poor People’s Campaign: 40 Days of Action Begin May 14!By Marybeth Gardam, Nancy Price, and Mary Bricker-JenkinsWILPF-US, as a national partner of the PPC, will be represented at the opening Monday, May 14th and closing June 23rd events in Washington, DC, as well as at state capitals and branch locations around the country over the 40 Days of Action. Th… Updates
- Peace and the PPC at the Aviano Air Base, Italy Two Partisans for Peace: In the foreground is Dom Pierluigi of the Balducci Center and a parish priest in Zugliano, in the background is the oldest living partisan in the region speaking on defending democracy then and now. Photo credit: Mary Bricker-Jenkins. By Mary Bricker-Jenkins Chair, Poor Peo… Updates
- Militarism and War Cause Ecological Devastation World Beyond War flotilla on the Potomac. www.worldbeyondwar.org By Nancy Price Militarism and Ecological Destruction, two of the four evils described by the Poor People's Campaignwere the focus of the “Environment and Health” Plenary at the conference on U.S Foreign Military Bases, held January 12… Updates
- Interested in Middle East Issues? Join Our Meeting! By Middle East Committee Leadership Group Calling all members and each branch to send a rep to join our Middle East Issues Committee calls. Join us in an exciting conversation about what our Middle East Committee’s work and areas of focus might look like going forward! The 2018 Call Series… Updates
- Help Us Expand Our Activism: Join AHR Calls, First Thursdays By Barbara L. Nielsen Co-chair, Advancing Human Rights Issues Committee Are You Working on Countering Gun Violence in Your Local Schools? Are You Working on Countering Gun Violence in Your Local Community? Are You Working on Military Counter-Recruitment in Your Local Schools? Are You Working on… Updates
- WILPF Branch Activities Tucson Branch members Georgia, Lee, Margo, Mary, Lee, Marty, Peggi, Rosemary, Roz and Ginny. Photo by Deb Livingston. Tucson WILPF and Raging Grannies Tax Day Event On Monday, April 16, members of Tucson WILPF held a morning long event in front of the library. They passed out literature and engage… Updates
- Important Week for Nuclear Disarmament News North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and South Korean President Moon Jae-In, right, raise their hands after signing a joint statement at the border village of Panmunjom on Friday, April 27, 2018. (Photo Credit: Korea Summit Press Pool via AP) By Odile Hugonot Haber Disarm/End Wars Committee The l… Updates
- Join Program Committee’s Monthly Call Series: First Tuesdays By Teresa Castillo (Fresno Branch) and Barbara Nielsen (San Francisco Branch) Program Committee Chairs Invitation from Your Program Committee: Our 2018 Call Series is the first Tuesday of each month. Calling each branch to send a rep to join our Program Committee Calls and reps from all of our Iss… Updates
- Racial Justice Working Group Meets Fourth Thursdays: Join Us! By Courteney Leinonen (Greater Philadelphia Branch) Convener, Racial Justice Working Group of the AHR Issues Committee We welcomed new members to our April call and we welcome all to join us in May. A selection of reading materials will be discussed at our monthly meetings. We work to create safe s… Updates
- Redefining Feminism at the 62nd CSW: A Student’s Perspective2018 UN Practicum in Advocacy students, Local2Global participants along with WILPF US Board Member Barbara Nielsen, Melissa Torres (Practicum Co-Faculty) and Dixie Hairston (Practicum Co-Faculty). By Mikayla Varunok WILPF US recently sent a delegation of college and university students to the 62nd C… Updates
- Support Confederate Monument Struggle at UNC Chapel HillPart of the WILPF Triangle Branch at our regular Wednesday sit-in at the UNC Chapel Hill Confederate statue (“Silent Sam”). By Emily K. Keel North Carolina's Triangle Branch The statue of the Confederate soldier occupying the entry to UNC Chapel Hill has been the subject of controversy since it was … Updates
- Development Report: A Bold Plan, New Members By Marybeth Gardam Chair, Development Committee Your Development Committee has been busy this first quarter-year working on a coordinated strategic approach and adding members. We have lots to report! Welcome to Two New Committee Members An introduction to our new committee members: Marguerite Adel… Updates
- Earth Day Is All the More Important This Year! Image: worldbeyondwar.org By Nancy Price Under this administration, the Environmental Protection Agency continues to abandon its mission to protect our health and Mother Earth. This Earth Day it is time to say: “Not on our watch”! Speaking on April 4,1967, at Riverside Church, Martin Luther King wa… Updates
- ONE WILPF Goes PublicRead the Alliance for Democracy’s magazine Justice Rising: Grassroots Solutions to Corporate Power. The theme of the Fall 2016 issue was “The People’s Vote Must Count: Reclaim Elections, Restore Voting Rights, Protect Our Ballot.” Print out individual articles or full issues here. To order back prin… Updates
- San Jose Raging Grannies Serenade Marchers & Slideshow from Other Cities By Paula Rochelle Steering Committee member, San Jose Branch, and Raging Granny Co-lead The San Jose Raging Grannies and WILPF members supported the March for Our Lives with our presence and our songs on Saturday, March 24. WILPF members and branches participated throughout the country. View a slid… Updates
- Rachel Corrie, We Will Not Forget You! Dove, artist unknown, left at Rachel’s memorial. Courtesy Rachel Corrie Foundation. By Odile Hugonot Haber Co-chair, Middle East Committee On March 16-17, the Rachel Corrie Foundation organized a gathering to remember Rachel Corrie and to celebrate 15 years of Palestinian solidarity and community o… Updates
- New Trafficking Risks for Addicts“Zoe” is one of the interviewees in an NBC documentary film by Emily Kassie on sex-trafficking and insurance fraud in Florida's fraudulent treatment centers. By Jan Kubiac Cape Cod Branch Advancing Human Rights, Subcommittee on HumanTrafficking Human trafficking is a form of Modern Day Slavery. Traf… Updates
