NEWS-Updates
- Des Moines Branch Stands Up for Clean Water By Jan Corderman Des Moines Branch On World Water Day (March 22), the Des Moines Branch of WILPF rallied at the River Walk to stand up for clean water. This year’s theme for the United Nations Day of Action, "Nature for Water—exploring nature-based solutions to the water challenges we face in the 2… Updates
- Disarm-End Wars Actions and Opportunities By Co-Chairs Robin Lloyd, Barbara Nielsen, and Ellen Thomas, and EWNE Campaign Organizing and Capacity Building Adviser Michael Ippolito Disarm-End Wars has been talking since last November with the founders of a new effort based in Northampton, Massachusetts that is supporting the TPNW: NuclearBan… Updates
- Pittsburgh Reaches CEDAW MilestoneThe new executive director of the Pittsburgh Gender Equity Commission, anu jain, speaking at the March 8 press conference in the City County building, with some commission members behind her. By Edith Bell Coordinator, Pittsburgh Branch Pittsburgh as a CEDAW city has reached another milestone! The G… Updates
- Advancing Human Rights Committee Calls, First Thursdays: Please Join Us! Photo: Damian Dovarganes/AP By Barbara L Nielsen Co-chair, Advancing Human Rights Issues Committee We are looking forward to our second AHR meeting on Thursday, April 5and to being able to address issues under the AHR umbrella, and not only those important issues we have worked on in the past, such… Updates
- Discuss the book White Rage with the Racial Justice Working Group By Courteney Leinonen (Greater Philadelphia Branch) Convener, Racial Justice Working Group of the AHR Issues Committee Our vision: A strong racial justice movement with members who are racially aware and cognizant of the history of racism in the US and the importance of ending racism. What we’re re… Updates
- Banners Available for Poor People’s Campaign Events Banners are now available for your WILPF participation in the many upcoming events of the Poor People's Campaign: National Call for Moral Revival! Banner sample with branch name. How to order and print your banner: Decide whether to order “generic” or “branch name” style. Send your order to wilp… Updates
- Making Connections, Sharing Resources: Join Program Committee Calls!We are using this image on our actionnetwork.org public petition to the POTUS/Senate to sign and give consent to the ratification of the UN TPNW (Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons). By Teresa Castillo (Fresno branch) and Barbara Nielsen (San Francisco branch) Chairs, Program Committee Th… Updates
- Maine Flowers on International Women’s Day Photo: WILPF Member Martha Spiess, photographer and filmmaker extraordinaire Due to the snowstorm, Maine WILPF members celebrated International Women’s Day on Friday, March 9, by handing out flowers at the noon hour in Brunswick. Smiles surrounded us as we handed the flowers out—and, surprise, surp… Updates
- Brutality and Instability in Palestine and IsraelPalestinian girl Malak Al-Khateb, 14, is welcomed by family members as she arrives to Beitin village near Ramallah after being released from an Israeli military prison on February 13, 2015. Al-Khateb, accused of throwing stones at Israeli soldiers, was arrested and subjected to interrogation and har… Updates
- Invite Progressives to First Ever Public ONE WILPF Call on March 8! Credit: Feminist Art Project, Rutgers University By the ONE WILPF Call Team On March 8, the next ONE WILPF Call will be open to the general public, and WILPF members are urged to invite friends, neighbors, co-workers, fellow faith community members…or any progressives interested in system changeele… Updates
- Recommend Young People for Scholarship to Attend May ANA Events ANA provided scholarships to over a dozen young people from around the United States to participate in the 2017 DC Days. Credit: www.ananuclear.org/dcdays. WILPF belongs to the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability (ANA)which focuses on education and issues lobbying in DC. Their annual event, called … Updates
- WILPF US Sends Delegation to the 62nd Commission on the Status of WomenMembers of the 2017 delegation to CSW attend a panel event on economic empowerment of women in the General Assembly room at the UN Headquarters in New York City. By Dixie Hairston UN Programs Coordinator and co-faculty for the Practicum in Advocacy WILPF US will be sending a delegation to the 62nd C… Updates
- Partnering with the Poor People’s Campaign Provides Hope The Poor People’s Campaign contingent in this year’s Moral Movement March in Raleigh, NC, led by the Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, co-chair of the campaign. Many Triangle Branch members participated, including Lucy Lewis, who said it was a “Great example of the multi-racial, intersectional, values-based … Updates
- Get Trained, Join Actions: Disarm-End Wars Issues Committee UpdateBy Robin Lloyd, Barbara Nielsen, and Ellen Thomas Disarm-End Wars Committee Michael Ippolito EWNE campaign organizing and capacity-building adviser Join our weekly Twitter calls on Wednesdays and invite everyone you know! We are promoting our national petition to the POTUS and US Senate to ratify th… Updates
- Monterey County Branch News and Goodbye to Darby Moss Worth Darby Moss Worth By Joyce Vandevere Co-chair, Monterey County Branch In January, we presented Brother Outsiderthe life story of pacifist Bayard Rustin. Other January/February events included “The Korean Struggle for Peace” with Christine Hong leading the discussion, a documentary about Paul Robeso… Updates
- Racial Justice Working Group of the AHR Issues Committee: Join Us! By Courteney Leinonen (Greater Philadelphia Branch) Convener, Racial Justice Working Group of the AHR Issues Committee The Racial Justice Working Group of the Advancing Human Rights Issues Committee, moving us forward from the energizing, informative, thoughtful, and overflow-attendance workshop he… Updates
- Development/Fundraising Experience Needed for Exciting New Project By Marybeth Gardam Development Chair You’ve got experience we can use… In community organizing, fundraising for nonprofits, connecting progressives, and working on strategies for expanding your branch or your project. Contact us to help with an exciting new project at WILPF US. Development Chair Ma… Updates
- Pittsburgh Branch Holds FundraiserBy Edith BellCoordinator, Pittsburgh branchThe Pittsburgh branch had a successful and fun fundraiser. The Unitarian Universalist Church of the South Hills (Sunnyhill), one of the progressive UU churches in our area, invited our Raging Grannies to participate in their Sunday service on February 11, 2… Updates
- Program Committee’s Call Series: Calling Each Branch to Send a Representative! By Chairs Teresa Castillo (Fresno branch) and Barbara I. Nielsen (San Francisco branch) Program Committee Chairs We are seeking a representative from as many branches and groups as possible to join our Program Committee monthly call series. The national Program Committee’s 2018 meeting series is on… Updates
- Monthly Advancing Human Rights Issues Committee Calls: Please Join Us! By Barbara L Nielsen Co-chair, Advancing Human Rights Issues Committee We learned much from members at the human rights umbrella workshop at the Chicago Triennial Congress last summer. We are working on and interested in a wide range of intersecting issues including, but not limited to: reproducti… Updates
