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- A Memorial Day celebrating peace Photo: From left, Flo Freshman, Cynthia Bennekaa, Marge Thornton, and Barbara Reed sharing stories of remembrance. Credit: Michael Taft, videographer. By Barbara Taft, Greater Phoenix Branch The Greater Phoenix Branch decided to reconceive Memorial Day, May 30, 2016, making it something unique—a d… Updates
- Support WILPF’s Spring Appeal and Support Peace!Dear WILPF Member or Friend, One of our younger members recently put WILPF’s situation in the 21st Century into powerful words. She said: “Those who oppose human rights and peace will always have funds to invest in violence and war. But organizations like WILPF will always have to seek funding for p… Updates
- Review program plan for WILPF Program Chairs Maureen N. Eke and Odile Hugonot Haber invite members and branches to review and participate in designing the strategic plan for our Section’s programs. The focus is on Advancing Peace, Justice, and Human Rights. An eAlert next week will direct members to the report and seek feedback… Updates
- Change national priorities “Tax Day By Odile Hugonot Haber odilehh@gmail.com WILPF branches around the country will join in Days of Action from April 15 to 18 as part of a worldwide protest against military expenditures. Weapons will not fix climate change; we need urgently to change our national priorities. Joan Brannigan reports th… Updates
- Women and the war on drugs Omayra Morales, former coca grower from Colombia, speaks at a coca farmers congress in Lima Peru in 2004. Credit: Transnational Institute By Robin Lloyd, Burlington VT BranchI will be a representative of WILPF International to the UN General Assembly Special Session on Drugs on April 19-20. T… Updates
- Defend Black Hills Photo: Miners’ Canaries Harold One Feather, Charmaine White Face and Leona Morgan spoke before Physicians for Social Responsibility, in Washington, DC, Jan 27, 2016.WILPF has been involved with the campaign for a moratorium on uranium mining at least since Ellen Thomas first met Charmaine Whitefac… Updates
- CSW panel with Gender at Work By Brandy Robinson, Advancing Human Rights Issue Committee The 60th United Nations Conference on the Status of Women sponsored a parallel event entitled “Expanding Gender Equality, Unbinding the Gender Binary,” featuring a collaboration of WILPF US, Gender at Work, Say This Not That! and S.H.E. (… Updates
- Taking Nuclear Free Future to DC By Carol Urner and Ellen Thomas for the Disarm/End Wars Issue CommitteeThe second Nuclear Free Future (NFF) Tour began April 1 and should end May 15. By mid-May we expect to be too exhausted to continue this new tour into the Southeastern states, up the East Coast and into the Midwest. We are sti… Updates
- Celebrate Earth Day April 22 Signs by Jeri Bodemar on left; and Paula LeRoy at the Santa Cruz climate march. Credit: Joy Hinz By Nancy Price, Earth Democracy Issue CommitteeOn Earth Day, let’s celebrate Berta Cáceres’ life and honor those in our communities who are dedicated to exposing and finding solutions to environmental r… Updates
- Tucson, Southern Indiana actions Photo: Tucson Branch members join others at vigils against drone attacks. Drone warfare - Tucson connections By Deborah Livingston Tucson AZ Branch Tucson WILPF members join others in the peace community at vigils outside the gates of Davis Monthan Air Force Base (where armed drones are piloted ar… Updates
- Florida Safe Harbor ActBy Brianna O’Steen, Advancing Human Rights, Human Trafficking SubcommitteeLater this month I will be hosting a webinar to present findings from my research on the Florida Safe Harbor Act and domestic minor sex trafficking across the state, as a graduate student at the University of South Florida. T… Updates
- Babycare: Way to universal healthcare? Photo credit: Quinn Dombrowski from Flickr Creative Commons By Marybeth Gardam and James Allison, Corporations v Democracy Issue CommitteeShould the Corporations v Democracy Issue Committee work on this idea for extending Medicare type benefits to newborns? Would you be willing to work on this with… Updates
- Crew the Golden Rule peace boat Helen, Ed, Dave, Michael on board Golden Rule Credit: Veterans for PeaceBy Helen Jaccard, Disarm / End Wars Issues Committee The Golden Rule sails to the Pacific Northwest this year, leaving Humboldt Bay at the end of May and returning in mid-October.We need crew and captains (no license necessa… Updates
- President re-elected by WILPF US President re-elected by WILPF US Mary Hanson Harrison has been elected to a second term as president of the WILPF US Section. Candidates for the remaining offices were approved by the membership, as well as a new dues structure. President Mary Hanson Harrison, winner Treasurer Jeanmarie Bish… Updates
- Act to redress murder of Berta Cﾃ｡ceres Berta Cáceras. Photo credit: Prachatai, Flickr Creative Commons March 10, 2016 Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, US Section (WILPF US) condemns the murder of Honduran human rights activist Berta Cáceres. Click to Urgent action Follow International WILPF statement and comments … Updates
- CSW: Gender safety, developmentBy Dixie Hairston, Programs Coordinator. 2016 UN Practicum and Local2Global WILPF US will be sending a delegation to the 60th Commission on the Status of Women March 12-March 19 as part of our national and international work. The priority theme of the CSW this year is ‘Women’s Empowerment and its … Updates
- Plan World Water Day-March 22 Alexandra Hoffman and Judy Bonnell-Wenzel of Ann Arbor WILPF demonstrate on behalf of Flint residents. Credit: Odile Hugonot Haber By Nancy Price, Earth Democracy Committee World Water Day was created in 1993, one year after the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit. Plan an action or event now and post to t… Updates
- Equality is goal of Women’s Day Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown The 2016 theme for International Women’s Day is “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality.”.March 8 is the official date, and WILPF US branches will be celebrating the day throughout the month. The United Nations observance will reflect on how to accelerate th… Updates
- Nuclear-Free Future tourText by Carol Urner, Photos by Ellen Thomas, Disarm/End Wars Issue Committee Nine WILPF Branches in California and three in Oregon participated in the Nuclear-Free Future learning and action program presented by Carol Urner and Ellen Thomas on behalf of the WILPF US Disarm/End Wars Issue Committee … Updates
- No Way to Treat a Child By Odile Hugonot Haber, Middle East Committee The No Way to Treat a Child campaign aims to expose the practice and impacts of Israeli military detention on Palestinian children to the US public and elected officials in order to hold Israel accountable to international laws and to build support for … Updates
