NEWS-Updates
- Mobilization to Stop the Drone WarsBy Helen Jaccard, Disarm / End Wars Issues Committee Join us March 27-April 2, 2016 at Creech Air Force Base, Indian Springs, Nevada for a 2nd national mobilization of nonviolent resistance to shut down killer drone operations in Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia and everywhere. Spe… Updates
- Arizona branch connects with youthBy Barbara Taft, Greater Phoenix Branch treasurer Greater Phoenix Branch has just put out its first newsletter, in which we told about our production of Most Dangerous Womenas well as our recent tabling at the Mesa Martin Luther King Day event. Since then, we tabled at Arizona State University durin… Updates
- Tucson –TPP, refugees, Gaza’s childrenBy Deborah Livingston, WILPF Tucson Branch Co-chair Members of the Tucson Branch demonstrated against the Trans Pacific Partnership at a Congressional office in February and tabled at the 34th Annual Peace Fair, whose theme was Compassion for Refugees & Migrants, All One World. The Raging Grannies s… Updates
- Memorials WILPF US remembers former board members, Ethel M. Jensen and Georgia Pinkel.. Ethel M. Jensen, 1921-2015 Longtime WILPF peace activist Ethel M. Jensen died on November 5, 2015. Ethel's life included an undergraduate education at Ohio State University, wartime marriage to Joe in 1944, birthing and … Updates
- Status update: Cities for CEDAW By Brandy Robinson, Advancing Human Rights Issue Committee The NGO Committee on the Status of Women and others officially started Cities for CEDAW campaign in 2013. The US is one of few countries not to ratify CEDAW – the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. … Updates
- 3-day walk to halt KM pipeline By Hattie Nestel The idea for the MLK, Jr Walk, over the January 16-18 weekend, to oppose the Kinder Morgan pipeline was a sudden inspiration, when a lightbulb went off in my head on a short walk in mid-December opposing the same pipeline. I reported on this 429-mile $5 billion pipeline project in… Updates
- Ready for Water Day & Earth Day? By Marybeth Gardam, Corporations v Democracy Issue Committee Chair The interconnectedness of water with resource conflicts and war is becoming better understood among activists, but we need to keep raising this in our communities. Water has also become a hot-button issue that spotlights economic in… Updates
- Gaining allies for nuclear-free future By Carol Urner and Ellen Thomas, co-chairs of WILPF National Disarm/End Wars Issue Committee We are now in the midst of our West Coast tour campaigning for abolition of nuclear weapons and an end to war. We are actively promoting HR 1976, the only bill in Congress calling for abolition of nuclear w… Updates
- Meet WILPF US candidates, Feb. 20 By Darien De Lu, Elections Subcommittee of the Nominating Committee The final list of WILPF US candidates includes a choice for the office of president/co-president and a single candidate for each of the other board openings. You can join a call to hear them respond to some key questions. We have e… Updates
- Tour on Cuba’s literacy campaign By Cindy Domingo, Cuba and Bolivarian Alliance Issues Committee The Cuba and Bolivarian Alliance Issues Committee is proud to cosponsor the national tour of Luisa Campos Gallardodirector of the National Literacy Museum in Havana since 1996. The Museum is associated with Havana’s University of Peda… Updates
- Spring time for activism on glyphosate By Marybeth Gardam, Corporations v Democracy Issue Committee Chair With the public and retailers focused on planting season, now’s the perfect time to begin using the Human Right To Health & Safe Food Campaign’s excellent resources and organizing tools. On the Human Right To Health & Safe Food (HRT… Updates
- Bring the drones quilts to your town!By Leah Bolger, Drones Quilt Project coordinator WILPF members have been working hard to raise public awareness about the immorality and illegality of US combat drones. The Drones Quilt Project is a collective art project which humanizes and memorializes the victims while educating the public. The … Updates
- 2016 WILPF nuclear free future toursBy Ellen Thomas and Carol Urner, co-chairs of the Disarm/End Wars Issue Committee We launch the first of three tours January 20 with a focus on abolishing nuclear weapons and learning about WILPF branch projects and concerns. We start on the West Coast and are gathering invitations from Southeast an… Updates
- What’s “Real deal” about Paris climate deal?By Nancy Price Reporters praised the Paris climate agreement as a “global turn from fossil fuels” and “major leap for mankind.” Oscar Reyes, Institute for Policy Studies, writes that “the main text of the agreement is long on rhetoric and short on action.” Thanks to Jeri Bodemar of the Santa Cruz … Updates
- Nominees, candidates for WILPF US Boardby Darien De Lu, Elections Subcommittee Time is running out! Nominations you make of other people for the WILPF US Board are due by Jan. 10 and complete application materials from candidates must be received by Jan. 24. Listen to the recording of the December informational conference call and get … Updates
- Program retreat looks toward sustainabilityBy Maureen N. Eke, Program Chair To be relevant, we must be visible. WILPF is visible when you speak and act! So, join us, beginning this March, in a conversation as we transform the suggested ideas from the October 2015 retreat in Des Moines, Iowa, into a draft document. After several weeks of plan… Updates
- We’re listeningby Marybeth Gardam, at-large Board member A branch survey completed during summer and early fall of 2015 identified weaknesses and provided valuable suggestions for practical solutions. It has been made available widely to participants in the survey, and leadership at various levels of WILPF. A … Updates
- Women raise voice against violence Representatives from conflict zones around the world gathered in Bangalore, India, in November to share their stories and call for an end to violence. Odile Hugonot Haber of WILPF US participated along with members of Women in Black. The World Court of Women heard testimonies from Iraq, Rwanda and … Updates
- Members share concerns with president By Tina Shelton, co-chair, Greater Philadelphia Branch The Greater Philadelphia Branch hosted a branch meeting November 15 to have an exchange with WILPF Board President Mary Hanson Harrison on local, national and international goals, and recount their activities during 2015. Mary shared with the b… Updates
- Lois Salo, 1926 Dec. 22, 2015 The Peninsula/Palo Alto Branch misses-Lois Salo, its longtime membership chair, who was best known as a coalition builder. She networked with peace and justice, environmental and homeless groups in bringing issues to city and county governments. A growing concern with the plight of the homeless in … Updates
