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- An Iran Nuclear Deal Odile Hugonot Haber, Program Committee chair In his first foreign policy speech April 5, 2009, President Obama in Prague told thousands of people that his presidency would see “America's commitment to seek peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons.” So when on July 15 Obama announced th… Updates
- WILPF at the U.S. Social ForumsLessons learned from U.S. Social Forum events in San Jose, Philadelphia, Jackson and Tijuana are still evolving. Activists converging to share perspectives on social justice, human rights and climate justice returned home with new contacts and ideas. The grassroots approach drew hundreds of organiza… Updates
- Trial spreads word on Salvadoran rightsGoing to trial July 7 for protesting the imprisonment of 17 Salvadoran women for miscarriages proved rewarding, says Paki Wieland. “Both the judge and prosecutor allowed they learned about the injustice done to the women, and they thanked us for that.” The four protesters arrested April 24, 2015, at… Updates
- Declare your town a TPP-Free Zoneby Nancy Price, Earth Democracy Issue Committee Assert community rights over corporate rights. WILPF activists are launching, in collaboration with the Alliance for Democracy, the second round of the “We Will Not Obey” TPP-Free Zone campaign. Now that Congress has passed Fast Track, President Obama … Updates
- Calling attention to nuclear dangersA proclamation calling for reduced spending on nuclear weapons and redirection of those funds to meet the urgent needs of cities leads off a week of remembrance in Pittsburgh, PA, for the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The city council proclamation will recognize the Reme… Updates
- After 70 years new hope for abolition*/, Carol Urner for Disarm/End Wars Issue Committee Hiroshima/Nagasaki days are just a month away. The world’s first atom bomb, named Trinity by hubristic males, was exploded on July 16, 1945. The two bombings in Japan followed soon afterward. We sense this 70th anniversary of the first nuclear bom… Updates
- Hiroshima-Nagasaki memorials On the West Coast a gong will ring out to mark the dropping of the atom bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and lanterns will be launched in the sea, committing to a nuclear weapons-free future. What are your plans? Santa Cruz CA Branch: Candles for a Nuclear-Free Future The 11th annual Hiroshima-… Updates
- Statement on the Decision of the Supreme Court Regarding Marriage Equality STATEMENT OF THE WOMEN’S INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM, UNITED STATES SECTION, ON THE DECISION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES IN Obergefell v. Hodges, REGARDING MARRIAGE EQUALITY, JUNE 26, 2015 In its decision of June 26, 2015, in Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court of … Updates
- Growing WILPF! campaignAs the sunflower turns toward the light so too WILPF turns our world toward peace. Please keep the light of PEACE glowing. DONATE TO GROWING WILPF TODAY! Read more about Growing WILPF! >>… Updates
- Statement on the church massacre in Charleston, South Carolina Statement of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, United States Section, on the Church Massacre in Charleston, South Carolina, on June 17, 2015 We, the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, United States Section (WILPF US), continue to be outraged by racially motiv… Updates
- WILPF seeks Managing Director Location: National, Office location negotiable with successful candidate About Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom was founded in 1915 during World War I, with Jane Addams as its first president. WILPF works to achieve through pe… Updates
- Sign up for US Social ForumThis year’s US Social Forum will draw participants from around the US to Philadelphia and San Jose for several days of movement building. Advance registration closes June 19. Many of the topics for the June 25-28 Philadelphia forum and for the June 24-28 San Jose forum relate to WILPF-US campaigns. … Updates
- Using our power to stop warBy Joan Bazar, Communications Committee Acting on the theme Women’s Power to Stop War, Nobel laureates led a walk across the DMZ in Korea, and US Section members back from the events in The Hague are carrying the powerful message to branches around the country. Learn more about the May 24 effort to… Updates
- It’s time to ban nuclear weaponsIn late May six WILPFers visited numerous Congressional offices and the State Department with Alliance for Nuclear Accountability's expert nuclear "watch dogs," In addition to advising legislators about DC Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton's "Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Economic and Energy Conv… Updates
- July 4-10: Walk for water rights By Kim Redigan Detroit community members plan a 68-mile walk from Detroit to Flint, Michigan calling for an end to water shut-offs in Detroit implementation of the 2005 Detroit Water Affordability Plan, provision of clean, affordable water in both cities, and an end to the commodification of water,… Updates
- Protecting Mother Earth in NCBy Lib Hutchby, Earth Democracy Committee Magnolias bloom in May in North Carolina so you can imagine time-lapse photographs and on recent sunny days, one can sit for an hour and watch the buds begin to open. It's an amazing sight for sore eyes. Between weeping, chanting, fighting, listening, and l… Updates
- Branches Roundup Photo: Virginia Pratt, David Rothauser and Marie Louise Jackson Miller represent WILPF at the Veterans for Peace Memorial event in Boston on May 25. Photo by Michael Borkson, WILPF Boston Remembering soldiers, civilians By Virginia Pratt, WILPF Boston Branch David Rothauser spoke eloquently about… Updates
- Citizen diplomats go to Russia By Jan Corderman, WILPF Des Moines. Iowa Our Citizen Diplomacy Group led by Sharon Tennison, creator of the Center for Citizen Initiatives is in Russia to meet with citizens in four cities to learn and to build relationships to work for reconciliation. The Center for Citizen Initiatives is a highl… Updates
- Hear WILPF oral histories onlineBy Judy Adams, Palo Alto WILPF Branch Don’t let your WILPF Centennial celebration end just yet! You can now hear for yourself the inspiring stories and voices of more than 90 of our WILPF (and Women Strike for Peace) sisters, interviewed in the 1980s by the Women’s Peace Oral History project, by st… Updates
- Lyndon College honors Sha’an MouliertSha’an Mouliert, a Vermont community organizer, educator, and artist, received the Lyndon State College Presidential Medal of Freedom during commencement ceremonies. The longtime WILPF activist, who lives in St. Johnsbury, VT, was honored for her community service with children, the elderly, and Lyn… Updates
