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- Statement on United States “Cuba Relations, December 2014We, the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom - US Section (WILPF US), applaud President Barack Obama for moving to restore full diplomatic relations between the US and Cuba for the first time in over fifty years. Those years revealed a failed policy by the US, and some remarkable achie… Updates
- What’s your passion?Connect with others working on the environment, human rights, disarmament, the Americas, justice in the Middle East. Click here to see the diverse range of work that WILPF US is involved in. Choose your passion. Updates
- US, Mexico Sections plan joint projectsMelissa Torres, WILPF US International Board representativeIn Mexico to follow up on the WILPF US agreement at our Congress in Detroit to support a binational collaboration between our Section and LIMPAL Mexico, Melissa Torres was on hand for the uprising in support of the missing 43 students of Ayo… Updates
- WILPF at School of the Americas ActionOdile Hugonot Haber, Co-Chair, Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Branch, MichiganNovember 21-23 weekend protests against the Stewart Detention Center and the infamous School of the Americas (SOA) included members from the Washington DC and Triangle (NC) branches, and myself. The Sunday ritual of reading names of … Updates
- Delegates named to International CongressSelected to attend 2015 Congress in The Hague, representing the US section are delegates Mary Hanson Harrison (president), Regina Birchem, Barbara Nielsen, Jane Doyle and Carol Urner. Also attending will be alternates Odile Hugonot Haber, Darien De Lu, Joan Ecklein, Joan Bazar and Leah Bolger.Nomin… Updates
- Local2Global and UN Practicum –Apply by December 15Dixie Hairston, Program Coordinator, L2G and 2015 UN PracticumApplications close December 15 for two WILPF US programs at the UN’s 59th Commission on the Status of Women March 7-15, 2015 in New York City. Students are invited to join WILPF’s UN Practicum in Advocacy, and active members to participa… Updates
- Opportunity to host lesbian activist from CubaCindy Domingo, Chair of the Cuba and the Bolivarian Alliance Issues CommitteeWILPF’s Cuba and the Bolivarian Alliance Issues Committee is proud to announce the upcoming tour of Isel Calzadilla Acosta, founder and coordinator of Las Isabelas, the first lesbian group in Santiago de Cuba. Learn how yo… Updates
- Steps toward abolishing nuclear weaponsCarol Urner, co-chair WILPF National Disarm/ End Wars Issue CommitteeJackie Cabasso and Alice Slater of our committee are attending two nuclear disarmament meetings this month in Vienna on the Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear War. This is a crucial time as we move toward nuclear disarmament and … Updates
- More to celebrateDecember 10 has been declared Jane Addams Day in Illinois, and on that day, Hull House in Chicago will host a 5-9pm event, Care and Resistance: Stories, workshops and actions for peace. Meanwhile the Santa Cruz Branch book club continues to read and discuss intriguing aspects of WILPF’s founder’s … Updates
- We Are All Ayotzinapa; “Enough, I’m Tired”NOVEMBER 2014We, the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, US Section (WILPF US), stand in solidarity with our sisters in the WILPF, Mexico Section, and the people of Mexico, as they stand up demanding answers and an end to the violence and killing resulting from a failed drug war and … Updates
- Statement on Ferguson Grand Jury Outcome, November 2014We, the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom – US Section (WILPF-US), stand with the people of Ferguson, Missouri, as they seek justice for Michael Brown and others killed by police.The Grand Jury in Ferguson failed to bring justice to Michael Brown, or justice to those before him and … Updates
- Attend UN Sessions in NYCDixie Hairston, coordinator of programs for CSWWILPF US will be sending a delegation of women to the 59th Commission on the Status of Women March 7-15, 2015 in New York City as part of WILPF’s UN Practicum in Advocacy and the Local to Global Program. Deadline for both programs is has been extended t… Updates
- Ending wars and gender violenceFor Disarm/End Wars Issue Committee by Carol UrnerNovember is our month to concentrate on non-violence and on ending both war and gender violence. First comes November 11ringing bells and joining Veterans for Peace in reclaiming Armistice Day http://www.vfpchapter27.org/sites/default/files/ABFP.pdf … Updates
- Minigrants awarded to seven WILPF projectsDeb Garretson and Barbara West for Minigrant SubcommitteeSeven minigrants have been awarded for this funding period, four to Branches and three to Issue Committees. It is time to be thinking ahead about how a grant might help you to grow WILPF. The next deadline is February 1, 2015. Apply. /take-act… Updates
- Human Right to Health and Safe FoodMarybeth Gardam and Nancy Price, Corporations v Democracy and Earth DemocracyCorporations v Democracy and Earth Democracy Launch new Human Right to Health and Safe Food CampaignAs Guardians of Future Generations, it’s time to assert our right to a safe environment and food. Together, let’s carry ou… Updates
- Branch to celebrate Jane Addams and Centennial Santa Cruz kicked off its Jane Addams celebration early by asking participants in the Triennial Congress in Detroit to pose with our founder. Shown here are Rachel Nagin and Anna Pet.Patricia Schroeder, Santa Cruz WILPFAt our annual meeting Santa Cruz WILPF decided to focus for a year on Jane Addam… Updates
- Resources from 2014 Congress!Ellen Schwartz, Congress Committee chairEven those WILPFers who attended the 2014 Congress this summer could not attend all of the 35 workshops over two very crowded days. But all of us can benefit from the many materials available for download at www.bit.ly/wilpfcongress. There you'll find worksho… Updates
- Philadelphia honors Prison Radio directorThe Greater Philadelphia Branch on October 18 presented the Peace and Justice Dove Award to Noelle Hanrahan of Prison Radio. With this award, Greater Philadelphia WILPF recognized the work Ms. Hanrahan does to bring the voices of those behind prison walls to the public. Through interviews, books an… Updates
- A birthday party and $100 giftsJoan Brannigan, St. Louis BranchSt. Louis Branch has launched a campaign to ask members to donate $100 for WILPF’s 100 years or as much as they can afford. The fundraising effort will culminate in April with a birthday party. Leah Bolger just accepted an invitation to be at our Annual Meeting/Birth… Updates
- Climate Summit inspires us to build alliancesNow is the moment to seize the day to converge and build a movement of movements for people, planet and peace over profit. In New York, six Earth Democracy team members and friends converged for the NYC Climate Summit, September 19-20, to hear exciting speakers, attend inspirational workshops, and m… Updates
