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- Busy Month of Rallies for the Greater Philadelphia BranchHelen Evelev (on left) and Jean Haskell (on right). Photo credit: Tina Sheltonby Tina SheltonChair, Greater Philadelphia BranchNovember 2023On Sep 15th, the Greater Philadelphia Branch joined Fridays for our Future, Philadelphia at a rowdy rally and march. Peace activists were there to show solidari… Updates
- The Poor People Campaign: A National Call For Moral Revival Needs YOU!WILPFers in DC in 2023. Photo Credit: Eileen Kurkoskiby Rowan FairgroveWILPF4PPC LiaisonNovember 2023Poverty is the 4th leading cause of death. There are 140 million poor and low-wealth people in this country. An estimated 800 people die each day from poverty and low income, so we feel an urgency to… Updates
- AnnouncementsWILPF is pleased to invite you to WILPF’s 35th Triennial Congress!by Dee Murphy and Nancy PriceOur 35th Triennial Congress will be held in St. Paul, Minnesota from Thursday, May 30 – Sunday, June 2, 2024. The theme of the congress is “Water on the Front Lines for Peace”.Registration costs are curren… Updates
- Keeping Up Anti-military Actions in the Face of Two Horrible WarsSan Francisco demonstration against BlackRock investment company as part of Peace In Ukraine Global Action week, October 4th, 2023. WILPFers Predmore and Spencer stand either side of the right-hand banner. Photo credit: Leon Kunstentaarby Cherrill Spencer, Ellen Thomas and Dianne BlaisCo-chairs of D… Updates
- Silent Vigil Observed for Peace, Not War, in Israel/GazaVigil for peace, not war, in Israel/Gaza. Credit: C. Spencerby Judy Adams November 2023The California Peninsula/Palo Alto Branch observed silent vigils for peace, not war in Israel/Gaza. WILPF members and supporters have stood since the start of the war in Ukraine in silent protest. Since the beginn… Updates
- Applications for Our Local to Global Program Now Open!CSW 67 (2023) cohort posing in front of the “Non-Violence” sculpture outside the UN building in New York. The barrel of the 45-calibre revolver is tied in a knot, so while the gun is cocked, the knot makes it clear that it cannot shoot. Artist Carl Frederk Reutersward made the sculpture in 1980 afte… Updates
- 75 Years For A $75 Ask at the End of a Tempestuous 2023We applaud WILPF’s contribution to the Universal Declaration on Human Rights. Please support our legacy of promoting peace, human rights, and justice by donating $75 or more to our end-of-year appeal as the declaration turns 75 this year!by Development CommitteeWILPF USNovember 2023Look for our appe… Updates
- Back Where It All Began for WILPF The Chicago Branch ReLaunch“Children in Hull House front yard” Hull House photographic digital image collection, Special collections and University Archives, University of Illinois at Chicago. Rima Lunin Schultz, PhD – Life-long Addams Scholar and expert on how immigration shaped Jane Addams’ peace-making skills.The Chicago R… Updates
- Take action to stop the bloodshed in Gaza and Israel!On October 7, 2023, following 16 years of brutal siege on Gaza; decades of soldier-protected Israeli settlers terrorizing Palestinian children, farmers and villages throughout the territories; and Israeli ministers openly calling for genocide and expulsion – Palestinian militants attacked Israel.The… Updates
- Step Out to Advocate for a Negotiated Peace in the Ukraine-Russia War: Sept. 30-Oct. 8DISARM co-chair Ellen Thomas demonstrates for an end to nuclear weapons in Asheville, NC, on August 6, 2023, as part of a commemoration of the bombing of Hiroshima.by Cherrill Spencer and Ellen ThomasCo-chairs, DISARM/End Wars Issue CommitteeSeptember 2023The DISARM committee co-chairs thank the bra… Updates
- Announcements & Updates: SAVE THE DATE – “Self-Care for Activists” on September 23; Let’s Defend Organizations Under AttackSeptember 2023 Save the Date: Self-Care for Activists on September 23By Jeneve BrooksStrategic Support and Initiatives CoordinatorSave the Date: Self-Care for ActivistsSaturday, September 23rd via Zoom12-1:30 pm EST / 11am-12:30 pm CST / 9-11:30 am PSTRegistration fee: $20September is Self-Care Awar… Updates
- March in NYC Sept. 17 to Call on President Biden to Accelerate Climate Action!by Nancy PriceEarth Democracy Issue CommitteeSeptember 2023A massive march and rally to #ENDFOSSILFUELS will be held in New York City to spur President Biden to take action.Sunday, September 17Gather at 56th Street and Broadway between 12 and 1 pm. The march will be from approximately 1:00-4:30 pm. … Updates
- Sponsor a Daughter / Niece / Granddaughter / Friend for 2024 CSW!The entire WILPF US UN 2023 Practicum and Local2Global cohort in front of the famous “Non-Violence” statue (also known as “The Knotted Gun”) at the United Nations in New York City.by Shilpa Pandey and Jan CordermanPracticum and Local2Global CoordinatorsSeptember 2023WILPF’S CSW programming is back! … Updates
- October Gathering in Houston for Apartheid-Free Communitiesby Tura Campanella CookMEPJAC Co-ChairSeptember 2023“… As people of conscience and loving communities, we stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people and their call for equal and full rights. Inspired by the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, we want to declare our own communities “Apar… Updates
- From Branches to Board and Back!From left, Sacramento Branch members Robin Durston, Ellen Schwartz (former board member), and Darien De Lu (current board member) hold the banner at a local march.by Darien De LuPresident, WILPF USSeptember 2023As a WILPF US member, you are an “at-large” or a branch member in our unique multi-issue,… Updates
- All of Guantanamo Belongs to CubaGuantanamo is a province of Cuba and the capital city of that province. Half a million people are attempting to go about their daily lives in spite of the occupied territory in their midst. Photo credit: LVR.by Leni Villagomez ReevesCo-chair, Cuba and the Bolivarian Alliance Issue CommitteeSeptember… Updates
- Introducing Our “Creatives” and Their New Listservby Gloria McMillanTucson Branch & CCS Subcommittee of AHRWe have a “new kid on the block” in WILPF. We are the Advancing Human Rights committee’s CCS subcommittee and we have created a new e-list.COMMUNICATIONSCULTURE/THE ARTSSENSITIZATIONWhy should WILPF members join the CCS list?Dianne Blais, WILP… Updates
- 90+ Members Join WILPF US Gathering 2023By Dianne Blais and Jane DoyleWILPF US Gathering CommitteeSeptember 2023It was neither a dark nor stormy night on August 16th, and again on the 17th, although many of us were hoping for cooler temperatures, when more than 90 WILPF members from all over the United States, plus two members from the WI… Updates
- In Palo Alto, a Global No to NukesMembers of WILPF’s Peninsula/Palo Alto Branch and Fridays for Future stood at a busy intersection in Palo Alto with disarmament themed signs on August 4. By Judy AdamsPeninsula/Palo Alto BranchSeptember 2023During the month of August, our branch’s silent vigils every Friday from noon to 1 pm on a bu… Updates
- WILPF Pittsburgh Greets Historic Peace BoatEnthusiastic supporters of the Golden Rule on the dock in Erie, PA, on August 4, 2023.By Mary King and Susan SmithPittsburgh BranchSeptember 2023On August 4, 2023, a caravan from Pittsburgh WILPF traveled to Erie, PA, to greet the Golden Rulea ship built by Quakers in 1958 to sail to the Marshall Is… Updates
