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- Many Actions for WILPFers in July to Advocate for Abolishing Nuclear WeaponsWILPF member and Hibakusha Hideko Tamura will appear in a documentary about Oppenheimer on MSNBC on July 9th at 10 pm EDT. Image was screenshot from the trailer for this film which will also be streamed on Peacock from July 10th onwards. by Cherrill Spencer and Ellen ThomasCo-chairs, DISARM/End Wars… Updates
- Announcements & Updates: SAVE THE DATES for the WILPF Gathering August 16-17; Two Options for ‘Official’ Branch LogosJuly 2023SAVE THE DATES: WILPF Gathering – Wednesday, August 16 and Thursday, August 17 by Dianne BlaisWILPF US SecretaryVirtual meetings, where all members may attend from the comfort of their home, can be a boon and great tool for a national organization like WILPF US. You can participate and lear… Updates
- Peace Building Continues in Julyby Nancy PriceCo-chair, Earth Democracy Issue CommitteeJuly 2023From July 6th to 9thGlobal Women for Peace Against NATO will gather in Brussels, Belgium, and “virtually” in countries around the world. Events are open to all genders, individuals, and organizations worldwide.This global gathering take… Updates
- Lobby Your Communities to Take the Apartheid-Free Pledge!by Tura Campanella Cook and Regina BirchemWILPF-US Middle East Peace & Justice Action CommitteeJuly 2023What would society in Israel and Palestine be like if it were Apartheid-Free? What if all communities were without elements of exclusionary institutions, laws and practices, and had economies that… Updates
- It Doesn’t Fit; Don’t FORCE It!At a June 25, 2023 march in Washington, DC, where over 500 solidarity activists demanded normalization of relations with Cuba, including an end to the US blockade and taking Cuba off the US List of State Sponsors of Terrorism. Photo credit: Bill Hackwell, used with permission.by Leni Villagomez Reev… Updates
- What Makes WILPF Work? Our Structures and YOU Do!by Darien De LuWILPF US PresidentJuly 2023WILPF has activities, programs, actions, and campaigns – all at the local, national, and international levels. Through our structures at all these levels, we connect and coordinate, support and strategize, plan and produce. And you – WILPF members and activi… Updates
- Des Moines Branch Promotes “No Mow May”by Janice HawkinsDes Moines BranchJuly 2023“No Mow May” started in the United Kingdom in 2019, jumped the pond, and has now been embraced by more than 200 cities and campuses throughout the United States. In Iowa, Ames, Cedar Falls, Dubuque, and Des Moines have joined the No Mow initiative. WILPF Le… Updates
- “The Future in Our Pockets” Study Group Successby Mary SandersonMadison Branch and Women, Money & Democracy CommitteeJuly 2023Over four Thursday mornings in May, WILPF’s Women, Money & Democracy Committee (W$D) co-hosted with Alliance For Just Money (AFJM) a lively study group diving deeper into the Future in Our Pockets webinar (FiOP) we presen… Updates
- Recognize/Celebrate/Educate – Juneteenth 2023By George FridayProgram Committee ChairThere is a need to strengthen national, regional and international cooperation in relation to the full enjoyment of economic, social, cultural, civil and political rights by people of African descent, and their full and equal participation in all aspects of soc… Updates
- Announcements & Updates: Step Up to Help WILPF US; Join Actions on Cuba; Boston Branch Receives Generous GiftJune 2023Who Will Step Up to Help WILPF Make the Changes We Seek?by Darien De LuPresident, WILPF USTo achieve the changes we seek in the world, WILPF needs WILPF. WILPF is an organization that requires individuals who will do the organizational work as well as the issues work. We have many places of… Updates
- Save the Dates for Three Important Peace Events during June & Julyby Nancy PriceCo-chair, Earth Democracy Issue CommitteeJune 2023“It is time for the weapons to fall silent and for diplomacy to begin to resolve the conflict.” SAVE THESE DATES…for three peace events during June and July!June 10–11: International Summit for Peace in Ukraine, Vienna, AustriaThis conf… Updates
- Help Advocate for a Better Farm Bill!Young workers at small vegetable farm sorting freshly harvested green spring onions. Photo credit: Shutterstock.By Rickey Gard DiamondWomen, Money & Democracy CommitteeJune 2023The US Farm Bill is huge in size and effect. It’s only renewed every five years and this year, 2023, is when the old one ex… Updates
- High School Student Starts New “Miami Mujeres” Branchby Eva EgoziMiami Branch June 2023The wait is over! I am thrilled to announce the launch of Miami Mujeres, the newest addition to the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), from Miami, Florida. As the founder of this chapter, I am dedicated to planting the seeds for change regar… Updates
- “Peace Begins At Home”: Domestic Prisoners of War (DPoW) Issue Committee Goalsby Margo SchulterDPoW CommitteeJune 2023“Peace begins at home” is the theme and motto of a new issue committee formed in the WILPF US section for survivors of domestic abuse and all WILPF members who want to join with us in sisterhood and allyship.The new committee was authorized by the WILPF US Boa… Updates
- PFAS: What You Need to Know about “Forever Chemicals”by WILPF Burlington and the Earth Democracy CommitteeJune 2023Marguerite Adelman of WILPF Burlington and the Earth Democracy Committee have been making “tailored” Zoom presentations on PFAS to various branches: Boston and Cape Cod, Des Moines, and the Jane Addams Branch. Thanks to Ellen Thomas, we r… Updates
- Disappointing G7 Statement on Nuclear Disarmament Means We Must Double Our EffortsICAN Poster advertising their G7 Youth Summit Global Day of Action against nuclear weapons.by Cherrill Spencer and Ellen ThomasCo-chairs, DISARM/End Wars Issue CommitteeJune 2023The anti-nuclear weapons international community took many actions to influence the political leaders who held their G7 me… Updates
- Greater Philadelphia Branch Welcomes Golden Rule!From left, Mary Ann Van Cura, Steve Buck (Skipper), Helen Jaccard (Project Manager), Councilmember Mark Squilla, Ren Jacob, and Barbara Cooney holding the resolution marking the Golden Rule’s visit to Philadelphia.by Tina SheltonGreater Philadelphia BranchJune 2023From May 9-13, 2023, the Greater Ph… Updates
- Maine WILPFers Picket and Exhort Legislators to Prevent Nuclear WarMaine WILPFers picket with other groups each Friday in the center of Portland.by Martha SpiessMaine BranchJune 2023Maine WILPFers picket collaboratively with other groups each Friday in the center of Portland, Maine. This month we deployed both of our most active banners together to emphasize how im… Updates
- Detroit Branch Hears Sobering Facts in “Water for All—The Future of Water in the Great Lakes Region”Photo by mrjn Photography on Unsplash.by Judith SheldonDetroit BranchJune 2023The Detroit Branch continued its ongoing “Kitchen Table Talk and Action” series, focusing its April 20, 2023 session on water issues: “Water for All: The Future of Water in the Great Lakes Region.” Although much of this Zo… Updates
- Connecting on WILPF Politics and with Each Other: Healing RelationshipsWILPF members Marge Van Cleef and Joan Ecklein relate to each other. Photo credit: Darien De Lu,by Darien De LuWILPF US PresidentMay 2023How are WILPFers connecting with each other? In today’s world of isolation and individuality, relationships can be helpful and healing! Many of us are fortunate to… Updates
