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- December 2025 AnnouncementsWILPF Remembers Longtime Peace Activist and Beloved Member Barby Ulmer Barby Ulmer: 11/24/1929 – 11/15/2025 Longtime peace activist Barby Ulmer died peacefully at 2:30 a.m. on Nov. 15. During the time she was in Kaiser's comfort care, people close to her were loving her at her bedside. Her … UpdatesElectionsPeaceImmigration
- Visioning Peace: WILPF Shares Creative Power of Nonviolent Action at Fridays at Fetterman’s VigilWILPF's Greater Philadelphia Branch has been a supporter of Fridays at Fetterman's since its earliest weeks. Fridays at Fetterman's is the only regular weekly vigil in Philadelphia advocating for a ceasefire and Palestinian rights in the ongoing conflict, while also denouncing violence from both sid… BranchesIsraelGazaWars and MilitarismIndigenous RightsPeacePalestineHuman RightsProtests
- WILPF San Jose Reclaims Armistice Day with Veterans for PeaceWILPF's San Jose Branch reclaimed Armistice Day this year alongside local Veterans for Peace members. WILPF San Jose has maintained a long-standing relationship with Veterans for Peace. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the branch participated annually in their Armistice Day Bell Ringing, which took pla… BranchesWars and MilitarismPeace
- Campus WILPF Expands Community Connections: Exciting Plans and Creative Engagement for the New YearUniversity of Arizona's Campus WILPF is pleased to welcome our newest attendee, Tayo Omigbule, who has just moved to the US from Nigeria and has been here for two weeks. Tayo has offered to help with Campus WILPF and mentioned that she has extensive connections within the Tucson African community. S… BranchesPeace
- WILPF New York Metro Branch Re-Energizes Peace Efforts 80 Years After HiroshimaAug. 6, 2025, marked 80 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945. Each anniversary offers a time to remember the tragedy and its impact. It also presents an opportunity to renew the call for peace. For many years, I have attended this important gathering as part of the Raging Gr… BranchesPeace
- Say “No!” to Nuclear Weapons Testing, War with Venezuela, and an Unrestrained Arms RaceDISARM Co-Chairs Lobby Against Explosive Nuclear Weapons Testing—Now It’s Your Turn! Last July, the chairman of the Sierra Club's Stop Nuclear Weapons team reached out to WILPF US. He wanted to know if one or two WILPF members would join the team to lobby on two key issues: 1) preventing the resump… DISARM/End Wars Issue CommitteeLatin AmericaWars and MilitarismPeacePolitics and Legislation
- Call for Input: Join the Webinar to Discuss How to Create Safe and Supportive Culture in WILPF USThe Bylaws Committee is currently engaged in an important discussion regarding the consequences for members who seriously or repeatedly violate WILPF's Code of Conduct. WILPF US adheres to the same Code of Conduct as the rest of WILPF International, and we are seeking input from our membership on th… UpdatesPeace
- DISARM/End Wars Committee Updates: Trinity Teach-in, Resources for Atomic Bombs Commemorations, and MoreJuly 16: Online Teach-in About the Trinity Atomic Bomb Test Almost everyone believes that the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945, was the very first nuclear weapon to be detonated, but it was not. The first nuclear explosion occurred with the Trinity bomb, which the US d… DISARM/End Wars Issue CommitteeWars and MilitarismPeace
- You’re Invited: Join Rhetoricians for Peace II on Facebook!All of us at WILPF are rhetoricians working for peace! Building on our ongoing research into the rhetoric of peace and how to de-escalate public discourse, a small group, including individuals interested in the field of rhetoric, writing, and the English language, has revived an important communicat… UpdatesPeaceMedia
- Remembering WILPF Founder Emily Greene Balch: An Inspiration for Our TimesEmily Greene Balch came from a noted Boston family of seven. Her grandfather founded Beverly, Massachusetts, where a house continues in the Balch name and is managed by the Beverly Historical Society. Her father was a legislative official to William Sumner, the Massachusetts Senator who was almost … UpdatesHistoryPeace
- DISARM/End Wars Committee Updates: Using Neutral Countries to End Conflicts, PEP Grants, and MoreJoin Us June 10: NATO and Neutrality Lecture The WILPF DISARM Committee and the Jane Addams Branch invite you to an online lecture by the well-known neutrality speaker Pascal Lottaz. Lottaz is a professor at Kyoto University, Graduate School of Law, and has made a complete case about NATO's overste… DISARM/End Wars Issue CommitteeUpdatesWars and MilitarismPeace
- Jane Addams Branch Explores a Transformative Vision to Abolish International WarGood news! Could we at last put an end to wars between nations? The answer is yes, and on June 18, the Jane Addams branch will explore a compelling explanation of why and how. The presentation will explain and illustrate how all WILPF branches can share in spreading this very good news by throwing "… BranchesUpdatesWars and MilitarismPeaceMedia
- WILPF says “NO!” to NATO and “No War with Iran!”WILPF Says NO to NATO WILPF US and its DISARM/End Wars Committee are supporters of the NO to NATO campaign led by the Global Women United Against NATO group. This group is making a video collage of photos of women holding "NO TO NATO" or "NO NATO" signs. It will release the video at their counter-s… DISARM/End Wars Issue CommitteeIranWars and MilitarismPeaceProtests
- End Nuclear Weapons: Spread the Word about HR-1888!On March 5, 2025, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton introduced her "Warheads to Windmills" bill for the 17th time as HR-1888, with eight immediate cosponsors. Follow updates about the bill. In a press release, Ms. Norton wrote: 'Today, I introduce the Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Conversion Act… DISARM/End Wars Issue CommitteeClimate ChangeWars and MilitarismPeacePolitics and Legislation
- WILPF Delegates Attend U.N. Meeting on Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear WeaponsTwenty-one members of WILPF from seven countries attended the Third Meeting of the States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (3MSP to TPNW) at the United Nations in New York City from March 3 to 7. Eight members of WILPF US' DISARM committee were at the event. They attended … DISARM/End Wars Issue CommitteeWars and MilitarismPeacePolitics and Legislation
- Art and Activism: Two Feminist Artists Inspire Jane Addams BranchAs a tribute to "Women's History Month," the WILPF Jane Addams Branch hosted feminist artists Deborah Vanko and Trudy Myrrh Reagan to share their herstories. With over five decades of WILPF-inspired activism, they presented their fierce resistance and enduring resilience, each in a different way. De… UpdatesPeaceWomen's Rights
- Greater Philadelphia Branch Honors Two Women With Peace and Justice Dove AwardOn Feb. 1, WILPF’s Greater Philadelphia Branch honored Sylvia Metzler and Maati Yvonne Platts with the Peace and Justice Dove Award. About 70 WILPF members and friends of the honorees gathered to honor these two extremely dedicated activists for their many years of important work and to share the wa… UpdatesPeace
- ORGANIZE! ORGANIZE! ORGANIZE! Says the DISARM CommitteeWhile we are unhappy with the results of the general election, let’s not let that lead to inaction. We must continue organizing events, collaborating with sister peace organizations, and pressuring Congress to reduce the massive military budget. “I’m not going to start wars, I’m going to stop wars,… DISARM/End Wars Issue CommitteeUpdatesWars and MilitarismPeace
- WILPF Members Pressure Nuclear Weapon Manufacturers and Fossil Fuel Companies—Cost of US support for Israel since October 7, 2023WILPF members and other organizations demonstrate against nuclear weapons companies and big oil. A small number of very large companies profit from fossil fuels and nuclear weapons, and they spend millions on lobbying, elections, and propaganda to maintain their control over Congress and the White… DISARM/End Wars Issue CommitteeUpdatesWars and MilitarismPeace
- May Takayanagi: In MemoriamSadly, we report the death of a long time activist and member of WILPF residing in Newton, MA. She was two months shy from her 100th birthday. The Boston Globe wrote an obituary for May, “May Takayanagi, peace activist, whose family was interned in World War II camps, dies” by Bryan Marquard, but so… UpdatesPeace
