Personnel Committee Recruiting Members

By Cee’ Cee’ Anderson, Personnel Committee Chair

The Personnel Committee is looking for a few more members to join our committee. If you have experience, training, or skills related to Human Resources, education, communication work ethics, people management, strategic thinking, and/or cultural awareness and sensitivity, please consider joining! If you don’t have experience in these areas, are you willing to learn and assist in getting the best candidates for any job openings that WILPF may have? We need you!

Please contact any of the current Personnel Committee members for further information . We look forward to working with you.

March 10: Virtual “Nice White Ladies and White Supremacy” Discussion

Susan Smith, Pittsburgh Branch

Join us on Monday, March 10, at 7:00 p.m. for an important discussion entitled “Nice White Ladies and White Supremacy.” We will watch and discuss the video interview between Jessie Daniels, author of Nice White Ladies: The Truth about White Supremacy, Our Role in It, and How We Can Help Dismantle It, and Maud Newton, author of Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation. We will address questions such as: Who is “Karen”? How does White supremacy result from “protecting” white ladies? What is our role in disrupting white supremacy?

ALL are welcome to join! Change doesn’t happen in a vacuum; we welcome ALL voices. Join us on March 10!

You’re Invited: Upcoming Jane Addams Branch Meetings with Great Guest Speakers!

Dianne Blais, Jane Addams Branch Convener

WILPF’s Jane Addams Virtual Branch is excited to announce the topics for future meetings this year. We’ll welcome guest speakers at our meetings to help us dive deeper into the following topics:

• March 19: Feminist Artists in Action: A Membership Presentation in Honor of Women’s History Month
• April 16: “Before You Enlist!” 
• May 21: Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo

We plan to have a gathering again this summer, as there is no national or international congress.

The following is a tentative schedule of WILPF speakers at upcoming Jane Addams Virtual Branch meetings:

• June 18: WILPF US Staff and WILPF US Co-presidents
• July 16: WILPF US Board and Issue Committee Chairs
• 20: WILPF US Branch Leaders and all other members

Past Jane Addams Virtual Branch meeting topics this year:

• January: Korean A-bomb Victims Seek Reparations and Recognition
• February: Fifty–Fifty Pay Equity Project

If you’d like to explore more recordings of Jane Addams Virtual Branch meetings, go to WILPF US’ Youtube channel.

Exciting Updates from the CA Humboldt County WILPF Branch

By Sue Hilton, CA Humboldt County WILPF Branch

The CA Humboldt County WILPF Branch is excited to share a few updates about our work:

• We continue to work with Centro del Pueblo, a local immigrant rights group. We spoke to the county’s Board of Supervisors to encourage reaffirmation of the county’s sanctuary law. We are excited to share that the Board reaffirmed its commitment to sanctuary protections!
• We look forward to celebrating International Women’s Day in March. Our branch is sponsoring a sing-along on March 5 as part of a week-long festival celebrating women. Our annual International Women’s Day celebration will take place on March 8 and will be co-sponsored by Centro del Pueblo. The event will feature dancing from local dance groups, music, and speakers on immigrant rights. Learn more about both of these events.
• We are accepting applications from locals for our annual peace and justice grant program. We hope to raise more money for the program during our sing-along event on March 5. 

WILPF Remembers Longtime Member and Former Board President Mary Zepernick

By Christine Morin

Longtime WILPF US member and former board president Mary Zepernick passed away at the end of last year. We are grateful for all she contributed to WILPF and hope to honor her memory in our work. We invite you to read more about Mary in her obituary, originally published in Cape Cod Times.