Committee Updates: Opportunities to join the WILPF US Board; The Women’s Learning Circle; Get Connected to the Advancing Human Rights Issues Subcommittees; Social Media Buzz
September 2021
NOW IS THE TIME! Board Elections!!!
Now is the time to apply for or nominate someone else for an opening in the 2022 WILPF US board! See the elections timeline. The deadlines are October 10 for applications and October 1 for nominations.
See the position openings to know what seats are vacant for 2022. Get details on the job descriptions here. The actual application form is available on the board elections page here.
For further information about nominating a potential candidate for a position, candidate qualifications, and other election matters, contact nominatingcommittee@wilpfus.org or call (617) 266-0999 (preferably during working hours on Wednesday).
THE WOMEN’S LEARNING CIRCLE on Public Banking still has a few slots open
Curious about how public banking can save the planet, advance racial and gender equality, and protect your community from economic turmoil? Join us for the next session on Friday, September 10th! By M. Gardam.
If you meant to register but didn’t, or if you registered then forgot to show up at our first session, you can still participate. Our first meeting on Aug. 27 was an Introduction to participants and the structure of the Learning Circle going forward. The next session is on Friday, October 1 and Thursday, October 22. You can still participate if you register NOW at Share the website link: www.AnEconomyofOurOwn.org/events.
If you had trouble registering over the Eventbrite site (there were some hiccups!) contact PublicBanking.wilpfus@gmail.comor contact Marybeth Gardam at mbgardam@gmail.com. We’ll walk you through to make sure you get to the 2nd session.
Advancing Human Rights Issue Committee
The national WILPF ADVANCING HUMAN RIGHTS Issue Committee has had three revitalizing meetings this summer and will meet again on Tuesday evening, September 29. Register here: https://bit.ly/Aug30AHRmeeting
Four of the subcommittees will have full-length meetings during September. Write to AHRchair@wilpfus.org to be connected to one or more of those subcommittees if you are not already getting their email messages: United Nations and Women, Immigration, Anti-racism work by WILPF US and branches, Mass incarceration and police militarization. Subcommittees “on the way” include UN International Decade for People of African Descent, Housing, Human trafficking, and perhaps others!
The Social Media Committee wants to know…
To respond or for more info on these items, email President@wilpfus.org
Did you register for Congress? Did you attend? The Social Media Ctte. invites your feedback on your “tech. experience”: Did Zoom work well for you? What feedback do you have on Congress functions: How good was the ease of getting into meetings? Why did you participate – or not? Why – with over 240 registrants – did we usually see some 80 at a given presentation?
Have you been to our recordings page, to see the Congress session recordings and much more? The Social Media Committee reminds you that we need only 21 more subscribers to our YouTube page to reach the 100 level – which qualifies us to name our page something snappy: https://bit.ly/WILPFUSVids!
Do you use Instagram or Twitter? Help us develop better ways to reach out to the world of social media – building better connections to our branches and to other communities! The Social Media Committee especially seeks those who use Twitter and/or Instagram.
