Effie Dilworth, left, and Sandy Thacker, right, tabling at a local high school with a poster titled “Ten Points to Consider Before You Sign a Military Enlistment Agreement.” On the table is a wheel for the kids to spin with possible non-military careers to consider.

By the ONE WILPF Call Team

February 2021

The East Bay (California) WILPF Branch has been working on a successful high school counter-recruiting project that might inspire actions across the country. Sandy Thacker of East Bay will facilitate a presentation about the “Before Enlisting” Project that informs students in high schools and colleges about why they should think twice about enlisting, and what alternatives they might consider for national service.

Learn more at www.BeforeEnlisting.orgthen join the ONE WILPF Call on Thursday, February 11th at 4 pm PST / 7 pm EST to hear all the details and to learn how your branch (or your community, if you are an at-large member) might use the group’s very effective videos and handouts in your own community.

Be sure to register for the call if you have not before been on a ONE WILPF Call. You will join the call with your phone AND your computer. It’s not a Zoom call.

Once you have registered, you will receive a confirming email the day before the ONE WILPF Call and another email 2 hours before the call. That email will include a call-in number and a link to the “Visual Interface” so you can see who is on the call. Voices will be muted but there will be opportunities for discussion and a Q&A.

During 2021, the monthly ONE WILPF Call will be featuring more projects and work from branches that may be replicable across the country. If your branch is working on a project that meets those criteria, please contact mbgardam@gmail.com to get on the list of projects we want to feature. WILPF’s mission is carried out in communities across the United States by our members, and we want to celebrate and inspire our members by sharing your important work.