Poster urging people to sign the petition, provided by the Peace in Ukraine coalition.

by Cherrill Spencer and Ellen Thomas
Co-chairs, DISARM Committee

May 2023

WILPF US is a member of the Peace in Ukraine coalition which is calling for an urgent end to the war in Ukraine. It’s time to stop the killing and devastation and we urge a ceasefire & peace negotiations now! Please sign the petition to Presidents Biden, Putin, and Zelensky at this website.

To build the movement needed to help end this calamitous war, we’ll need to reach more people. That’s why we’re raising funds to place this petition as a full-page ad in a major newspaper. Where it gets printed will depend on our fundraising efforts. Please go to this website to donate to this effort. Even just $5 will help!

Persuade Your Congressperson to Cosponsor H.R. 2775

Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton has introduced the “Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Conversion Act” (for the sixteenth time) as H.R. 2775 – 118th Congress (2023-2024): To direct the United States to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and convert nuclear weapons industry resources and personnel to purposes relating to addressing the climate crisis, and for other purposes. There are five original cosponsorsUS Representatives Jim McGovern (MA), Raul Grijalva (AZ), Omar Ilhan (MN), Rashida Tlaib (MI), and Mark Pocan (WI). If they are your rep, please write a thank-you note to them.

We can and should begin asking all our legislators to co-sponsor her bill NOW in the House, and to introduce a companion bill in the Senate! You can read more details here.

Our DISARM/End Wars Issue Committee welcomes new members, write to disarmchair@wilpfus.org to request to join.