What is our moral obligation? The three main dams supplying water to Bolivia’s largest cities are no longer fed by Andean glaciers, and demand now outstrips supply.
Updates
![The WILPF Mobile and participants on the trip to view fracking sites](https://wilpfus.org/sites/default/files/styles/blog_thumb_style/public/10-Dimock-Fracking-Photo.jpeg?itok=UaqVnJ1J)
Greater Philadelphia WILPF received a mini-grant for a tour of fracking sites in Dimock, Pennsylvania, to learn about the effects of fracking on families, the water supply, and the land.
![Attendees at the fall 2016 WILPF New England Retreat](https://wilpfus.org/sites/default/files/styles/blog_thumb_style/public/11-Boston-Retreat-Photo-1.png?itok=T28VLJjD)
The Boston Branch sponsored the WILPF New England Retreat in October, providing an opportunity for area members to gather and discuss matters of race and the environment.
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This WILPF US Section Public Statement on Syria is being published on our website and on our Facebook page; we are also sending it to President Obama and Secretary of State Kerry.
![No TPP](https://wilpfus.org/sites/default/files/styles/blog_thumb_style/public/01-Earth-Democracy-actions_PHOTO1_0.png?itok=caTBbfRJ)
As guardians of present and future generations, we need to be sure there is #NoLameDuck congressional vote on the TPP trade agreement, and we stand in solidarity with tribal water protectors and our Standing Rock sisters calling for #NODAPL.
![Depleted Uranium](https://wilpfus.org/sites/default/files/styles/blog_thumb_style/public/02-Depleted-uranium_PHOTO.jpg?itok=9BVQaQ42)
Demand the truth about depleted uranium contamination, environmental degradation, and health risks.
![Human Trafficking](https://wilpfus.org/sites/default/files/styles/blog_thumb_style/public/03-PaloAlto-human-trafficking_PHOTO.jpg?itok=wsNrPxzu)
The Peninsula/Palo Alto WILPF Branch sponsored three documentaries on human trafficking at the United Nations Association Film Festival and shared information on WILPF’s work.
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The Multnomah Friends Meeting held a special event to honor Carol Urner and to hear about her many years of peace and justice work.
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WILPF US has received word of the death on August 18, 2016, of Paij Wadley-Bailey, of Montpelier, Vermont. We also remember Ellen B. Blosser, Adele Kearney, and Margaret Dawson Stein.