Starhawk will present at WILPF US’s Fall Equinox/International Peace Day Event on September 21st, offering techniques to appreciate this harvest time while we reflect on our activist efforts for peace and justice. Read more to learn more and register for this heartfelt event featuring experiential renewal exercises…
Updates
Tuesday, September 17, 2024 - 13:12
Monday, September 16, 2024 - 13:33
In June, the Search Committee released a survey to help better define the Executive Director job description, the selection of candidates we interview and, ultimately, who we hire. The results are in, and we are pleased to share some of the key takeaways and themes from the survey.
Monday, September 16, 2024 - 13:04
The Humboldt County, CA Branch held our almost-annual July 4 used book sale with our partners from Centro del Pueblo (a local immigrant rights group) again this year. The book sale raises money for our Edilith Eckert/Jene McCovey scholarship, which gives small grants to local groups for projects promoting Peace & Justice, locally to globally.
Monday, September 16, 2024 - 12:51
Our new Communications Access (yes!), Culture/the Arts, and Sensitization (CCS) group is starting a few exciting projects that you can join!
Monday, September 16, 2024 - 12:41
On Nagasaki Day, members of the Atlanta chapter of WILPF US sent a WILPF petition to the US President and Vice President calling for support for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. They met at the newly installed Peace Bell on the grounds of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Museum and Library where Nuclear Watch South has organized the Observance for the last 30 years.
Thursday, August 1, 2024 - 07:25
WILPF Board Experiments with a Virtual Retreat: Leaders from Program Issue Committees Join for Half-Day; News from WILPF International Board: Code of Conduct Drafted; Support Casa Maria Soup Kitchen
Thursday, August 1, 2024 - 07:13
WILPF US was one of the organizers of the NATO Counter-Summit and Rally held in Washington DC in early July. Read more for links to the videos and texts of speeches from those 2 days — including the link to the video where WILPF US DISARM co-chairs Dianne Blais and Cherrill Spencer spoke in a blistering 96⁰ F, and to learn more about WILPF activities in DC including lobbying on Capitol Hill.
Thursday, August 1, 2024 - 06:59
Get links from the 35th Triennial Congress presentations, as well as an update on a bill banning PFAS in Vermont. Also, Earth Democracy’s Co-Chairs present three special projects for you to join.
Thursday, August 1, 2024 - 06:43
The Board is undertaking changes and improvements in WILPF functioning with a new procedure for resolving member complaints and disputes and a 3-day retreat to focus on fundamental topics of programs and organizational relationships. For the new Peace Seekers group, we want your thoughtful nominations of WILPF members skilled in sorting out conflicts.
Thursday, August 1, 2024 - 06:14
Jane Addams and her Hull-House colleagues used every means at their disposal to make Hull House visible and to give the Women’s Peace Party (which later became WILPF) a leading role in society, according to Rima Lunin Schultz, which included using the media. How could we learn from them and stop being ‘the invisible women’?
