Join the Program Committee’s next open meeting on June 2, 2020, at 5 pm PDT / 8 pm EDT; save the dates for Disarm/End Wars monthly webinar series—next up is Phyllis Bennis, Institute for Policy Studies, on June 28.
Updates
As COVID-19 lays bare racial and economic inequities, it’s clear we cannot go back to ‘normal.’ Join the Poor People’s Campaign Mass Gathering on 6/20/20! By D. Van Soest
The Cape Cod Branch has stumbled on a new approach to activism: micro-actions at home! Three ongoing clothesline displays have raised awareness about sexual assault and peace issues. By E. Muniz
Wendy Chmielewski, Curator of the Swarthmore College Peace Collection, updated WILPF US about the ongoing digitization of film clips and audio recordings related to women and peace in the 20th century.
The Syrian civil war has become a full-blown international conflict and a dire humanitarian crisis. All militants must leave and countries need to stop providing weapons and training. By O. Haber and R. Birchem.
Sign a Code Pink petition calling for the Nobel Peace Prize to be awarded to Cuba’s medical brigades for their contributions to the worldwide confrontation with COVID-19. By C. Domingo and L. Reeves.
Support the global Earth Day “Vote Earth” campaign and the National Election Defense Coalition’s efforts during the COVID-19 election emergency. By N. Price.
WILPF US members have collected 5,688 petition signatures asking US Senators to ratify the new Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and 37 countries have ratified the Treaty. By E. Thomas.
In this pandemic period, the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom US honors all mothers and women nationwide who have lost their lives to COVID-19, including 88 (mostly female) nurses, as of this writing.
The Program Committee’s next open meeting; Disarm/End Wars and two other WILPF committees call for a global cease-fire; W$D asks you to act now on student loan forgiveness; upcoming Earth Democracy plans.