Updates

Friday, February 5, 2016 - 07:15

The final list of WILPF US candidates includes a choice for the office of president/co-president and a single candidate for each of the other board openings. You can join a call to hear them respond to some key questions.

Friday, February 5, 2016 - 06:38

WILPF branches will have the opportunity to sponsor a visit by Luisa Campos Gallardo, director of the National Literacy Museum in Havana, in April/May 2016 and possibly June, depending on interest.

Friday, February 5, 2016 - 06:29

With the public and retailers focused on planting season, now’s the perfect time to begin using the Human Right To Health & Safe Food Campaign’s excellent resources and organizing tools.

Tuesday, January 5, 2016 - 12:17

WILPF members have been working hard to raise public awareness about the immorality and illegality of US combat drones.  The Drones Quilt Project is a collective art project which humanizes and memorializes the victims while educating the public.

Tuesday, January 5, 2016 - 12:06

We launch the first of three tours January 20 with a focus on abolishing nuclear weapons and learning about WILPF branch projects and concerns. We start on the West Coast and are gathering invitations from Southeast and Midwest branches for spring tours.

Tuesday, January 5, 2016 - 12:02

Reporters praised the Paris climate agreement as a “global turn from fossil fuels” and “major leap for mankind.”  Oscar Reyes, Institute for Policy Studies, writes that “the main text of the agreement is long on rhetoric and short on action.” 

Tuesday, January 5, 2016 - 11:51

Time is running out!  Nominations you make of other people for the WILPF US Board are due by Jan. 10 and complete application materials from candidates must be received by Jan. 24. 

Tuesday, January 5, 2016 - 11:48

To be relevant, we must be visible. WILPF is visible when you speak and act! So, join us, beginning this March, in a conversation as we transform the suggested ideas from the October 2015 retreat in Des Moines, Iowa, into a draft document.

Tuesday, January 5, 2016 - 11:32

A branch survey completed during summer and early fall of 2015 identified weaknesses and provided valuable suggestions for practical solutions.  It has been made available widely to participants in the survey, and leadership at various levels of WILPF.   

Tuesday, January 5, 2016 - 11:27

Representatives from conflict zones around the world gathered in Bangalore, India, in November to share their stories and call for an end to violence. Odile Hugonot Haber of WILPF US participated along with members of Women in Black.

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