Learn the basics of tweeting at an October 15 national training for all WILPF members and branches!

By Darien De Lu
President, WILPF US

October 2020

In these difficult yet crucial pandemic times, is your branch actively involved in issue-related activities – local ones or WILPF ones or both? For the last year, I worked with the Holistic Committee in developing and introducing Program 2.0 to energize and interconnect our issue committees. They’ve now publicized activities and actions for branches around issues of concern to nearly every WILPFer. Yet with ever more impressive work from issue committees, in the pandemic some branches are still struggling to involve and engage locally.
    
So at the national level, we’ve undertaken many approaches to building branches: numerous items on our Support Materials webpage, national guest speakers, mini-grant funding, skills and topical webinars, One WILPF calls, and personal support. Additionally, guided by Program 2.0, national WILPF seeks to offer issue committees and branches alike an umbrella of unifying ideas for programmatic activities. The Call for Peace is one such umbrella idea, connecting and aligning our national and local work.
 
The Call picks up a focus of the Season of Solidarity – the Global Ceasefire – and combines that with a longtime goal of WILPF – a cut in military spending. (See more about the Call for Peace in the latest President’s Corner.) Branches can choose from the multiple possible actions and directions within the Call, feeling united with other WILPFers under this umbrella campaign.

Branch members can participate in our monthly trainings, to develop new abilities and apply them to such issue work. On October 15 our training on Twitter will show you how: You can “tweet” announcement information, speak up, and even reach out to younger people – who find Facebook just too old fashioned! – more details below.
  
In August, our online Virtual Meeting Trainingabout Zoom and conference calls, reached over thirty people. I hope you’ll check out these training notes from that August 27 training for tips – even if you were there!

The Thursday, October 15 national training on Twitter is at 5 pm Pacific / 7 pm Central / 8 pm Eastern. Learn how to create your own account and the basics of tweeting! Register for this training via Zoom by using the link in the upcomoing eAlert, “Social Media & WILPF”.   

Are you interested in social media? Have you used it much? Are you on Facebook? You’re welcome to inquire about helping WILPF develop our social media presence – or joining our Social Media Committee. Contact Info@WILPFUS.org.