Women fundraiser activists are needed for our expanding Development Committee! As our 100th anniversary approaches we are overflowing with ideas for building awareness of our Centennial, and reaching out to new members and donors.
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Friday, October 5, 2012 - 10:41
From September 26-28, 146 women peacemakers and peacebuilders gathered at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice in San Diego for its fifth international conference, “Breaking Barriers--What it will take to achieve security, justice, and peace.”
Friday, October 5, 2012 - 09:37
On September 28, the third anniversary of a terrible massacre in Guinea, which included mass rapes of women, WILPF-DC members, Isabel Macdonald and Shirley Pate, joined Guineans from the Washington area to participate in a protest in New York to demand justice for the victims.
Friday, October 5, 2012 - 08:33
Keep Space for Peace October 6–13: Calling all WILPFers to join in resisting war in, from and through space.
Thursday, September 6, 2012 - 16:10
To ensure Governor Brown signs AB 685 this month, we invite one last action by California WILPFers. Please print out this petition to have your family and friends sign so all Californians can have access to safe, affordable water for drinking, cooking and sanitation. One petition page from many CA WILPFers will let the Governor know the extent of grassroots support. It’s been four long years to get to this point!
Thursday, September 6, 2012 - 15:39
For a decade, Jesse Morrow Mountain, a predominant foothill at the gateway to the Sierra Mountains and to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks just northwest of Fresno, California, has been the target of the Cemex Corporation, one of the world’s largest purveyors of construction material. Cemex wanted to turn the mountain into a gravel quarry, for all purposes, slashing a giant hole in its side.
Thursday, September 6, 2012 - 06:11
Sometime this month all WILPF US members should receive a letter, a packet of information. containing a ballot and background information for an all-member vote on three important proposed Bylaws amendments: Direct Member-election of President, Creation of a Board Membership Development Committee and Committee Chair, and Creation of Staggered Elections for Board Members.
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 - 18:25
Share the following letter with your contacts and use in writing your own letters to the President, Congress and the press. Call the White House today 202-456-1111, TTY/TTD 202-456-6213 to urge restraint and diplomacy instead of threatening to bomb Iran.
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 - 13:33
In September we continue to move forward in our quest for a Nuclear Free Future, an end to wars and occupations, and dismantling the war economy. On Thursday, September 6, Jean Verthein will represent WILPF at an open UN General Assembly conference on ending all nuclear testing and proceeding to abolition.
Tuesday, September 4, 2012 - 11:18
The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence is an annual global campaign from November 25, International Day Against Violence Against Women, through December 10, International Human Rights Day. The 2012 16 Days Campaign will continue with the global theme, "From Peace in the Home to Peace in the World: Let's Challenge Militarism and End Violence Against Women!"
