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Five WILPF members recently attended a week-long gathering of Kings Bay Plowshares 7 supporters during their trial. All seven Catholic Workers were convicted for their April 2018 protest at the Trident submarine base.
From October 8-11, 2019, the Burlington Branch hosted programs on Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) at four Vermont high schools, Middlebury College, and the University of Vermont (UVM).
Now is the time to organize and mobilize for COP 25 locally, nationally, and globally. Order WILPF materials & mark your calendars for strikes before and during COP (Dec. 2-13, 2019).
Calling for a comprehensive peace conference on the Middle East is not only urgent but necessary. We can’t afford endless wars in the region, which have devastated whole peoples, US veterans, and the earth.
Joyce Best, a teacher, librarian, and activist for peace and racial equality, was honored on October 6, 2019, with the Ethical Society of St. Louis’s Ethics in Action Award.
On October 27, 2019, the East Bay and San Francisco branches held a reception honoring long-term WILPF member Ann Fagan Ginger, an international human rights and treaty advocate.
Members of the Jane Addams Children’s Book Club of the Des Moines Branch share inspiring books with local schoolchildren, and the students say it is one of their favorite activities of the year!
We’re facing a national and global drinking water crisis caused by PFAS: dangerous, toxic, man-made chemicals. Go see the film Dark Waters, and help build a broad, intersectional movement to protect the environment and our health.
From November 6 to December 13, every weekday is a “Ban Nuclear Weapons” national call-in day! Please call and, if possible, set up a meeting with your representative.