The Golden Rule peace boat will be in Japan during July and August 2020 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Helen Jaccard reports on what she heard and learned during her tour of Japan in December 2017 in preparation for this historic occasion.
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Monday, February 5, 2018 - 10:04
Our Disarm-End Wars Issues Committee has formed an outreach working group focusing on internal outreach to lay groundwork for connecting with other ICAN partner groups in the US, and to foster greater collaboration, toward our goal to End the Whole Nuclear Era. Contact Michael@TeamGood.org if you would like to join the outreach working group.
Monday, February 5, 2018 - 09:52
Activists in Burlington, VT, won the right to have their F-35 ballot item about the siting of the jet bomber at the airport put on the ballot in March, and the story made the cover of the Burlington Free Press!
Monday, February 5, 2018 - 09:40
Our national Program Committee’s 2018 meeting series is on the first Sunday of each month. Meeting time is 4:30 pm pacific, 6:30 pm central and 7:30 pm eastern. These hour-long planning calls will move our program strategic plan and actions forward via our issues committees, branches, and at-large members to meet our plan goals with measurable results.
Monday, February 5, 2018 - 09:30
“In a thousand days Yemen has become a land of blood and bombs,” Middle East Committee co-chair Odile Hugonot Haber reports. Call your representatives to protest arms deals and end the inhumane blockade!
Monday, February 5, 2018 - 09:14
New letter writing parties aim to involve local supporters and members in discussion on important and relevant issues, and to turn around public opinion when the local news is getting it wrong.
Monday, February 5, 2018 - 07:56
The Pittsburgh WILPF branch is working with Veterans for Peace of Western PA, the Thomas Merton Center, and other groups to stop PNC Bank, a regional bank, from financing the manufacture of nuclear weapons. Several additional organizations have endorsed our campaign.
Monday, February 5, 2018 - 07:34
Please mark your calendars for the fourth Thursdays. Thanks to everyone who participated enthusiastically in our umbrella human rights and our racial justice workshops at the Chicago Congress, and to every member who has been working on these issues so passionately for so long!
Monday, February 5, 2018 - 07:06
The Greater Philadelphia Branch joined with the Weaver’s Way Environmental Committee for an informative and enjoyable information session.
Monday, February 5, 2018 - 06:54
To mark the recent Second Annual Women’s Marches, Ellen Feldman has graciously extended the offer to donate $12 to WILPF US for any one of our members to purchase her beautiful photo book We Who March.
