WILPF Fresno, in collaboration with other environmental groups in the San Joaquin Valley, will host its third water forum: “H2O III: Distilling Sustainable Solutions,” to be held on Saturday, March 10, 2018, at Fresno City College.
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Des Moines Branch
Speaking with One Voice
When we stand and act together on the same day, we amplify OUR voice.
With coordinated resources, handouts and signage, we magnify OUR message.
Speaking in ONE voice goes farther, is louder, and OUR strength becomes undeniable.
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San Jose and Palo Alto Branch
Seventeen WILPF US Branches and many of our At Large Members participated in Women's Marches expressing hope and determination for a world where women have equal rights and an equal voice.
Branches participating included:
No to US Intervention!
WILPF US and the WILPF US Cuba and Bolivarian Alliance Issues Committee calls on our members and supporters to contact your Congressional representatives and to organize support for actions happening nationwide to oppose the Trump administration's attempts to overthrow the democratically elected government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
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Just in case you hadn’t heard, amazingly, the United Nations adopted the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons – that’s right, it’s a treaty to ban nuclear weapons!
Postings have been circulating on Facebook, and articles online around the world, about the plight of Ahed Tamimi, a sixteen-year-old Palestinian girl who lives in the West Bank. She has been imprisoned by the Israelis, along with her mother and other members of her family.
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Time to Spring Forward with Earth Democracy and Corporations v Democracy from January to June. As we begin 2018 with branch meetings, issue and program committee and ONE WILPF calls, here’s what we are planning.
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There is nothing like a good book and friends to put a smile on the face of a class of third graders!
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Joan Bazar died peacefully late morning, Friday, December 22nd, at her home in California. Her daughters were with her.
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Tucson WILPF and Raging Grannies were recently out at a Tucson mall for a flash mob, telling folks to "Kick the Millionaires Out of Congress & Boycott Big Corporations!!!"