Jane Addams Branch News

The National Women's History Museum 

by Dianne Blais
WILPF US Jane Addams Branch Convener

December 2024

First, I’d like to welcome the new members of the virtual Jane Addams (JA) Branch. Although, ideally, all WILPF members could travel a short distance to join, in-person, with other WILPF sisters, this often is not possible – so therefore the JA branch was formed. By joining the JA branch, members can get the news that comes from the “WILPF US branches listserv” and join the monthly JA meetings.

The JA branch plans meetings on the 3rd Wednesday every month except December. Our next meeting, on January 15, 2025, will feature Korea Peace Now. As always, ALL WILPF US leaders and members are allowed to share news or questions on these calls that are now open to all WILPF US members.

The February 19 JA meeting will feature Carron Little, an artist who serves as director of the Chicago Women's History Center.  She has a project regarding unpaid labor in this country.  Again, as at all JA meetings, members will have a chance to speak.

Guest speakers for the March – Nov. 2025 JA meetings are being worked out.

You can watch past JA meetings on YouTube at WILPFUStoday, in the “Branch Videos” playlist.

Laura George and Judith Hand have spoken twice at JA meetings (in March and October 2024) about the organization each recently started.  They would greatly appreciate WILPF member support:

• The Founding Mothers Movement (FMM) Weekly Worldwide Wakeup campaign will start on Wednesday, January 1, 2025 at NOON in every time zone around the world. The virtual LAUNCH RALLY is set for 11:00 am EST on New Year’s Day. The goal is to “make good noise” EVERY WEDNESDAY at NOON until peace and gender equity are achieved. The noise-making (singing, blowing bird whistles, playing musical instruments, banging pots, etc.) can be as short as 5 minutes, though longer events are encouraged at visible public venues. Please join this weekly FMM campaign.
• Project Enduring Peace (PEP) has created a 17-minute video to prove to all that peace is in fact possible. Check out the video and sign the PEP international peace treaty petition which is directed to key world leaders. 

We hope that ALL WILPF US members join the JA monthly meetings. eAlerts about each JA meeting go out the week and day before each meeting with this link to register. 

And, if for some reason, you don’t have access to a local branch, know that the Jane Addams branch is here for you.