The Power of Consistent Giving
Published on November, 07 2015
Your end-of-year gift to the WILPF US 2015 Annual Appeal supports our work
Year after year, donors have helped to sustain WILPF US through their contributions of hard work and financial backing. This year we are starting recognition of loyal supporters who gave three years consecutively. We have chosen just a small sample from the list, and we will be recognizing others during the coming year. The three donors – Jean Gore, Annette Robertson, and Adam Mason – recently gave their reasons for giving to WILPF US.
WILPF Loyal Supporters
Jean Gore
I joined when I learned about WILPF’s leadership in the campaign against the Vietnam War. Our new branch, along with the Quakers, had a significant impact in our community opposing the war.
In the three years I served as president of WILPF in the early 90s (1993-1996), I was able to visit and learn from our branches and members all over the country. I give now to sustain WILPF as a community of activist women who do make a difference. We are needed now every bit as much
as we have been for the previous 99 years.
Best WILPF Memories
One of the best memories was initiating a program, Reading to End Racism, which brought readers to schools to use relevant books and talk with students about what they can do to confront racism.
“The reason I donate monthly is out of a sense of loyalty really. Loyalty to the women here and internationally, like
Kay Camp and Edith Ballantine, who represent the best in the search for peace and social justice.”
Annette Robertson
My great grandmother, Annette Roberts, missed the iconic boat ride to The Hague in 1915 (she was expecting my grandmother pictured here). However, what she didn’t miss was the passion and foresight that all those courageous women shared. She inspired three more generations of WILPF women, Joan, myself (Annette) and my daughter, Carol Alexander Barnes. We continue today with supporting the Practicum/Local 2 Global program that focuses on young women and men to learn about the UN and help prepare them for leadership and activism for peace around the globe and WILPF US.
Best WILPF Memories
The Hague 2015 event honoring my grandmother as one of those most inspiring and tenacious women of WILPF for her contributions to the sustenance and substance of peace-seeking will remain one of my most cherished
moments. My mother and daughter were equally proud.
“Today we WILPF women are needed more than ever and are called upon to raise our voices so that our next generations will live a more humane existence on this planet. ONWARD and UPWARD my friends!”
Adam Mason
State Policy Organizing Director at Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (Iowa CCI)
I have had the pleasure of working with WILPF members in central Iowa over the last 10 years as an organizer at Iowa CCI, and as a WILPF member. Together, we have been building the movement to put People & Planet First by building people power together, exposing the corporate stranglehold on our democracy, and moving more people to action for a more just and small “d” democratic Iowa.
Best WILPF Memories
Of all the impressive work WILPF does, it is their work to get big money out of politics with the public and at our state capitol by injecting art, music, and action into lobby days as well as demonstrations exposing corporate tax dodgers and giant corporate handouts on tax days that stand out to me.
“Supporting WILPF with your financial gift, time and effort is crucial now more than ever. At Iowa CCI we know that no one individual or organization can do it alone, and that is exactly why we need powerful organizations like WILPF who are not just lifting up the voices of Strong Feisty Women, but who are putting in the time and hard work to build our People & Planet First movement across Iowa and the country.”
