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- Standing with Immigrant Communities: WILPF’s Local Activism Against ICEWILPF San Jose Member Attends Vigil for People Disappeared by ICE Rev. Rowan Fairgrove, WILPF CA San Jose Branch Rev. Rowan Fairgrove, treasurer of WILPF San Jose, attended a prayer vigil with the mothers, grandmothers, and godmothers of the disappeared at the ICE office in San Francisco on … BranchesLatin AmericaPoliceIndigenous RightsRacismImmigrationHuman RightsProtestsPolice Abuse
- Resisting ICE: An Update from the Border and Migration Justice SubcommitteeThe prison-industrial complex has claimed another life. The Intercept reported on the first death in ICE custody in the Northeast this year. Chaofeng Ge, 32, a detainee from China, reportedly hung himself at the Moshannon Valley Detention Center, the largest ICE facility in the region. ICE picked up… Advancing Human RightsPoliceRacismImmigrationHuman RightsPolice Abuse
- International Effort To End Genocide and Occupation in Palestine—Not Just Words But Action"Together, we have begun the work of ending the era of impunity. These measures show that we will no longer allow international law to be treated as optional, or Palestinian life as disposable." -Gustavo Petro, president of Colombia On July 15, 2025, representatives from over 30 countries met in Bo… Cuba and the Bolivarian AllianceIsraelGazaLatin AmericaGenocideIndigenous RightsPalestineHuman Rights
- From the Pacific Islands to the ICJ: A Historic Stand for Climate JusticeOn July 23, 2025, the 15 judges of the United Nations' highest court, recognizing the "urgent and existential threat" facing the world, issued an advisory opinion. This opinion stated that nations can be held legally accountable for their greenhouse gas emissions. It also noted that those harmed by … Earth DemocracyClimate CrisisEnergyClimate ChangeHuman Rights
- Philadelphia Holds People’s Tribunal on War Crimes and Genocide in GazaWhen traditional paths to justice are not successful, a People's Tribunal can educate community members and offer some measure of justice to those harmed. On May 31, 2025, Philadelphia held a People's Tribunal to address the atrocities happening in Palestine. WILPF's Greater Philadelphia branch endo… BranchesUpdatesIsraelGazaGenocideIndigenous RightsPalestineHuman Rights
- Greater Philadelphia Branch Stands Up for Student Rights to Protest Genocide in GazaThe Greater Philadelphia branch will participate in a People's Tribunal on War Crimes and Genocide in Gaza on May 31st, led by the grassroots organization Fridays at Fetterman's, along with AFSC and FOSNA. Branch members were also motivated to quickly organize a supportive vigil near Swarthmore Coll… BranchesUpdatesIsraelGazaGenocidePalestineHuman RightsProtests
- From Banned Books to Banned Words: How Will We Respond?"We're now living in a country where the government has decided that a sweeping array of everyday terms will now be erased and forbidden in government agencies, websites, or even scientific research proposals. These prohibitions on language are utterly chilling and will impede efforts to research re… Earth DemocracyUpdatesHuman RightsMedia
- Remembering the Nakba: An Ongoing Genocide in PalestineMarking the 77th Anniversary of the Nakba Nakba Day, annually commemorated on May 15, marks the displacement of over 700,000 Palestinians during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. The term "Nakba" translates to "catastrophe" in Arabic. The day is a remembrance of the mass displacement of Palestinians and t… Middle East Peace & Justice ActionUpdatesIsraelGazaGenocideWars and MilitarismIndigenous RightsPalestineHuman Rights
- WILPFers Across the Country Say “Hands Off!” on April 5WILPF members across the US participated in nationwide “Hands Off!” protests on April 5. These actions were a collective demonstration against the Trump’s administration’s assault on our rights–from slashing federal funding for critical services and DEI programs to mass deportations. WILPFers and ot… UpdatesHuman RightsProtests
- Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal and What We Can Do NextWar Crimes Tribunal Issues Its Judgements One might ask: Are tribunals legal, meaning do they have the force of the rule of law? Remember the famous Bertrand Russell War Crimes Tribunal (1964-7) during the Vietnam War? Tribunal members then unanimously found the United States "guilty on all charges… DISARM/End Wars Issue CommitteeWars and MilitarismHuman Rights
