In anticipation of the 2024 election, WILPF San Jose member Rev. Rowan Fairgrove offered a two-part talk about the history of women's suffrage in America. As always, our monthly meeting videos are posted to our YouTube channel and are included here. Also, The PowerPoint presentations for these talks are available to WILPF chapters that may wish to use them as a basis for their own programming.
Updates
Monday, October 14, 2024 - 13:59
- Apply Now: WILPF US opening for U.S. Section WILPF International Advisory Board Member Alternate
- Now there’s a new reason to get active with a national WILPF committee!
- WILPF Branches – Be part of the new collaboration initiative!
Monday, October 14, 2024 - 13:54
Evelyn Wulfkuhle, owner of Harvey’s restaurant, chose to display a sign because “Violence is never the solution. While it can be an effective tool for gaining control and war, it fundamentally disrupts the grounding necessary for sustaining a peaceful future.”
Monday, October 14, 2024 - 13:44
In 2025, WILPF will celebrate 110 years of its strong peace and justice work. Let’s celebrate regionally, in person and virtually, and get to know more people with similar values! Let’s make plans to tackle the problems in our regions! Contact branch leaders and Jane Addams at-large members to find organizers to plan a conference on topics of concern in your region.
Monday, October 14, 2024 - 13:39
Nurture the seeds planted at the UN! Please print out this postcard on cardstock and mail it to a WILPF friend or prospective member. The UN Summit of the Future was a forward-looking gathering. WILPF members who work directly with the UN had the opportunity to provide feedback as the Pact for the Future was being developed.
Monday, October 14, 2024 - 13:17
The DISARM Committee asked you to exert pressure on the corporations putting profit ahead of people and the planet in mid-September and we thank those WILPF members who did so in various ways. If you click on the Read More, you will learn about these actions. The Costs of War project released two papers on October 7th on the human and budgetary costs of the US involvement in the Gaza-Israel war since October 7, 2023. Click on the Read More to find out how “we” spent $22.76 Billion in one year to help kill over 41,000 Palestinians in Gaza.
Monday, October 14, 2024 - 13:04
As the election approaches, we are learning more and more about the “Mandate for Leadership: Project 2025.” This plan, led by conservative groups including the Heritage Foundation, is provided to the next conservative administration to further their goals, Take a look at the Peace Voter Guide!
Tuesday, September 17, 2024 - 14:40
For two weeks in mid-September the DISARM Committee asks you to exert pressure on the corporations putting profit ahead of people and the planet. We must end our addiction to fossil fuels and nuclear weapons before it’s too late. Go to this Warheads to Windmills website and click on read more to find out how and where to exert this pressure and to read about nine WILPF branches that held events to commemorate the terrible atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Tuesday, September 17, 2024 - 14:26
Bylaws – how boring! However, our bylaws are the guidelines we set to establish and maintain our WILPF community. And – like most other aspects of life – our community is changing over time. In choosing what we want to initiate or continue – and what we want to let go of. We will be putting out our guidelines in black and white so we can propose and vote on amendments to our bylaws to address the changes.
Tuesday, September 17, 2024 - 14:26
Longtime WILPF activist May Takayanagi passed away earlier this year, two months shy of her 100th birthday. May, whose family had immigrated from Japan, was put into internment camps during WWII. Some of her fellow WILPF members share their memories of her and her passion for justice.
