Our 2021 Congress next August will be a dynamic virtual event! We want all branches and at-large members to participate. We’re also looking for applicants for a paid Congress Coordinator position. By D. DeLu.
Updates
Read about the many successful WILPF US events held to commemorate the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. Now we are moving to the second part of the Solidarity Season. By C. Spencer and M. Pecoraro.
Build your branch and help create change with a virtual community MOVIE NIGHT. WILPF’s W$D Committee has already done the work to make this an easy packaged event for you!
An online screening and panel discussion of We Are Many, telling the story behind the 2003 anti-Iraq War protests, will be held on International Peace Day (September 21). Look for a personalized ticket link via eAlert; 40% of these ticket sales will go to WILPF US.
Help the Development Committee appeal for online support using a calendar of commemorations; AHR pays homage to Rep. John Lewis and Rev. C.T. Vivian; UN Security Council passes resolution to enact a 90-day global ceasefire; New Middle East Committee campaign “Bridges Not Walls”; next ONE WILPF Call August 13 on voter suppression.
WILPF opposes militarism at home and abroad, and says ‘no’ to the illegal tactics used by this presidential administration in Portland to detain and assault nonviolent protestors. By J. Goddard and M. Ippolito.
Solidarity events are already happening around the country, and multiple resource guides are available to help you organize future events around our three themes. By C. Spencer and M. Pecoraro.
The Monterey County Branch of WILPF and partner organizations are hosting a series of Saturday events livestreamed on Zoom to amplify the voices of the Hibakusha and help push for better policies to end the nuclear threat. By C. Crockett.
Military involvement and the sacrifice of American lives in endless wars are directly related to the pipeline politics playing out at home and overseas. By C. Dennett.
Find recordings of three 75th Anniversary Timeline Webinars on the new WILPF US Disarm Committee YouTube channel, with more to come. Atomic bomb survivor Dr. Hideko Tamura Snider will speak on August 9. By E. Thomas.