Updates

Friday, November 10, 2017 - 08:58

The Greater Philadelphia Branch participated in the “Celebrating Activism Forum” organized by the Raging Grannies of Philadelphia, in conjunction with The Art Museum of Philadelphia's exhibit, “Philadelphia Assembled.”

Friday, November 10, 2017 - 08:58

On Tuesday, October 24, 2017, the Maine Branch of WILPF hosted the second of a three-part series based on the Gensuikyo’s call for an international PEACE WAVE. We invited area residents to join in the celebration of this year's landmark UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and the recent award of the Nobel Peace Prize to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). The event was scheduled to coincide with United Nations Day.

Thursday, November 9, 2017 - 06:23

WILPF Monterey County Branch co-sponsored a panel discussion on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons on Tuesday, October 10, 2017 at the McCone Irvine Auditorium, Monterey CA.

Thursday, November 9, 2017 - 05:13

The growing U.S. network of military bases and outposts is justified to protect our empire of political and economic allies no matter the financial, human and environmental costs. A new Coalition will hold the January 2018 Close U.S. Foreign Military Bases conference, January 12-14, 2018, at Baltimore University, Baltimore, Maryland.

Wednesday, October 11, 2017 - 09:20
WILPF members meet at WILPF’s literature table

Our DISARM/EndWars petition campaign to ban nuclear weapons has gotten off to a good start. Thanks to donor support, we have hired a social media expert to publicize the campaign, and draw signers to our on-line petition.

Wednesday, October 11, 2017 - 09:10
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

Fiji’s vision as President of COP 23 is to be transparent and inclusive of all, advance the Paris Climate Agreement, and accelerate climate action for vulnerable societies, drawing on its own experience as a small island nation in the Pacific.

Wednesday, October 11, 2017 - 08:52

The newly formed Coalition Against U.S. Foreign Military Bases will be holding a conference January 12-14,  2018 at Baltimore University.

Wednesday, October 11, 2017 - 08:43

Honoring the occasion of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, The Japan Council Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs (Gensuikyo) called for a Global Peace Wave.

Wednesday, October 11, 2017 - 08:36

Trump’s EPA has refused to finish putting into effect the Ban on Chlorpyrifos, a widely used, brain-harming pesticide that’s been linked to brain damage in children, including reductions in IQ, developmental delays and increased risk of ADHD and autism. What can YOU do?

Wednesday, October 11, 2017 - 08:33

The inaugural meeting of RESPECT, an association of travel agents, tour operators, non-profits and other travel service providers to Cuba, took place in Havana, Cuba on September 29-30 in the midst of new announcements by the Trump administration that are a major setback for US-Cuba relations.

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