Updates

Gloria McMillan organized Jane Addams event at University of Arizona with students on campus for Halloween presenting a fresh perspective on Jane Addams’ life beyond women’s suffrage. 

While we are unhappy with the results of the general election, let’s not let that lead to inaction. We must continue organizing events, collaborating with sister peace organizations, and pressuring Congress to reduce the massive military budget.  “I’m not going to start wars, I’m going to stop wars,” declared Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump in his victory speech on November 6th. Let’s hold him to this declaration and remind him of it at every opportunity.

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.

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.”