Melissa Torres aims to increase diversity and inclusion in her new role as an International Vice President for WILPF.
Updates
An extensive citizen-scientist program of environmental sampling in northeast Tennessee by the Erwin Citizen Awareness Network is about to resume and it needs WILPF’s support!
Three days of amazing educational events sponsored by the Burlington Branch reached over 3,000 people and moved many to action.
Passionate speakers and opportunities to connect made World Beyond War’s #No War 2018 Conference in Toronto a revitalizing event for all who attended.
Applications for the WILPF US United Nations Programs at the 63rd Commission on the Status of Women (to be held March 9-15, 2019) are now open! Due date is November 2.
June Krebs, a longtime member of WILPF and chair of the Greater Philadelphia Branch from 1994-2000, died on April 17, 2018.
Peninsula/Palo Alto WILPF members were part of a September 23 candlelight vigil to show their strong support for neighbor Christine Blasey Ford before her testimony.
National and global peace groups are coming together to build a broad-based grassroots intersectional movement—at the Nov. 10 Peace Congress: End Wars at Home and Abroad and at the Nov. 16-18 First International Conference Against US/NATO bases.
At this year’s meeting of northern California WILPF branches, members discussed public banks, Screwnomics, how to help WILPF national, and news from the Triennial Congress.
Middle East issues were largely absent from this year’s International Congress in Ghana, but one workshop led to new connections and a resolution on Palestine.