In March 2024, we’ll be bringing the next cohort of delegates to the UN for the 68th CSW Forum. Please invite a daughter/niece/granddaughter/friend to apply!
Updates
You are invited to an Apartheid-Free Communities gathering to be held October 26-27 in Houston, prior to the national conference of the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights.
At its best, the virtuous cycle between branch/local community and national board work leads to WILPF activists with a new understanding of the national – and international – importance of WILPF as a unique organization.
The United States has occupied 117 square kilometers of Cuba for 121 years, against the will of the Cuban people and as a symbol of US colonial control of Cuba that began in 1898.
The Advancing Human Rights CCS subcommittee’s new e-list aims to use creative tools to gain more broadcast media and print news access and perhaps to attract more youth. Please join!
On August 16-17, 2023, more than 90 WILPF members from all over the US plus two members from the WILPF International Secretariat gathered on Zoom for our Gathering.
In August, the Palo Alto Branch’s silent vigils every Friday were dedicated to the Hiroshima/Nagasaki commemoration and calls for peace in Ukraine. On August 4, we invited members of Fridays for Future (FFF) to stand with us to “Say No to Nukes.”
An enthusiastic group from Pittsburgh traveled to Erie on August 4 to greet the Golden Rule peace ship. They toured the boat, talked to the crew, and sang anti-nuclear songs.
DISARM invites you to take part in several actions during July to help highlight the scourge of nuclear weapons and advocate for their abolition: Watch the documentary To End All War: Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb on July 9 and the dramatic film Oppenheimer; gather petition signatures urging the President to sign the TPNW; and lobby your congressperson to support the Norton Bill (including in-person in DC on July 12/13).
Announcements & Updates: Our first virtual Gathering for all WILPF US members will be held Wednesday and Thursday evenings, August 16 and 17, and will include presentations and breakout rooms; the national board has approved two “official” logo options for branches to use.