The Advancing Human Rights issues committee is meeting monthly on the first Thursdays of each month, at 5 pm pacific / 6 pm mountain / 7 pm central / 8 pm eastern! We are working on a wide range of intersecting issues.
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Monday, March 5, 2018 - 08:30
Monday, February 5, 2018 - 12:54
On our February 8 ONE WILPF Call, Ciara Taylor of the Poor People’s Campaign will discuss how WILPF members and branches can connect with this ally organization and engage in meaningful contributions to their planned May Days of Action from Mother’s Day through Summer Solstice—May 13-June 21.
Monday, February 5, 2018 - 12:33
On January 16, 2018, the Trump Administration announced that it was withholding $65 million from UNRWA, the agency established by the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in 1949 to provide direct relief and works programs for the 750,000-800,000 Palestinian refugees expelled during the war to make Palestine the state of Israel. Please take action to reject these cuts to education, health, and food security!
Monday, February 5, 2018 - 12:15
WILPF members organized quickly after the January 11th ONE WILPF Call where it was decided that WILPF branches would have a WILPF US presence at the Second Annual Women’s Marches on January 20th. Quick action and organizing brought 17 participating branches opportunities for outreach and recruiting, including signs and bookmarks available for your use.
Monday, February 5, 2018 - 11:47
For a world of peace and freedom, mark your calendars and plan for spring actions for people and the planet!
Monday, February 5, 2018 - 11:28
The Golden Rule peace boat will be in Japan during July and August 2020 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Helen Jaccard reports on what she heard and learned during her tour of Japan in December 2017 in preparation for this historic occasion.
Monday, February 5, 2018 - 10:04
Our Disarm-End Wars Issues Committee has formed an outreach working group focusing on internal outreach to lay groundwork for connecting with other ICAN partner groups in the US, and to foster greater collaboration, toward our goal to End the Whole Nuclear Era. Contact Michael@TeamGood.org if you would like to join the outreach working group.
Monday, February 5, 2018 - 09:52
Activists in Burlington, VT, won the right to have their F-35 ballot item about the siting of the jet bomber at the airport put on the ballot in March, and the story made the cover of the Burlington Free Press!
Monday, February 5, 2018 - 09:40
Our national Program Committee’s 2018 meeting series is on the first Sunday of each month. Meeting time is 4:30 pm pacific, 6:30 pm central and 7:30 pm eastern. These hour-long planning calls will move our program strategic plan and actions forward via our issues committees, branches, and at-large members to meet our plan goals with measurable results.
Monday, February 5, 2018 - 09:30
“In a thousand days Yemen has become a land of blood and bombs,” Middle East Committee co-chair Odile Hugonot Haber reports. Call your representatives to protest arms deals and end the inhumane blockade!
