Various WILPF committees need volunteer support with communications, social media, branch support, mediation, and more! Step up to help WILPF US by lending your skills, time, and energy to one of our Issue Committees or an Ad Hoc committee that interests you. By Dianne Blais
Updates
Tuesday, June 14, 2022 - 05:10
At the upcoming WILPF International Congress (July 16-24), Earth Democracy will present a panel on the military’s enormous carbon footprint, and their call for a country’s military emissions to be standard reporting in the annual UNFCCC. By Nancy Price
Tuesday, June 14, 2022 - 05:02
The tragic death of Palestinian-American Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh is a testament to her courage, but where is the global response? Author Charlotte Dennet explores Akleh’s legacy and her famously poignant quote, “You won’t silence the truth/You won’t kill the idea.” By Charlotte Dennett
Friday, May 6, 2022 - 08:05
Apply for PPC Rally Grants, learn about the U.S. Section Delegation for the 2022 International Congress, and discover what is happening on the other side of the world. View upcoming action items in the May Committee Updates.
Friday, May 6, 2022 - 06:50
Your DISARM/End Wars Issue Committee is dismayed that the war in Ukraine continues, thousands of Ukraine civilians have been killed and over 4 million Ukrainians have fled to neighboring countries. There are two entities WILPF US members can seek to influence to bring this deadly war to an end: the US government and the United Nations, particularly the Security Council.
Friday, May 6, 2022 - 06:44
WILPF members will be flying, busing, driving, and coming by train to the events on June 18, and some will stay for ancillary events with Code Pink and the PPC. As one of the two solidarity actions chosen by our branches, uniting at this event has a powerful significance to many of us. Learn how you can be an integral part of history. By Emily Keel
Friday, May 6, 2022 - 06:39
In WILPF, we ask a lot of our volunteers, especially our volunteer leaders. Through the work WILPF volunteers do, they gain experience in activism and in WILPF, and the projects of our organization go forward. On the branch and national levels, WILPF members willing to take on tasks and responsibilities do so by making the choice to volunteer – and having that choice available to them. They are often de facto leaders. By Darien De Lu
Friday, May 6, 2022 - 06:03
After six years of the war against drugs in the Philippines (resulting in over 30,000 deaths according to the International Criminal Court’s preliminary report) rampant government corruption, a pandemic that has left the Philippines in economic shambles, and a government unresponsive to repeated typhoon disasters, hundreds and thousands of Filipinos waving pink flags and handing out pink baked goods have turned out to support Leni Robredo in her bid to become the next Philippine President. By C. Domingo
Friday, May 6, 2022 - 05:54
Tax Day (April 15) has traditionally been, for many WILPFers, the day when we trim our federal tax payments as tax resisters against our government’s budget for war. So it was fitting on this Tax Day 2022 for us to protest the military budget, the continued growth of the military-industrial complex, and the concept of “corporations-as-people. As a small branch, we joined a coalition of activist groups to take action.
Friday, May 6, 2022 - 05:45
To recognize #TaxDayEarthDay this year, Maine Wilpfers participated in a Pop-Up Art Exhibit at Congress Square Park in Portland, Maine. It featured the #DefundClimateChaos project’s six artist panels that we assembled at home and transported to the park. How is WILPF Maine making an impact? Find out in this article. By M. Spiess
