The Poor Peoples Campaign and WILPF continue to partner to register more new voters, especially people of color whose voices will make or break the election. How has your branch been supporting the Reconstruction Agenda? Follow the Center for Common Ground Reclaim Our Vote campaign to show solidarity and take action!

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The UN will hold its 67th Commission on the Status of Women in spring 2023. Spread the word to university students and WILPF members who may want to enroll for WILPF programs to attend meetings at the UN in New York! This is a great opportunity for participants to understand CSW activities and even pursue a career in international relations. Reach out for further details! 

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Who would have predicted six months ago that the war in Ukraine would still be raging in early September? We must keep pressing our Congressional representatives and the President to stop sending more weapons, and urge Ukraine and Russia to start negotiating an end to the war. The Peace in Ukraine Coalition is having a week of actions from September 12 - 15. Rally outside your Congressperson’s local office on Thursday, September 15th!

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WILPF is committed to peace and justice, and in the U.S. today, a crucial part of justice is uprooting all aspects of white supremacy – ideology and practices alike. They are terribly hurtful and destructive to our country! I’m asking for your help now, both in encouraging and supporting Black, Indigenous, and other people of color (BIPOC) WILPF members to take on WILPF leadership, and in recruiting BIPOC folks as WILPF members.

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The world would benefit from establishing a Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone (Middle East WMDFZ), free of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. Take action to urge members of Congress to reduce all appropriations for weapons and to endorse the UN process for a Middle East WMDFZ! 

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On a historic Peace Bridge in Maine, WILPFers take a stand for resistance against nuclear weapons, waving banners and signs in acknowledgement the 77th anniversary of the Nagasaki bombings.

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In 2011, U.S. Army Major Amanda Feindt “went into mama-bear mode” after her children and fellow service members were poisoned by jet-fuel contaminated water. On Tuesday, September 20 in DC, join the rally in front of the U.S. EPA to demand action to protect our health. 

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Women gain strength through advocacy training for local public banking efforts in Vermont. Read how WILPF’s Women, Money & Democracy Committee and their partner An Economy of Our Own planted these seeds!  

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Do you use Facebook? Instagram? Linked-in? If so, lend your skills to WILPF US! We are hoping to amplify our message and involve younger generations of WILPFers by using social media and starting a new Communications Committee. Read on for ways to get involved! 

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Reading reflects and helps us understand the world we live in, strengthens the imagination, and is an important part of creative activism. Let’s start a Virtual WILPF Book Club and create a community of readers to engage in conversations together, as a way to support to our actions for social justice. 

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Four novels published by Apprentice House explore the tensions and dynamics of social justice work through complex characters, timely political questions, and masterful writing. We come to know more about human condition through author Dorothy Van Soest’s empathic and multidimensional characters— a perfect choice for your social justice book club! 

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Hiroshima Day acknowledgements in Palo Alto included a day of participatory artmaking led by artist Yoko Tahara, whose ecological sculpture reflects on the impact of nuclear weapons on water and fish. WILPFers contributed by making prints using the artist’s hand carved wooden blocks. 

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