Join the call and find out how it all fits together.
There's activism in the air.
An International WILPF Congress in Ghana in August, a center for the Pan African Movement.
Our Hiroshima Remembrance Solidarity Events are planned across WILPF US.
The Poor People's Campaign prepares to launch next steps, after their initial 40 Days of Action.
Activists are confronting our nation's palpable systemic racism by forming a broad coalition.
Immigration activists are focusing on the connection between US Policy in Central America and the flight of innocents to sanctuary they seek in the US.
The rest of the world is insisting that the US close many of our Foreign Bases.
Coalitions of US progressives are calling for a reallocation of budgets towards a People's Agenda and away from the obscene overstuffed Military budget.
Our July ONE WILPF Call will connect WILPF to:
- The work of Martin Luther King
- The Pan African Movement, the historical significance of Ghana
- The old and new Poor People's Campaign
- A November CLOSE THE US MILITARY BASES conference in Ireland.
We'll refer to an article by Nancy Price in WILPF's upcoming Peace & Freedom magazine.
We'll focus on how it's all connected and where WILPF can be more engaged on the front lines.
It's all about building a feminist peace agenda. And YOU can be part of the next steps strategy.
Nancy Price
will set the stage, and invited speaker
Maurice Carney
from the
Black Alliance for Peace
(partner in the Poor People's Campaign
)
will bring context and history to the discussion. There will be lots of opportunities for questions from members too.
Maurice Carney
is an entrepreneur and human rights activist who co-founded Friends of the Congo and currently serves as its Executive Director. He has worked with Congolese for two decades in their struggle for peace, justice and human dignity. Mr. Carney tours the United States, Canada, Latin America and Africa speaking on the challenges of the Congo in particular and Africa in general. Mr. Carney is called upon often to provide analysis on the Congo for Pacifica News, Al Jazeera, ABC News, Democracy Now, Real News Network, Pamba-zuka News, International Business Times and a host of other media outlets. He has led workshops and teach-ins at a variety of institutions including universities, community colleges, businesses, faith groups, labor unions and think tanks. The more than 20 years of focused work on African affairs, international travel and life experiences contributes to Mr. Carney's global perspective on challenges facing Africa and the global African family.
AGENDA
1- Brief WILPF US Announcements
2- HIROSHIMA Solidarity Events - YOUR plans in brief - 2 min. reports.
Send reports of your plans in advance if no one can represent your branch on the call to
1WILPFCalls@gmail.com
3- Nancy Price on the history and intersectionality of Building a Feminist Peace Agenda.
4- Maurice Carney on the peace, racism and militarism nexus.
5- Facilitated Q&A
WHAT TO EXPECT:
THE CALL will BEGIN with a
Quick Video that is posted to our Facebook Page (and easily shareable from there) about the devastation of the HIROSHIMA BLAST.
If you join the call late you might miss the video, but there will be a link on the text pad to it on the FB page.
We look forward to a report from branches and members about what is planned in their area for the Hiroshima Day Remembrance SOLIDARITY EVENT, coming up in early August.
Reports of plans should be no longer than 2 minutes in length. Time limits will be enforced.
