Wednesday, April 29 at 4pm PT / 7pm ET

Free and open to the public.

Invite friends and allies!

Dear WILPF US members and allies, 

Join this special WILPF event featuring powerful women who are educating, activating, and lifting others in the fight – for women, peace and democracy. Together, we’ll dive into current challenges, historical victories, and building joy into our solidarity.

About our speakers

Author Lisa Graves will speak on the forces reshaping our democracy. Lisa is one of the nation’s foremost experts on the right-wing influence on the US Supreme Court and other levers of power. She has served as a senior advisor in all three branches of the federal government, including as chief counsel for nominations for the Senate Judiciary Committee. Lisa’s latest book, Without Precedent: How Chief Justice Roberts and His Accomplices Rewrote the Constitution and Dismantled Our Rights, was published last Fall.

WILPF Detroit Chair Laura Dewey will speak on anti-war resistance. During the Vietnam war, Laura’s mom, Hope Dewey, started Eastside for Peace and mobilized against war while being surveilled by government agencies. Laura, second generation WILPF member and chair of WILPF’s Detroit branch, continues her mother’s legacy organizing on the frontlines in her community. From Vietnam to Palestine to Iran, Laura will draw parallels through these wars across time, and what we need today to revitalize the anti-war peace movement.

A special moment of joy and history with comedian Robyn Scott as she connects us to the legacy of creative resistance rooted in Jane Addams’ Hull House. Robyn, a Second City Alumni, leads The Larapyn Group where she convenes artists and experts to transform movements and organizations. Did you know Hull House was the birthplace of modern improv? She’ll uncover for WILPF one of the lesser-known legacies of Hull House and remind us why we need joy to resist.

Your hosts for this special event are WILPF US’s Executive Director Linda Low and Field Organizer Shelby Young!

Register for free and invite friends and allies to come too

The Women, Peace & Democracy event is free to attend and open to all! Share this email and invite your friends and community networks to come to this special event too. The more of us that unite, the greater our power to mobilize together. Register here at this link or with the QR code. And pass it on!

During WILPF’s re-envisioning process last year, members stated they want more moments to convene in community: To come together across the country. To see each other and reconnect and meet new members. Women, Peace & Democracy is part of a series of gatherings that WILPF US will convene throughout the year – to foster more connection, to build greater community.

This event kicks off a bold campaign goal for 2026 at an urgent moment in our history

WILPF US can speak out when others cannot, because our member-led organization does not receive funds from corporations or government agencies. We rely mainly on member dues and donations from you to stay afloat. This year, please dig a bit deeper to support WILPF’s transformation and social change we are leading.

WILPF US is growing because so many people are turning to activism with WILPF in these times! We’re delivering more campaigns and more accessible initiatives to enable people to mobilize in new ways and tried and true ways. In short, we are mobilizing more and supporting more activists than before.

We must keep the momentum and outreach going now, for the next three years of this Administration, and beyond. For that, we need more funding. Throughout this year, our goal is to raise $250,000 to keep the lights on and scale up our collective action.

Please donate to our Spring Appeal here. Or mail your check to WILPF US, P.O. Box 13075, Des Moines IA 50310. A one-time donation will give us a much-needed financial boost. A recurring donation will sustain our work for the long-term. We can’t do this without you! Thank you for all that you continue to do.

In community and solidarity,

Your WILPF US Development Committee

WILPF US Co-President Martha Collins (WILPF Milwaukee), Jan Corderman (WILPF Des Moines), Marybeth Gardam (WILPF Iowa), Mary Hanson Harrison (WILPF Albuquerque), Eileen Kurkoski (WILPF Boston), Linda Low (WILPF Seattle), and Nancy Price (WILPF Sacramento)

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