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September 6, 2016

September brings new opportunities and challenges: consider sharing a cup of coffee with WILPF; meet the WILPF International president; join the Nuclear Free Future tour; reflect on peace and providing safe refuge; join in actions for earth democracy.

Late-breaking news!
Kozue Akibayashi, president of WILPF International, will be visiting several WILPF US branches and cities: New York, Sept. 16-19; Detroit, Sept. 19-22; Washington, DC (speaking at the World Beyond War conference), Sept. 22-26; and San Jose, California, Sept. 27-29.

And, she will be joining us on the next ONE WILPF call, Monday, September 19. Do not miss it!
For information on how to join the call, contact   1wilpfcalls@gmail.com .

The Development Chair issues a challenge to members to describe their passions for WILPF, their experience in WILPF, and their hopes for WILPF.


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The new Central and Western MA Branch celebrated World Refugee Day by experiencing the beauty of the outdoors in a joyful, cross-cultural sharing for women and children from Rwanda and Burundi.


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On August 19, in Geneva, governments participating in the open-ended working group on nuclear disarmament adopted a recommendation to commence negotiations in 2017 on a legally binding instrument to ban nuclear weapons.

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Invest in our peace work for as little as the price of a cup of coffee. Starting in September, WILPF US will institute a new sustainer program of donating to WILPF. It's easy and painless. And we need you.


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Governor Brown no longer qualifies as an environmentalist. Failing to enact a moratorium on fracking in California and to stop irrigation of crops with contaminated frack water, he'll go down in history as caving to Big Oil and gas.

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It's impossible under law to bring criminal charges against a company like multinational agricultural and chemical giant Monsanto or its management for its crimes. The Monsanto Tribunal, October 15-16, in The Hague will invoke international law to get a ruling.

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When a visitor from WILPF US got off the train in Brunswick on a warm evening in late July, she was thrilled to encounter a huge banner across the main street that read PEACE FAIR! WILPF is one of the organizers of an event the whole community looks forward to each year.

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Greater Phoenix WILPF organized a memorial for Hiroshima Day, and in Vermont, the Burlington Branch held a press conference and educational day.


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The Santa Cruz and San Jose CA Branches are hosting the president of International WILPF, Kozue Akibayashi, on September 28 and invite all area members to attend.


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The Disarm/End Wars committee plans the next Nuclear Free Future tour, remembers Hiroshima/Nagasaki, and advocates collaboration on action in support of a nuclear-free world.


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