WILPF US e-newsletter. A monthly publication of the US Section of the
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
May 2017
Join the new WILPF Membership Development Committee to be inspired and to inspire others. Rise up and join other feisty women in Chicago at Congress 2017. Stand together and lead in Solidarity. End the nuclear era. Resist creatively. Make connections.
Join other strong and feisty women from across the US who are rising up and organizing for action to create an effective, sustainable global grassroots movement.
Everyone IN, nobody OUT. That's what it's going to take to reach our fundraising goal for 2017. When we stand together . . . We amplify each other's voices . . . We strengthen each other's work.
On April 4, ecologist and author Sandra Steingraber addressed North Carolinians, offering personal stories at a luncheon hosted by Triangle WILPF members and an evening talk, "Creative Resistance: Fighting Toxins and Fossil Fuels."
The Fresno Branch Earth Democracy Group planned a week of activities for April 22-29 that included creative learning about climate, a tribal water ceremony, and a challenge to Governor Brown to be a "climate" leader.
The Greater Philadelphia Branch shared the documentary on the effects of fracking in Dimock, PA, and held action events in April, culminating in the Solidarity Action on April 22 with the March for Science Philadelphia.
WILPF Santa Cruz joined with NAACP Santa Cruz in a shared public reading of Martin Luther King Jr.'s landmark address, "Beyond Vietnam," commemorating the 50th anniversary of the speech.
