An alert from the US Section of the
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
September 2021
Committee updates galore!: Opportunities to join the WILPF US Board - applications are due (10/10) & (10/1) for nominations, Sign up for the “Public Banking Learning Circle” in upcoming sessions for (10/22), Advancing Human Rights Committee has a meeting on (9/29) & more; Learn about the decades of WILPF US Racial Justice work, A beautiful reflection of WILPF US’s 34th Triennial Congress, Upcoming Events: A Caring Wages Webinar (9/18), UN Food Systems Summit (9/23), Hear about the development of Carolina’s WILPF US Branches, and so much more in this month’s eNews!
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Learn more about WILPF US Committees. Here are some updates.
WILPF has a long history of racial justice work, and I write this article in order to make members more aware of that history. In this, part 1, I focus on recent national WILPF racial justice and anti-racism activism. See next month’s eNews for part 2, on the 1990s onward. By: D. De Lu.
Zooming Ahead into the depths of WILPF US’s 34th Triennial Congress, “Women, Power, & Social Justice: Building from Strength.” Learn more about the presentations, speakers, and how to access the recorded videos from Congress. By: M. Hanson Harrison.
A CARING WAGE: OUR TIME IS NOW is a webinar on Saturday, September 18th that’s been in the works for nearly a year, but the guest speakers that WILPF’s own Mary Bricker-Jenkins has assembled were worth waiting for. Read on to learn more and how to register. By M. Gardam and Women, Money, & Democracy Committee

The UN Food Systems Summit (UN-FSS) event scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 23rd has been in the works for over a year, and presents itself (falsely) as ‘the peoples food summit’. It’s anything but. Read on to see how you can support our allies and oppose this corporate takeover at the UN. By the Women, Money & Democracy Committee and the Earth Democracy Committee.
An update regarding the continuation of building WILPF US Branches, the Triad Branch and starting a Piedmont and a Rock Hill/Fort Mill, South Carolina Branch. By: G. Friday. 
WILPF branches continued the sad tradition of commemorating the 1945 A-bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki around the 6th and 9th of August this year, as a way of reminding ourselves why we work so hard to abolish nuclear weapons. Branches commemorate the 76th anniversaries with virtual and in-person events. Read more to learn what branches all over the USA did.
What's Up Within International WILPF?              
International WILPF’s Triennial Congress has been delayed until 2022 and planning is in progress. The Future WILPF Global call was September 7, 2021, learn more about additional global calls in the near future. By: J. Slagter. 
MEPJAC Round Table at Congress              
A look into the Middle East Peace and Justice Action Committee (MEPJAC)'s Round Table presentation at Congress 2021. By MEPJAC.
Starting March 2021, five WILPF US branches started working on the Inside and Out Initiative. Learn more about their work and progress. By: N. Abeleda. 
Vandana Shiva inspired us all by saying, “Our power is the power of resistance.” Our work is to create a beautiful peace with each other and the earth, creating our own system for a just world grounded on love for all living things. By: N. Price and R. Solick. 
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