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Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom
• Connecting economic justice and human rights to the roots of war since 1915 •
11 Arlington St., Boston MA [email protected] 2016
CRAIGSLIST “POP UP”DONATION CHALLENGE
Those who oppose human rights and peace will always have funds to invest in violence and war. Organizations like WILPF must always seek funding for peace and human rights advocacy.
In March WILPF was surprised and excited to receive a $25,000 gift from the Craigslist Charitable Fund. We were recommended for this generous donation by Peace Development Fund, our fiscal sponsor. PDF represents many worthy activist organizations. We feel really grateful that they made our case with Craigslist Charitable Fund!
Many other organizations were singled out by Craigslist for these awards, including Code Pink, War Resisters League, Sierra Club, and Mother Jones. They are asking their members and friends to help boost the strength of the gift, by digging deep to increase their capacity! We thought that sounded like a great idea!
FIND OUR POST ON FACEBOOK
Please find this post on our WILPF Facebook page, like it, comment on it and share it widely!Here is the link to find us!
LET’S TURN $25,000INTO $35,000
BEFORE MAY 30TH!
IT’S NOT MAGIC… WELL MAYBE IT IS.
THE MAGIC THAT COMES FROM PUTTING YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR HEART IS!
We’re challenging our members and friends to show their gratitude to Craigslist and Peace Development Fund by donating to boost the impact of the Craigslist donation for WILPF to $35,000. Your gift will make the dollars go farther and work harder on the mission that matters to you.
We’re asking YOU to contribute as much as you can between now and May 30th (Memorial Day) in a kind of semi-match for the Craiglist dollars. If just 100 of us give $100, we’ll meet this goal. But any amount is welcome in this race to the finish line!
The Craigslist dollars will go to support WILPF’s ongoing work in Program and our Mission for peace-making. Groups like WILPF depend on YOUR generosity. Your gift to WILPF now tells us you’ve got our back…. as we continue to do important work in the world. While the forces that work against human rights and peace will always have the money they need to sow conflict, push unfair trade agendas, and peddle influence that guts our democracy.
READ ON for some exciting examplesof what we accomplish when we standtogether as ONE WILPF! WILPF-US invests in Program.So should you!
Recently DISARM requested 2 years funding for their action plan from JAPA Disarmament Fund, which certainly is an appropriate donor for them. DISARM also relies on Program Support donations to keep their important initiatives on schedule.In early 2016, Carol and Ellen traveled the West Coast on their Nuclear Free Future Tour, making many stops from Southern California up through Seattle and reminding WILPF members and the public of the critical need to stop the entire nuclear chain -- from uranium mining in the Black Hills on sacred tribal lands, to the obscene amount of money we spend annually maintaining nukes and building new ones. Most high level military administrators admit that using these weapons is unthinkable.Everywhere they went Ellen and Carol were warmly welcomed as featured speakers to crowds who are hungry for ways to abolish nuclear weapons and the threat they pose. They shared information about the threat to peace and the environment from the proposed Trans Pacific Partnership, and how the TPP will ramp up military spending, weapons sales, and resource conflicts. They distributed the CLIMATE JUSTICE+WOMEN+PEACE Infographic Cards, helping link the issues of human rights, climate change, immigration, human trafficking, resource theft, unjust trade policies and ramped up conflicts over resources that result in more weapons and more military intervention. This spring their East Coast Nuclear Free Future Tour continues, targeting stops from North Carolina to Massachusetts. They hope during September to visit midwestern branches including St Louis and Kansas City in Missouri, and Detroit and Ann Arbor in Michigan.
Anyone who wishes to be on the schedule should
contact Ellen Thomas at [email protected]
DISARM represents WILPF US at the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability Conference and Lobbying Days in DC and at the Global Days of Action On Military Spending. They provide Tax Day Resources to branches. The cornerstone of DISARM’s work is building support among members for PROPOSITION 1, House Resolution 1976, to convert from a war economy to a green jobs economy. DISARM’s budget also supports the Keep Space For Peace Program which educates about drones and advocates for keeping weaponry out of the skies. It provides an alternative narrative to science students being wooed by military weapons contractors and engineering firms. In mid-summer they begin gearing up to encourage branches to plan Hiroshima/Nagasaki Day activities. This fall they hope to co-sponsor and support the World Beyond War Conference in DC at American University.
If the work of DISARM/END WARS is where your passion lies in WILPF, consider a contribution to the Craigslist “Pop Up Donation” Challenge.
Your gift will help us expand our efforts for peace & nuclear abolition and fund the work of the branches and members whom Carol and Ellen inspire.
THE DISARM COMMITTEE SEEKS FUNDINGFOR VITAL PEACE ADVOCACY WORK
ORDER THE NEW CLIMATE JUSTICE+WOMEN+PEACE PROJECT INFOGRAPHIC CARDS
CONNECT ONLINE!
TAKE ACTION
LIKE US & SHARE OURFACEBOOK PAGE
Contact your member of Congress and insist they vote NO on the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP).
Contact Nancy Price for help passing TPP-Free Zone Resolutions in your community.
Receive Action Alerts and E-News.
SUBSCRIBE on our Home Page
www.wilpfus.org (bottom right)
They are free to members, only pay for mailing costs, thanks to a mini-grant!
Organize and educate: Use these materials to demonstrate how current issues are rooted in economic injustice and a culture of violence, how they intersect increasingly along the lines of Climate Change, Race, Food Security, Healthcare, Women’s Rights, Refugees and Immigration, Human Trafficking, Sustainability and Trade.
Order Cards & Sign upfor the new study course [email protected]
DONATE ONLINE
www.wilpfus.org/donate
CHALLENGE DEADLINE EXTENDED THROUGH JUNE! You have more time to invest in WILPF program and action!
THE 60TH COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN (CSW) AND A WILPF UN PRACTICUM
PACKED WITH ENGAGED FUTURE LEADERS
BRANCH PROJECTS THAT KEEP WILPF
VISIBLE AND RAISE OUR IMPACT
WILPF MINI-GRANTS FUEL OUR MISSION & PROGRAM GOALS
THREE TIMES A YEAR WILPF US INVESTS IN OUR PROGRAM AND MISSION, FUNDING BRANCHES, MEMBERS & ISSUE COMMITTEE PROJECTS.
Will YOU invest in the future of our program?
WILPF US funded a delegation to the 60th Commission on the Status of Women in New York City, from March 12th-19th, as part of our National and International program work. Each year this learning and sharing experience reaps huge rewards for WILPF US as an entry point into the organization for new leadership among younger more diverse members.
Our thanks go to our Practicum Program Coordinators and Faculty Dixie Hairston, At-Large WILPF US Board Member Dallas TX, Programs Coordinator for the 2016 UN Practicum and Local2Global and Melissa Torres, Houston Branch, WILPF US Board Member and Representative to WILPF International. As Dixie explains, “These programs have an incredible impact on participants. It is one of the strongest opportunities we have to extend the reach of our organization and expand potential member recruitment. They offer unique opportunity for interaction between WILPF’s leaders of today (Local2Gobal Program, members of our Board and staff) and its leaders of tomorrow (UN Practicum in Advocacy)!” The theme of this year’s CSW was ‘Women’s Empowerment and its link to sustainable development.’
We were excited to welcome enthusiastic students from across the country to this important dialogue. They included: Mimi Duong, University of Houston; Anwar Mahajna, University of Cincinnati; Mridu Markan, from University of Wisconsin-Madison; Elsa Mendoza, University of Houston; Stephen Nsengiyumva, Brandeis University; Nancy Pratt, Union Institute University; Mayra Rodarte, University of Texas-El Paso; Shadi Saraf, Brandeis University; Emily Westgate, Brown University; and Alexandria Yakes, University of Iowa. Once again the coordinators and faculty for the Practicum did an outstanding job of keeping everyone focused and making it a really special week of experiential learning. Barbara Nielsen and Judith Mirkinson, of the San Francisco Branch were the Local 2 Global Program delegates.
The Local2Global Program selects members from US branches to bring WILPF perspectives into conversations with government and NGO representatives, learn the ropes, and prepare to take UN advocacy strategies and campaigns back to their local branch and beyond.
Here are a few branch projects funded by Mini Grants.
• Minneapolis Branch - for a Women and Money art project.
• The Boston Branch - to complete production of a film on Article9 of the Japanese Peace Constitution as a real template for peaceand to support the United Nations mandate for the abolition of war.
• Santa Cruz Branch - For an “All Aboard WILPF Train WithJane” Centennial project and enhancement of their public educationprogram for 2014-15, including Jane Addams book clubs, studygroups, Women’s History March exhibit, panel presentations andchildren’s book circles at various libraries.
• The Monterey County Branch - to develop its website.
• The Fresno Branch – To produce a video showing fracking sitesin California, amid the fragile water and drought conditions. Thisvideo can be used by anti-fracking branches all across the US.
For info contact Jean Hays [email protected]
Around 2010 the WILPF-US Board agreed to annually fund Mini-Grants to members to support ACTION and a closer connection between Program/Mission and members/branches. The WILPF-US Mini Grant Committee offers members and branches the opportunity to apply for small grants, from $250 up to $2500 designed for flexibility and a diversity of needs. This year the grant application deadlines are Feb. 1st, June 1st and Oct. 1st. These grants are meant to fund one-time projects, seed larger efforts to help procure outside funding, and strengthen or expand on-going work from the local to UN level.
Barbara West (Maine WILPF Branch) has been on the Mini-Grants Committee from the beginning and sums up the initiative well. “We are investing in projects and activities of branches, members or issue committees which support program and build WILPF.”
• They engage the greatest number of our members• Are replicable around the country.• They build WILPF, by promoting our work or by supporting our mission
Guidelines for Application and Application Forms must be used and can be found on the WILPF-US website at:
http://wilpfus.org/resources/minigrant-program
Graduate and Undergraduate Students are encouraged to apply for the 2017UN Practicum in Advocacy!
They can start the process by emailing us at:
Use the subject line:
“2017 UN Practicum Application”
WILPF members can contact us for Local2Global information or an application for this program in 2017. Email us at:
Use the subject line:
“L2G 2017”
PROGRAM FUNDING ISEVERYONE’S PRIORITY
Creating International Understanding and Advocating for Women & Girls Takes Training
+ Your gift helps match the CRAIGSLISTcharitable fund donation!
$25
$100
$500
$1000
Allows us to provide vital WILPF Educational Materials for Practicum participants to use to promote WILPF’s program and advocacy efforts throughout the week.
Covers the registration fees for 1 student to attend the training session held prior to the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). This training session serves as an introduction to the CSW, provides an opportunity for the WILPF delegation to refine our advocacy strategies and network with delegates from thousands of NGOs across the globe.
Allows us to host an event at the CSW to discuss the work of WILPF US, its local branches and further our WILPF vision of Peace.
Would make it possible for us to provide a full scholarship to a student to attend the Practicum. Although participants are required to fundraise part of their tuition, offering partial or full scholarships is essential to expanding access to this program.
DISARM/END WARS SEEKS FUNDING FOR THE LIFEBLOOD OF WILPF’S PEACE ADVOCACY.
For the last many years the DISARM/END WARS Issue Committee has been the largest and best funded of our WILPF issue committees, benefiting from the generosity of a handful of long time WILPF donors, as it is so relevant to WILPF’s goal of achieving peace and freedom. But times change and the venerable Carol Urner and her Co-Chair Ellen Thomas are struggling to fund committee’s critical peace-advocacy and nuclear weapons abolition work. Will those members who love DISARM’s mission step up and contribute to keeping the committee on track for the next 2 years? Will they help us find outside donors who will contribute?
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Carol Urner, center front, on the Portland Oregon stop of the Nuclear Free Future West Coast Tour with Brandy Robinson, left, and members of the Portland OR Branch.
Signs by Jeri Bodemar on left; and Paula LeRoy at the Santa Cruz climate march. Credit: Joy Hinz
