Peace and Freedom articles from January 2008

Peace and Freedom archives from January 2008

Taking back our power.(The importance of voting)
January 1, 2008... "If you think you have the power and you don't, you do have the power. If you think you don't have the power and you do, you don't have the power." I don't know the source of this quote, but it has stayed with me ever since I read it years...

WILPF's strategic plan: what's it all about?(Women's International League for Peace and Freedom)
January 1, 2008... THE IMPETUS TO CHANGE While we are all proud to belong to WILPF, the oldest continually active women's peace organization in the world, many of us have been disappointed by WILPF's recent low profile. Since 1915, WILPF has created analyses...

Run for WILPF's U.S. section board! Positions available for self-nomination.(Women's International League for Peace and Freedom)
January 1, 2008... WILPF's U.S. Section is now seeking candidates to run for the organization's National Board. Serving on the board is an opportunity to represent the membership in making important decisions about WILPF's future, to help steward and build its...

WILPF launches network for young peace activists.(Women's International League for Peace and Freedom)
January 1, 2008... Become a part of Young WILPF (Y-WILPF), the international network for activists 35 and younger! June 24-29, 2008 in Des Moines, IA In the fall of 2005, a proposal from our European WILPF sisters established the Young WILPF (Y-WILPF)...

Location motivation quiz: for WILPF's U.S. Section Triennial Congress 2008.(Women's International League for Peace and Freedom)
January 1, 2008... The Des Moines Branch of WILPF cordially, emphatically, and energetically invites all of you to share the Heartland of America with us. Save June 25-June 29, 2008 for our U.S. Section Triennial Congress at the campus of Simpson College in...

Branch action news.
January 1, 2008... Branches reporting: Cape Cod, Central Vermont, Des Moines, Los Angeles, Madison, Milwaukee, Minnesota Metro, Monterey, Peninsula, Philadelphia, Portland, St. Louis, San Jose, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Triangle, Tucson. Fellow WILPF...

Water and elections.
January 1, 2008... When properly run and with an informed electorate, elections advance our democracy. Unfortunately, we cannot say with any confidence that either of these criteria were met in the recent elections. We in WILPF need to demand substantive news...

JAPA holds book awards ceremony.(Peace Education)(Jane Addams Peace Association)
January 1, 2008... The Jane Addams Peace Association (JAPA). the educational affiliate of WILPF, has made awards for children's books annually since 1953. Continuing its tradition, JAPA held the 2007 Jane Addams Children's Book Award (JACBA) ceremony October 19...

Raging and roaring with the Santa Cruz WILPF Raging Grannies: an activist's songbook.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2008... RAGING AND ROARING WITH THE SANTA CRUZ WILPF RAGING GRANNIES: AN ACTIVIST'S SONGBOOK is a compilation of 39 witty and hilarious parodies written to the tunes of well-known song, for and by the gaggle of grandmothers who make up the Raging...