Peace and Freedom articles from September 2006

Peace and Freedom archives from September 2006

Nurturing our next generations.(Women's International League for Peace and Freedom)
September 22, 2006... I am a gardener, meaning that I enjoy planting, weeding, watering, and tending to living plants. Despite that I know little about the names of all the flowers in my yard, when they should be pruned, or what kind of sun/shade they should have,...

Kay Camp, 7/10/1918-7/9/2006.(Obituary)
September 22, 2006... Katherine Merrill Lindsley Camp, known to WILPFers as Kay, passed away on July 9, 2006--the day before her 88th birthday--at her home in the Quadrangle retirement community in Haverford, PA. A lifelong activist and self-described "peace...

Whose wars are they, anyway?: Israel pulls the trigger, the U.S. pulls the strings.
September 22, 2006... There has been tremendous suffering recently among the people of Palestine, Israel, and Lebanon. Pregnant Palestinian women have been denied access to Israeli hospitals because of the "Separation Wall." (Editor's note: See the Spring 2006 Peace...

Youth and U.S. Foreign policy: a conversation.(interview with C.J. Minster and Kate Zaidan)(Interview)
September 22, 2006... Two Young WILPF leaders, one Jewish, one Arab American, reflect on being young and working to challenge U.S. policy in the Middle East. Following is a discussion between C.J. Minster, 28, program chair and former WCUSP board representative, and...

"Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink": the costs of bottled water.
September 22, 2006... Readers may recognize the above quote from the poem "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. In this time of growing water crisis, there may be drops to drink, but who will get this water and how much will it cost? Can we...

Advancing Human Rights: WILPF branches further human rights agenda.(Around and about WILPF)(Women's International League for Peace and Freedom)
September 22, 2006... WILPF members across the country are taking leadership roles in the national movement to "domesticate" human rights. While the United States. has always been vocal in criticizing the human rights records of other countries, our government has...

Building the Beloved Community.(Around and about WILPF)(Women's International League for Peace and Freedom)
September 22, 2006... The mission of the Building the Beloved Community (BBC) Committee is to provide educational information about the history and nature of systemic racism, the connections between different forms of oppression, internalized oppressions, racial...

Corporations v. Democracy.(Around and about WILPF)(Women's International League for Peace and Freedom)
September 22, 2006... During 2006, WILPF branches around the country led diverse efforts to shed light on the many forms of corporate domination in this country, and to enable greater citizen participation in our government. Recently, the Des Moines Branch sponsored...

DISARM! Dismantling the War Economy.(Around and about WILPF)(Women's International League for Peace and Freedom)(Dismantling the War Economy Committee)
September 22, 2006... The DISARM! Dismantling the War Economy Committee intends to keep disarmament issues before the branches and, when possible, integrate them into the work of the campaigns and the other issue committees. Peace and progress toward general and...

Women and Cuba.(Around and about WILPF)(Women's International League for Peace and Freedom)(Cuban's political relations)
September 22, 2006... The second report by President George Bush's Commission for a Transition to a Free Cuba, issued in July 2006, arrived just weeks before the first transition of power in Cuba in 47 years. In accordance with the Cuban constitution. Fidel Castro's...

Ending the war at home: WILPF joins schoolchildren at U.N. Small Arms Conference.(Women's International League for Peace and Freedom)
September 22, 2006... In WILPF, we assert that the issues of peace, security, the environment, and human rights are interconnected. This holistic view is one of the aspects that make WILPF unique among the many peace and justice organizations with whom we work. We...

Dispatches from the Middle East: WILPF women on the ground.(Women's International League for Peace and Freedom)
September 22, 2006... Last summer, WILPF activists from the Israel, Lebanon, and U.S. sections--both residents and citizen diplomats--bore witness to life on the ground before and during the war between Israel and Lebanon. Following are excerpts from their reports....

Teach your children well: at Philadelphia's Parkway Northwest High School, peace is part of the curriculum.
September 22, 2006... When the Philadelphia School District established a military academy in the city's Mt. Airy neighborhood in spring 2005 as part of its initiative to create more small "magnet" high schools, residents and activists were "up in arms," recalls...

"My age has no impact on how much I care".(Teen Activists Speak Out)
September 22, 2006... In 1999, when I was 11, my parents took me to the Seattle protests of the World Trade Organization. I remember seeing the turtles and the Teamsters marching together, representing the unity that environmentalists and union activists felt in...

Do-it-yourself peace activism.(Teen Activists Speak Out)(Will Martin and his Youth Activists of Austin )
September 22, 2006... Youth activists are all around us. They are the young women and men who walked out of high school classes in the spring of 2006 over immigration legislation, and then continued to hone their skills as activists. And before the U.S. invasion of...

How to bring young energy into WILPF.(Women's International League for Peace and Freedom)(Brief article)
September 22, 2006... The Fresno, CA branch has found a way to bring youth--and their energy and new ideas--into our work. For the past three years, we have partnered with California State University, Fresno to hire a total of five social-work graduate students as...

International perspective: engaging Swedish youth in WILPF.(Women's International League for Peace and Freedom)
September 22, 2006... We all have a personal story behind why we came to join WILPF. Mine is that I Googled. I was at the end of my university peace-and-conflict studies program and wanted to do something practical with my time. So I Googled "women and peace" and...

Don't Spy on us! (again).(Women's International League for Peace and Freedom)
September 22, 2006... This past June 14, WILPF joined with other peace and advocacy groups in Philadelphia to file a request under the federal Freedom of Information Act. The FOIA request, for copies of all documents and evidence on record obtained by government...

WILPF membership report: keeping connected, striving to grow.(Women's International League for Peace and Freedom)
September 22, 2006... Membership is WILPF's lifeblood, both its strength and the source of its passion! Our members provide grassroots leadership and, through their dues, the financial resources needed to promote our work on the local, national, and international...

2006 Jane Addams Children's Book Awards and ceremony announced: how WILPF branches can promote peace to connect with your communities.(PeaceEducation)
September 22, 2006... Each year since 1953, the Jane Addams Children's Book Awards honors children's books published in the United States during the previous year. The books' themes effectively address or promote the cause of peace, justice, world community, and...

WILPFers of the world unite at 2006 IEC meeting.(Women's International League for Peace and Freedom)(International Executive Committee)
September 22, 2006... What does feminism offer peace, economic and social justice, and human rights activists? This question was the focus of the seminar offered on the second afternoon of WILPF's International Executive Committee (IEC) Meeting outside London,...

WILPF contacts.(Women's International League for Peace and Freedom )(Directory)
September 22, 2006... NATIONAL OFFICE 1213 Race Street Philadelphia, PA 19107-1691 215-563-7110 215-563-5527 (fax) wilpf@wilpf.org www.wilpf.org www.wilpf.blogspot.com UNITED NATIONS OFFICE 777 United Nations Plaza New...

Branches reporting: Baltimore, Berkeley, Boston, Cape Cod, Catonsville, Cleveland, Delaware County, Detroit, Los Angeles, Madison, Minnesota Metro, Monterey, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland, Sacramento, St. Louis, San Jose, Santa Cruz, Sierra Foothills, Triangle.(BranchAction News)
September 22, 2006... Dear Friends: This will be my last edition of Branch Action News. After almost 10 years of reading your newsletters and writing up your amazing activities, I regretfully feel the need to retire from this line of work. I've so much enjoyed...

WILPF 2005 annual report.(Women's International League for Peace and Freedom)(Organization overview)
September 22, 2006... Overview WILPF's 90th year, 2005, was marked by internal accomplishments and global challenges. U.S. WILPF's membership engaged in a democratic process to choose its program priorities for the 2005-2008 triennial term and, on March 8...