The 30th U.S. Section Triennial Congress 2008

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Join Amy Goodman, Fran Korten and a hundred other dangerous women
in Iowa for WILPF's 30th Triennial Congress
  

Wednesday, June 25 - Sunday, June 29, 2008
Des Moines, Iowa

 Go to Triennial Congress Forms
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Download and view Congress Newsletter
Download and view Final Schedule

Updated: 6/21/08 

The time is NOW for WILPF to take its measure, to listen and learn from each other so we can shout out and stand up for the common good.  Democracy requires us to serve in the interests of those who cannot speak, cannot stand up.  Our 30th Triennial Congress provides a platform of all of us to form cohesive and effective voices in a time of greatest need. 

 Amy Goodman
 Amy Goodman,
Democracy Now! host on Pacifica Radio

The time is NOW.  The place is the Heartland.  Iowa is a microcosm of the local, national and the global issues that concern so many of us in WILPF.  The Des Moines branch wants YOU to join US in educating and agitating in June (and the rest of year) for a better world, a more peaceful  world, a world where women are respected, a world where children are sheltered, a world with no boundaries, no apathy, and no way but up. 

The time is NOW for you to come to Iowa to get things done.  Talk only goes so far unless it's followed by action.  Our action for this 30th Triennial is to put each of you at the center of WILPF's life.   Each individual member is being called on to bring your ideas, gather up like-minded activists and join our transformative movement.

Check out our wondeful video on YouTube!

The Triennial offers workshops for educating and motivating our members, soapboxes (yes, actual boxes) for individual orations in a commons area outdoors, gathering *circles for common interest sharing, geographic circles for regional exchanges, cultural activities (world renown opera performance for one), YOUTUBE adventures (wear black, it makes you look thinner), Board presentation and Q&A (strategic planning), and we are working on getting authors and book signings as well as a speaker who is a leader in the practicing of radical democracy.
 Fran Korten

 Fran Korten 
Publisher of YES! Magazine

 The Congress planning committee is moving and grooving. . . working to make  this Congress a take-home-and-try-it buffet of ideas, events and actions in sisterhood!  Peter Drucker has said, "The best way to predict the future is to create it. " Let's do it together.

Come and join us and see results!

Please direct all inquiries, including those seeking scholarship support, to congress@wilpf.org




2008 Triennial Congress Tribute Book
Want to thank that special woman who inspired you or the woman or women who have made a difference in your life and/or the life of your community?  

You have your chance at our 30th Triennial Congress through purchasing a space in our Tribute Book.

Below you will find links to open the price sheets for both businesses/organizations and members/branches, the space purchase form and a template letter as a guide for asking other women in a written format (4 attachments). 

We are planning to have one night's event devoted to honoring these women and many more.

The deadline for purchasing space in the Tribute Book is May 10, 2008.
 
Congress Site Committee

 Triennial Congress Site Committee (photo by Marilyn Johnson)

Forms For Triennial Congress:
Please use the following links to open forms to use for registering to attend the Congress, to apply to hold a workshop, and to place a tribute in the Congress Tribute Book.

Please click here for a Triennial Congress Registration form in pdf format.  Save the pdf document to your computer, print it out, fill it in and mail it to Ellen Schwartz, 9629 Bradhugh Ct., Sacramento, CA 95827

Please click here for Triennial Congress Workshop Application in Word format.

Forms for Triennial Congress Tribute Book (click on links below):

Description of sizes and cost of advertisements available to WILPF MEMBERS and BRANCHES in the Triennial Congress Tribute Book

Description of sizes and cost of advertisements available to BUSINESSES in the Triennial Congress Tribute Book.

Triennical Congress Tribute Book SPACE PURCHASE FORM

Customizable letter (MS Word format) to be sent to other women requesting they purchase space in the Tribute Book