[WCUSP] WILPF LA and the Middle East

[Carol Urner]

Great news!  Welcome  Catia! How I wish I could have heard your talk.
Anythng in writing?

Great to have you involved in the WCUSP campaign.  A wonderful addition.
Thanks so much, C.J., and glad you are also getting invovled in the LA
Branch.  L A WILPF shall rise again!

Catia, I still work on disarmament, relevant international law and the
"woman's budget" as when we met previously, but lurk on the edges of the
WCUSP campaign because the issues are so relevant and interwoven with our
DISARM concerns.  DISARM is no longer a WILPF campaign but a very active
committee, and Kristin Dedmon, the young WILPFer you met that that LA WILPF
helped send  to the NPT in New York, is still on our DISARM leadership
team. Kristin and I were both sorry nothing worked out for contact with
students at your mutual university. (Southern California? I get confused on
the name.)

I just got back form the IEC meeting in London.  I wish the entire WCUSP
team could have been there.  Of course the Middle East was a major focal
issue and wonderful women form Palestine, Israel and Lebanon were all there
working with the rest of us on our common goals. I hope WCUSP and our WATER
campaigns can really send a small delegation to the Middle East, and
especially to Lebanon to discuss the war for water there.

in peace, Carol Urner




On 9/16/06, C.J. Minster <cjminster at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi WILPFers!
>
> Just wanted to let you know about the great meeting we had today in Los
> Angeles. Our sister member, Catia Confortini, spoke about the history of
> International WILPF's involvement in Israel / Palestine. She is writing her
> PhD thesis on the topic at the School of International Relations at the
> University of Southern California. (Her paper is titled "The Gendered
> Construction of 'Peace:' Conflict in Israel/Palestine and the Women's
> International League for Peace and Freedom.")
>
> Her talk was really interesting - we've been held back by our own
> Eurocentrism since at least the 1940s. Of course, our foremothers didn't
> know that term or understand their own biases, and they did much more for
> the causes of peace and justice than other people. But nevertheless, I find
> it useful to learn both the good and the bad parts of our history, so we can
> try to not continue the same mistakes. Of course, one of the good parts that
> we're trying to add to were the series of fact finding trips to the region
> led by Libby Frank and Edith Ballantyne in the 1970s.
>
> More exciting news from LA - we had a branch meeting after the lecture and
> Catia agreed to be the LA branch rep to the WCUSP campaign. Welcome, Catia!
> (Kate, can you add her to this listserv?)
>
> in peace,
> C.J.
>
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