US WILPF
Practicum at the United Nations 2009
The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), the National Women's Studies Association (NWSA) and the Center for Women's Health and Human Rights at Suffolk University (CWHHR) are offering the opportunity for college students to attend the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) meetings at the United Nations in New York from February 28th - March 7th, 2009.
Triennial Congress Report
Amy Goodman, Fran Korten and a Hundred-Plus Other Dangerous Women
Gathered in Iowa for
WILPF's 30th Triennial Congress
June 25 - June 29, 2008
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Videos from the Congress on YouTube
Opening Ceremony: http://youtube.com/watch?v=lm_sOx3zibI |
| From Wednesday, June 25 - Sunday, June 29th, 150 WILPF women from around the country, and abroad, met, learned and deliberated on the campus of Simpson College, near Des Moines, Iowa. Video highlights from Congress have been posted on Youtube. Please follow the links above to learn what inspires us. Much thanks to videographer Rodger Routh and the Des Moines Branch. At Congress several new committees were established and are currently seeking members. Click here for more information. |
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WILPF Internal Grant Program for WILPF Branches and Issue Committees in Good Standing Only
It is designed to be flexible and fund the essential work being done by our many Issue Committees, Branches and members. We encourage collaboration between our Issue Committees and Branches, and outcome- oriented planning, so that we may more powerfully effect policy change at the local, national and international levels.
Join a WILPF Committee
At WILPF's National Congress, several new committees were formed to help our organization realize the congress theme of Moving Forward. Recruitment for these committees has now commenced. Members with interest in the following areas are invited to contact the committee conveners for more information or to sign up.
- Site Committee: A time-limited national committee estabished to research the future location of our National office and make a recommendation to the National Board. Members who are interested in joining this committee may call Pat O'Brien (Chair) at 617-576-0649 or email patob777(at)verizon.net.
- Grant Allocation Committee: Our rollout of our new mini grant program (which replaces the previous campaign structure) has begun. We need members to help screen the proposals received through the initiative and make decisions about the allocation of funds allocated to this program. Members who are interested in joining this committee may call Tura Campenella Cook (Program Co-Chair) at 512-796-9702 or email programsupport(at)wilpf.org.
- Grantee Oversight and Evaluation Committee: Even before any grants are committed, the Grant Program Evaluation Committee will work to establish benchmarks and criteria indicative of success. This will allow the committee to work with grantee branches and issue committees in a supportive fashion. Members interested in joining this committee may call Carol Urner (Program Co-Chair) at 503-320-9108 or email programsupport(at)wilpf.org.
- Personnel Committee: Changes to the by-laws instituted in November 2007 established the personnel committee as a new organ of the National Board. This committee's mandate includes ensuring that all personnel policies are implemented, particularly in the areas of staff evaluations and career development, and for making recommendations regarding personnel issues, including revisions of the personnel policies, as needed to either the Finance or Steering Committees." This committee, chaired by Denise Hall, has openings for three WILPF members. Interested members should contact Denise at 970-346-7754 or email yaaasentewa (at) gmail.com.
Past Presidents Recommend Selling WILPF Building in Philadelphia
Updated: 5/10/08
Below you will find the actual letter written by the Past Presidents. To view in pdf format the entire body of material submitted concerning the sale of the Race Street building, please click on the two links immediately below.
Interactive Site Map and Matrix 2008
WILPF Issue Committee Definition
WILPF Issue Committee [drafted 2008]
Click here for a pdf version of the Definition
1. A national WILPF issue committee works on specific issues of concern to our members and consistent with international priorities. Issue committees should:
- Have a minimum of 5 members, with geographic diversity
- Set measurable, outcome- oriented goals
- Develop its own projects to achieve the issue committee goals
- Welcome any WILPF member who wishes to participate.
- Encourage Branches with an interest in the committee's issue to have a representative on the committee. This will facilitate sharing of resources as well as cooperation and coordination among Branches.
2. An issue committee in good standing:
WILPF Staff & Consultants
Laura Roskos, Executive Director Pro-Tem
executivedir@wilpf.org
Miranda Spencer, Peace and Freedom editor
peacefreedom@wilpf.org
Updated: 2008-02-20
WILPF Timeline
- The Hague Congress: suffragist women demand an end to WWI
- 1919
- The Zurich Confrence: WILPF denounces the Treaty of Versailles as creating the conditions for future war
- 1922
- Conference for a New Peace held at The Hague, calls for the convening of a World Congress to draw up a new agreement for genuine peace
- 1924
- Campaign mobilizes scientists to refuse to engage in war research
- 1926
- Mission to Haiti to investigate the effects of the occupation by the U.S.
Sponsors
U.S. Section Vision and Mission Statement
VISION STATEMENT
WILPF envisions a transformed world at peace, where there is racial, social, and economic justice for all people everywhere - a world in which:
• The needs of all people are met in a fair and equitable manner,
• All people equally participate in making the decisions that affect them,
• The interconnected web of life is acknowledged and celebrated in diverse ways and communities, and
• Human societies are designed and organized for sustainable existence.
MISSION STATEMENT
WILPF members create the peaceful transformation they wish to see in the world by making connections that:
Statements
WILPF Statement on Immmigration December 1st, 2006
The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF-US) recognizes that the United States is a nation of immigrants from around the world whose many contributions have enriched our lives and communities from the nation's beginning.
WILPF's first president, Jane Addams, founded and directed Hull House in Chicago for newly arrived immigrants "to provide a center for a higher civic and social life." An immigrant's successful integration will always depend on the wisdom and receptivity of policy-makers and the willingness of communities to promote diversity and assist the transition of newcomers. Such efforts should be guided by a commitment to equal protection, along with equal access to healthcare, employment, education and legal assistance for all residents.
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WILPF and the UN
WILPF also has Special Consultative Relations with the Food and Agricultural Organisation in Rome, the International Labour Organisation in Geneva and the United Nations Children's Fund in New York. WILPF is represented at UN headquarters in New York, in Geneva and in Paris. WILPF representatives attend various meetings at the other UN offices when they arise.
WILPF's work pertaining to the United Nations includes the following:
Legislative
When contacting your Representatives regarding legislation call both the local district offices and DC office. Call the Capitol Switchboard (202) 224-3121 OR toll free at 800-839-5276
The United States Section of WILPF maintains a presence in Washington, D.C. providing support and organizing connections for the grassroots activities of WILPF's members and branches across the United States. We work in coalition with other disarmament, women's human rights, and racial and economic justice organizations to translate women's experience and vision into policies to promote peace and justice.
