Dear Kevin:
Also, we are emailing you to give you a status report on the treaty's progress and to let you know about a special offer.
And we invite you to join us in this work. The Disarm/End Wars Committee is in the midst of 75th anniversary online programming for this very important year: the anniversary of the 1945 development, testing, and use of these genocidal weapons in war. The next webinar is this Sunday, August 9. Please see more details below about our webinar series and our special offer, as well as information about WILPF.
Progress on the U.N. Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and More
As of the end of July, 2020, the leaders of 82 countries have signed the treaty, and 40 legislatures have ratified it. It goes into effect when 50 countries ratify it.
In addition to signatures supporting the treaty, we have collected 24,783 signatures on the online letter to the House of Representatives, supporting Eleanor Holmes Norton's "Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Economic and Energy Conversion Act."
However, it will take much more public pressure and organizing to convince our own government to change its position.
Ways You Can Support This Work and Other WILPF Work for Peace
WILPF works to ban nuclear weapons and also addresses a number of interconnected issues, all with the goal of ending war and the causes of war. We invite you to help support the WILPF US campaign work to inform the public about the profound dangers of nuclear weapons and to prohibit them.
We hope you might be interested in other areas of WILPF US work:
- building a sustainable society,
- expanding economic and social justice,
- advocating for human rights -- including voting rights and an accurate count!
Founded in 1915, WILPF has consultative status with the United Nations.
Actively engaged with local, national, and international bodies for over one hundred years, we seek to establish the foundations for a peaceful world. The Disarm/End Wars Committee is one of six WILPF US committees working on these issues. Please take a look at our WILPF US facebook page and website to learn more about WILPF.
Webinar Series: Disarm/End Wars Focusing on this 75th Anniversary Year
Few of us alive remember back 75 years. In this unprecedented time, these webinars look back at the year 1945, joining with the #HiroshimaNagasaki75 activist coalition to provide resources. The coalition is helping people demand a world without nuclear weapons and an end to the whole nuclear era!
On our Sunday, August 9, webinar meet survivor Dr. Hideko Tamura, who shares her personal experiences from before, during, and after the August 6 Hiroshima atom bombing.
On our Sunday, September 20, webinar hear Alice Slater, on the board of World Beyond War and several nuclear abolition organizations, explores "Obstacles to Nuclear Abolition: Telling the Truth About the Relationship between the US and Russia."
On our Thursday, October 22, join us when Ray Acheson, Director of the WILPF disarmament program, Reaching Critical Will, will speak about her experiences and insights as WILPF International's amazing Representative to the United Nations, working for human rights, peace, and disarmament
Being Active, Joining the Activist Community
Do you want to take further action to inform the public about the dangers of nuclear weapons? We'd like to thank you for your interest -- and possible efforts -- with this special offer: sending you two origami peace cranes which were hand-folded by supporters of atomic bomb survivors in Japan! Along with the cranes, we'll send a handy tip sheet about paper cranes: what they represent, instructions on how to fold them, and ideas for using them in your community. Origami cranes can be an inviting way to open a conversation about nuclear weapons.
Please email info@WILPFUS.org if you would like to receive this free package, and let us know if you might like to work with us in any way. (Send us action photos to share with the #HiroshimaNagasaki75 coalition and on our Facebook page!)
And if you're not yet a member of WILPF US, please join us! Sincerely,
DISARM-End Wars Issues Committee Co-Chairs: Robin Lloyd (robinlloyd8[at] gmail.com) Ellen Thomas (et[at] prop1.org) Cherrill Spencer
|
Your support helps us reach farther and have more impact. Consider a donation to WILPF today to demonstrate your solidarity with our work.
|
|
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom/US Section
Friends House | PO Box 13075 | Des Moines, IA 50310 | 617-266-0999 | www.wilpfus.org
|
|
|
|
|
 |
