Women's International League for Peace and Freedom St. Louis Branch

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The last page in our 100 year WILPF St Louis Chapter

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At our Spring quarterly meeting, with heavy hearts, we decided that we no longer had the capacity to continue as a branch of WILPF.  We gave notice at our May 2022 Membership meeting of the dire financial situation of the…

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War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict

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Event at the Friends Meeting House Wednesday 7 December 20227pm

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Successful Golden Rule Peace Boat event

St. Louis, MO: Morning of 10/29 – morning of 10/31.Docking at Sioux Harbor, near 1320 Second Street, Portage des Sioux– Boat tours 11:00 am to 2:00 pm on October 29, 30– October 30, 3:00 pm, Film, Presentations, Ethical Society –…

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Celebrate the Arrival of the “Golden Rule” Peace Boat in St Louis

Photo by Melissa Thurod, Republican Eagle, Red Wing, MN Celebrate the Arrival of the“Golden Rule” Peace Boat Veterans for Peace is sailing in its campaign for a Nuclear-Free World! October 30, 2022, 3:00 to 5:00 pm Ethical Society of St….

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Picket line nuclear abolition action

60 years after the Cuban missile crisis. We have more work to do. photos courtesy of Lynn Sableman

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Speech at PeaceWorks KC’s remembrance of Hiroshima – Nagasaki

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from NucNews Progress on treaty to prohibit nukes; focus on universities Note: Ann Suellentrop prepared these remarks for the annual program, Remembering Hiroshima & Nagasaki: Never Again! That program will be given Aug. 7 in Kansas City, MO. It will…

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News from our Allies – June 2022

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Highlights from our Allies – news or actions that have come across our plate and we think you may like them too: Repeal the U.S. Military Selective Service Act – World beyond War The Supreme Court ruling: Q+A – Planned…

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Ally Spotlight: Sustainability Seekers

What is Sustainability Seekers all about? I was not a member of PUCC when Sustainability Seekers was formed, but Polly Winkleman, who is our SS co chairman, helped set a Mission Statement which reads: “Recognizing the link between Christian faith…

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WILPF Think & Resist: Conversations about Feminism and Peace

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Join WILPF conversations today! If you are new to the Think & Resist: Conversations about Feminism and Peace podcast or are like us and can’t wait to replay every episode, wait no further! All episodes of our new podcast are…

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The Peace That is Not: Understanding Why Peacebuilding Has Failed in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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by WILPF Worldwide militarisation, ever more visible with the invasion of Ukraine, is putting the importance of effective peacebuilding squarely at the top of the global agenda. However, current international peacebuilding efforts are a product of the uncontested spread of…

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