WILPF IS CURRENTLY PLANNING FOR
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY MARCH 8, 2010
Current plans include a March on Church Street in Burlington to be followed by speakers TBA and
a play presented by Congo Umoja
International Women's Day is celebrated around the world. Join us to make this year's March a celebration of
women around the world and rededication to women's rights which are under attack globally and nationally.
WOMEN'S RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS
More information about International Women's Day origins and worldwide plans at this link:
http://www.internationalwomensday.com/about.asp
WILPF Member Margaret Harrington Tamulonis conducts an excellent
interview with Maggie Gunderson and Suzi Wizowaty
about Vermont Yankee's continuing danger to Vermont.
It can be found at CCTV.org or the following link.
http://greenmountaindaily.com/diary/5766/12-million-picocuries-per-liter
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"Uplifting, disheartening, inspiring, enraging - the mind reels while watching
the documentary "Pray the Devil Back to Hell," even as the eyes water,
the temples pound and the body trembles."
Manohla Dargis (NY Times)
Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu calls the film
“inspiring, uplifting and a call to action for all of us
Available on DVD
The Burlington Branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF),
in cooperation with other groups which seek peace, presented a series of actions
to mark the 63rd anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on
Hiroshima (August 6, 1945) and Nagasaki (August 9, 1945).
As a result of an initiative by Burlington WILPF member Margaret Harrington,
the actions included the declaration of the first Nuclear Disarmament Day in the United States
Mayor Bob Kiss proclaimed August 6th Nuclear Disarmament Day, a march was held,
the Taiko drummers played and candle boats were floated in the Burlington Fountain, at the top of Church Street.
Speakers addressed the connection of the military to environmental destruction and US agression in the
pursuit and use of nuclear weapons.
August 6th Nuclear Disarmament Events
NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT DAY. Burlington Mayor Bob Kiss will declare August 6th Nuclear Disarmament Day during an anti-nuclear rally. The rally, sponsored by Burlington WILPF will include speakers and the Taiko Drummers. info: Robin Lloyd at 862-4929 or Margaret Harrington at 848-7552. |
Commemoration at the of the dropping of the atomic bomb on NAGASAKI. Sponsored by Pax Christi Burlington. The "Walk for a Nuclear-Free Future" will be welcomed to town. |
Picnic lunch, folding of "peace cranes," and viewing of anti-nuclear videos Sponsored by Burlington info: Robin Lloyd at 862-4929 or Margaret Harrington at 848-7552. |
CAN VERMONT BE NUCLEAR FREE?? |
Burlington WILPF, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, made history on August 6, 2008 in Burlington, Vermont by initiating and observing the first Nuclear Disarmament Day.
National WILPF has joined with us in circulating a petition to Congress to make August 6th a national day of remembrance as Nuclear Disarmament Day.The petition is also being circulated online and is now an International petition from WILPF.
We will be going to Washington, DC on September 15 to bring the signed petitions to Congress.Under the leadership of Carol Unger who heads up the WILPF DISARM Committee we will persuade legislators to establish August 6 as Nuclear Disarmament Day.We will be in Washington from September 15 through the 18. We need people to join us because there are hundreds of legislators to lobby.
Please sign the petition online by clicking on this address: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/nucleardisarmamentday
Contact:Margaret Harrington (for transport and lodging information)
Margaret@english-advantage.com
802-848-7552
The Archives
The "Jane Addams Birthday Tea"
to be held
Sunday, September 21, 1:00 - 5:00 PM,
Fletcher Room of the Fletcher Free Library,
235 College St., Burlington, VT
In 1931 The FBI described
US peace activist Jane Addams as
‘the most dangerous woman in America’
THE JANE ADDAMS BIRTHDAY TEA
Presented By
Presented By
The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Burlington Branch
On Sunday, September 21, 2008
1:00 - 5:00 PM
In the Fletcher Room (Second Floor)
Fletcher Free Library
235 College Street, Burlington, VT
Free and Open to the Public - Donations Accepted
PROGRAM
1:00 PM: Greetings, Refreshments, and "Mingling"
1:45 PM: "Jane Addams: The Most Dangerous Woman in America,"
a talk by Dian Kendrick, followed by Discussion
2:30 PM: Jane Addams Peace Association Report, by Judith Joseph
2:45 PM: WILPF/US Section 2008 Congress Report, by Robin Lloyd
3:15 PM: Break
3:30 PM: "Nuclear Disarmament Day" Report, by Margaret Harrington