ACLU Honors Pat Youngdahl, chair Arkansas WAND
They want Bombs not Food by Jean Gordon
Arkansas WAND hosts Mother’s Day for Peace Luncheon
The Nurture of Nuclear
March 21st: Nuclear Budget Day of Action
International Women’s Day Rally and film screening
Speak up! Military Spending cuts at risk!
Arkansas WAND News»
ACLU Honors Pat Youngdahl, chair Arkansas WAND
The ACLU of Arkansas honored Pat Youngdahl their Civil Libertarian of the Year, Lifetime Acheivement. Pat, a lifelong activist from Little Rock is a retired Pyschologist, teacher and clinician. She has worked her for equality, peace and justice for her entire life. She was involved in the desegregation efforts in Little Rock Public Schools in [...]
Congress»
Speak up! Military Spending cuts at risk!
Dear WAND Supporter, There are some in Congress who want to keep us from bringing military spending under control. Don’t let them do it! Under last year’s deficit deal, military and domestic programs are supposed to be cut equally over the next ten years. So far, the Pentagon has barely been nicked. The [...]
Education»
Arkansas WAND sponsored DVD Wins Acclaim
Woodruff: A Lesson of Non-violence was selected for showing at the Hot Springs Documentary Festival in November 2010. Two of the Woodruff principals and councilor Shirley Davis who instigated and promoted the program were in attendance at the showing as were several members of Arkansas WAND. Principals Pat Higginbotham, Janice Wilson and Shirley Davis answered [...]
Events»
Arkansas WAND hosts Mother’s Day for Peace Luncheon
The Annual Mother’s Day for Peace Luncheon will be held Tues. May 15th at the Governor’s Mansion, 1800 Center St. Little Rock. Join us as we celebrate women activists of the Past, Present and Future. State Senator Lena Taylor of Wisconsin will be the keynote speaker. Tickets are $35.00 and must be purchased by Thurs. May 3rd. [...]
Federal Budget»
The Deficit: Where to find $
“Unfortunately, over the last decade, we have not done what is necessary to shore up the foundation of our own prosperity. We have spent over a trillion dollars at war, often financed by borrowing from overseas. This, in turn, has short-changed investments in our own people, and contributed to record deficits.” (President Obama addressing the [...]
Fun»
March 21st: Nuclear Budget Day of Action
ACTION ALERT March 21: Nuclear Budget Day of ActionThe next several weeks will be crucial in deciding whether we continue to waste billions of dollars on unnecessary nuclear weapons programs. Congress is beginning work on the federal budget for 2013. The president has asked for $7.6 billion for the agency that maintains our nuclear warheads, [...]
Military Spending»
They want Bombs not Food by Jean Gordon
May 8, 2012 Arkansas Democrat Gazette Letters Page “Bombs Not Food!” When I saw that headline describing Congressman Paul Ryan’s proposed budget, I thought “no one will vote to take food away from hungry children to build more F-22 fighter planes and further enrich the arms manufacturers. This is America!” But, sadly, I read in [...]
National WAND»
Now That We Are At War
Statement written by Sayre Sheldon, March 22, 2011 When I wrote “To Intervene or Not to Intervene,” there was still time to weigh the dangers of going into Libya. Now we are “At War in Libya” (N.Y. Times lead editorial, March 22) and, along with our Congress, the U.S. people have had nothing to [...]
Nuclear»
The Nurture of Nuclear
The Nurture of Nuclear Power By NANCY FOLBRE Librado Romero/The New York TimesRegulatory and Congressional support continues for America’s aging nuclear plants, like Indian Point 2, in Buchanan, N.Y., north of New York City. Nancy Folbre is an economics professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Free enterprise? States’ rights? Public opinion? These concepts seem [...]
Peace»
War in Iraq finally ends!
Iraq War Finally Ending Posted by Julie Southwell • December 13, 2011 • Printer-friendly The Iraq war is finally ending with troops coming home by the end of the year. WAND celebrates this news. We are also pushing forward to expedite homecoming for troops in Afghanistan. As we reflect on this past decade [...]
Women»
International Women’s Day
Each year around the world, International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated on March 8. Hundreds of events occur not just on this day but throughout March to mark the economic, political and social achievements of women. Organizations, governments and women’s groups around the world choose different themes each year that reflect global and local gender [...]
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