50 Days of Action for Women and Girls Social Media Campaign!
Arkansas Women Welcome Leymah Gbowee
LEYMAH GBOWEE IN LITTLE ROCK
Upcoming screenings of Pray the Devil Back to Hell and Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee’s visit to Little Rock
Join us for the 2013 Membership meeting!
Webinar: The Right Message
Empowering Women as Peacemakers; Mighty Be Our Powers
Where do the presidential candidates and parties stand on Iran
International Day of Peace
Arkansas WAND News»
Arkansas Women Welcome Leymah Gbowee
Arkansas WAND women and Clinton School students welcome Nobel Peace laureate Leymah Gbowee at the airport in Little Rock. Many wore white in commeration of the Liberian Women’s Peace movement and to express their desire for a more peaceful world! Ms. Gbowee met with Clinton School students prior to her lecture at the Statehouse Convention [...]
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 partners with Rockefeller Elementary School
Arkansas WAND is partnering with Rockefeller Elementary and would like your involvement! Janice Wilson, Principal of Rockefeller Elementary and Early Childhood Magnet School, 700 East 17th Street says, “We are looking for volunteers willing to donate some time, even if it’s just an hour a month. Children need to read to an adult each day or evening, [...]
Events»
Peace is Patriotic! Get tickets here!
Peace is Patriotic! CELEBRATE THE FOURTH OF JULY, THE BEACON OF PEACE AND HOPE & THE PEACE GARDEN! Arkansas Women’s Action for New Directions (WAND) Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum (AIMM) U.S.S. Razorback Submarine Riverfront Park – North Little Rock July 4, 2013 at 7:00pm (gates open at 6:30pm) A spectacular view of the fireworks · [...]
Federal Budget»
Webinar: The Right Message
Congress is muddling through this post-election session trying to come to grips with budget and fiscal decisions. We’re raising concerns about budget priorities, excessive Pentagon spending and nuclear weapons, but we need effective messages to get through the din in Washington. Learn what messages have the most meaning and greatest impact in WAND’s new webinar… [...]
Fun»
Tell your Rep. “Vote No on Defense Authorization Bill”
Tell a Friend Tell Your Representative: “Vote No on ‘Defense’ Appropriation Bill” NO to war and weapons spending! Support Healthcare NOT Warfare Candidates for Congress The 2013 “Defense” Appropriations Bill is scheduled for a vote this week. It would spend $519 billion for the Pentagon plus $88.4 billion more on the War in Afghanistan, [...]
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»
50 Days of Action for Women and Girls Social Media Campaign!
WAND is participating in the 50 Days of Action for Women and Girls Social Media Campaign! Follow and share posts from WAND’s Twitter and Facebook and WiLL’s Twitter and Facebook to help shape the new U.S. Secretary of State’s agenda on matters concerning the rights of women and girls in peace and in conflict. On [...]
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»
Webinar Tues. Sept. 11th Women as Peace Partners
Webinar: Women as Peace Partners It is well documented that women are uniquely and disproportionately victimized by war and violence. Yet it has also been shown that women are uniquely effective agents for securing lasting and just peace. The Women Peace and Security Act of 2012 was recently introduced to Congress, and is designed to [...]
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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