National Day of Remembrance for Downwinders
Improving the State of the Union
Join U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis and WiLL/WAND for a national briefing on Feb. 3!
TONIGHT: Tune into the State of the Union with WAND!
Share your dreams for 2012 with WAND!
White House Establishes National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security
WAND’s own Sayre Sheldon in the New York Times
WAND’s December Bulletin
Sayre Sheldon in the Boston Globe on the end of the Iraq War
Iraq War Finally Ending
Indonesia Ratifies The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Thanks to you, the Senate calls for a faster withdrawal from Afghanistan!
Giving Thanks for U.S.’s Abundance
Congress Meets Community»
WAND/WiLL Members Raise their Voices in Washington, DC
By Ellen Freedman (DC intern) On September 20, community activists and legislators attending WAND/WiLL’s national conference, “Women at the Table of Power,” participated in a full day of lobby meetings on Capitol Hill. Our attendees visited over 120 congressional offices and met with staff and members of Congress from 34 states. The conference program leading [...]
Membership»
Improving the State of the Union
The State of the Union speech is an opening salvo to the presidential election and Congressional debate. Soon the President will be sending his budget request to the Congress for the coming Fiscal Year 2013. The budget is the detailed brass tacks version of the “state of the union” and our nation’s priorities. The full [...]
Military Spending»
The Story of Broke is here! Why there is still plenty of money to build a better future.
WAND is proud to partner with The Story of Stuff Project to promote their latest project – The Story of Broke: Why there is still plenty of money to build a better future. The United States isn’t broke; we’re the richest country on the planet and a country in which the richest among us are [...]
Nuclear Weapons»
National Day of Remembrance for Downwinders
This year commemorates the first National Downwinders Day since the U.S. Senate voted unanimously to institute this day of recognition. National Downwinders Day acknowledges and calls attention to the harm the U.S. government inflicted on its own citizens when it conducted nuclear tests during the era of the Cold War. Until 1963, the United States [...]
WAND Bulletin»
WAND’s December Bulletin
December 15, 2011 Defense Authorization FY2012 Appropriations Super Committee Failure New Jobs Study Counting Our Blessings WiLL WAND PAC Chapter and Field Update Upcoming Events Take Action Congressional Wrapping for 2011, Budget Packages for 2012 This week, Congress is working to untangle knotty spending and related issues, and heading home for the holidays. Defense [...]
WAND In The Press»
WAND’s own Sayre Sheldon in the New York Times
Sayre Sheldon, WAND President Emerita, recently wrote a letter to the editor of the New York Times. Her letter was written in response to Joshua Goldstein’s and Steven Pinker’s War Really Is Going Out of Style. You can read her letter to the editor here. “Our own military budget and the belligerent rhetoric of our [...]
WAND News»
Join U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis and WiLL/WAND for a national briefing on Feb. 3!
Join us for a very special teleconference with the Department of Labor! Friday, February 3, 2012 2:30PM EST Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis invites you to attend: Women’s Action for New Directions (WAND) and Women Legislators’ Lobby (WiLL) Call Please join U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis, Department of Labor Chief Economist Dr. [...]
War in Afghanistan»
Iraq War Finally Ending
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 of war and the toll it has taken, we especially recommend this op-ed Our Children Will [...]
Women's Issues»
On Women’s Equality Day, Congress far from Equal
Written by Elizabeth Holland Today, August 26, is Women’s Equality Day. The date commemorates the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1920, granting women the right to vote, and has been proclaimed by the President and Congress each year since 1971. Surely women have made important and substantial gains in the [...]
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