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June 2009   |  781-643-6740

A rare opportunity to change U.S. policy toward nuclear weapons
President Obama laid out a compelling vision of a safer world free of nuclear weapons in his April 5 speech in Prague. Right now, the administration is conducting a Nuclear Posture Review that will set U.S. nuclear weapons policy for the next decade. This is the opportunity for the President’s soaring rhetoric to be instituted in real world policy planning. Send a message.

June News Bulletin: WAND making some noise
Georgia WAND celebrated its 25 birthday and Mother's Day for Peace.
May News Bulletin: Spring brings hope!
Afghanistan. Federal budget. Nukes. What's going on.

Nearly 400 women state legislators sign onto a letter to Congress about our federal budget priorities
Legislators from across the country urge Congress to support the administration’s moves to change priorities in Pentagon budget: shift dollars away from Cold War weapons and toward a new approach to security. Letter | Press release

April News Bulletin: Change! Hope! Yikes.
"I state clearly and with conviction America's commitment to seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons." (President Obama, 4/5/09)

Wow! April 5 and 6 usher in the beginning of the end of the Cold War!
* We welcome Gates's cuts to obsolete weapons
* New hope for a nuclear-free world: Obama's speech in Prague

Are you ready to start losing that ugly fat in YOUR Pentagon budget? Join the club!
Let's help the Pentagon trim down and shape up for a new fiscal year!
Vote one of these weapons systems OFF the island.

Oh, yes. We visit Capitol Hill all the time.

WAND organizes letter to Congress about federal budget priorities - 2009
“What does it mean for individuals and families to feel secure? Is it several new F-22 aircraft that cost $351 million each, and do little or nothing to help against the real threats of today? Or is it feeling safe in a real home: fed, educated, healthy, warm?”

Join in WAND’s campaign
Congress Meets the Community

In the next year, Congress will play an essential role in setting the agenda for vital security and budget priority issues.

Let them know how you feel! We can help.

March News Bulletin: Building toward real change
"We'll... reform our defense budget so that we're not paying for Cold War-era weapons systems we don't use." (President Obama, 2/24/09)
WAND welcomes President's Obama pledge to end the Iraq war by 2010
Notes from WAND ED Susan Shaer
"It is a powerful statement, and encourages us to believe that diplomacy and all alternatives to war will be a part of a new foreign policy regime."
WAND's legislative priorities for 2009: What we'll be doing on Capitol Hill
Each year, we make decisions about what matters most in our work. Take a look.
January News Bulletin
Happy New Year Indeed
Women activists hit DC for the inauguration, and hit the ground running in the hopes for a new direction.
Let's make our own dang pie!
WAND launched the "Great American Pie Campaign" to spread the word:
Federal budget priorities favor militarism and war.
We might be coming to your town! Check it out.

Thank you for voting for the scariest thing in the federal budget. The winner?
Augh! You're most frightened by new nuclear weapons. Next most scariest: missile defense. Thanks for voting! A totally unscientific survey of self-selected respondents voted on what gives you the shivers.
Click here to read more.

WAND and the UN
WAND has been officially recognized NGO at the UN since 1994. Read more about it!
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News from Friends and Partners
How much has it cost so far? Cost of Iraq War - Up-to-the-minute accounting.

Save a tree. Save a buck. Save the world!

Don't just sit there!

You get. We get. Cool.

How much has it cost so far?

Four! Count 'em! You can't get more than that!

Ben & Jerry's helps you allocate the federal budget pie.

Yap. Yap. Yap. We got a lot to say.

You know you want it.

You get and you give.

Whatcha lookin' for?

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