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WAND: Who we are and what we do
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November
2007
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About
us - We're activists, legislators, students;
all ages, all races, all creeds; we're women and men.
Click here for more.
For
our values statement, click
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Our
materials - Resources that are intelligent,
timely, and vital to the struggle to change our budget
priorities. Click here for more.
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What
we do: WAND's evolution as an organization
FFor a brief history of WAND, click here.
WAND
was founded in 1982 as Women's Action for Nuclear
Disarmament. With the end of the cold war, we became
Women's Action for New Directions, and
have been dedicating our energies to redirect federal budget
priorities away from the military and toward human needs.
Our
goals are to:
- Challenge
and promote alternatives to militarism and violence
as the solution to conflict.
- Shift
from a military to a civilian-based economy to
address the threats to our real security, ensuring that
human, economic and environmental needs are met.
- Clean
up environmental effects of nuclear weapons production
as well as toxic waste at all military facilities, and prevent
further contamination.
- Eliminate
the testing, production, sale and use of weapons of mass
destruction.
- Prevent
violence against women.
- Increase
women's political leadership to further WAND's
goals.
About
us: Who
we are
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Members
and Supporters: More than 10,000 people
nationwide who receive educational information, take
part in actions, and support WAND's work both financially
and philosophically. |
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Chapters:
Local groups of energetic and concerned women who
come together to bring WAND's message to their local
communities. |
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WiLL
(Women Legislators' Lobby): Roughly
500 state legislators from 50 states representing tens
of millions of constituents. WiLL is the only nonpartisan
national network of progressive women state legislators
working to influence federal policy and budget priorities.
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Faith
in Action: This
special project seeks to empower women of faith to engage
in political dialogue, take action, and learn more about
violence and militarism in our society. |
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Education
Fund:
The WAND Education Fund creates educational materials
for training and briefing individuals, elected leaders
and the media. |
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WAND
Partners: Organizations throughout
the US linked with WAND to advance progressive public
policies that redirect excessive military spending to
unmet human and environmental needs. |
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WAND
PAC:
WAND's political action committee supports progressive
women candidates for the U.S. Congress who are members
of WAND or WiLL. |
What
we produce: WAND Resources
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News
Bulletin
WAND
produces an emailed News Bulletin every month. It's a
great source of information about actions and events.
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