D-Women's Action for New Directions
WAND empowers women to act politically to reduce violence and militarism, and redirect excessive military resources toward unmet human and environmental needs.
They have their own PAC, and their own section for D-Women Legislators.
WAND also sponsors: STAND
National youth conference on nuclear issues: August 15-21, 2005 The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and its partners invite you to participate in “Think Outside the Bomb,” a gathering of young leaders, disarmament experts, veteran activists, and artists. August 15-21, 2005 at the University of California, Santa Barbara. For application, click here
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Leave My Child Alone! A Family Privacy Campaign to Protect Our High School Students From Unwanted Military Recruiting: WAND and WiLL are working with other groups to raise awareness about a provision hidden in the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). Click here for more.... and then I just had to look:
State of the Union 2005: WAND encourages "active listening" as an act of patriotism
WAND is providing a State of the Union Listening Guide to facilitate this process. The Guide consists of a series of handy charts, which are easy to print out and fill in. The charts highlight specific topics to listen for, along with spaces for taking notes and recording conclusions. If possible, please make copies of the completed Guide to mail to the President and members of Congress. Addresses are listed at the bottom.
The 2005 State of the Union address is a great opportunity for meaningful action. When you tune in to the President's speech, take care to listen up. It's a vitally important task, an exercise of our responsibility as citizens, an act of patriotism.
See Freep Thread: Moms tell recruiters: ‘Leave My Child Alone!’ People's Weekly World ^ | 06-30-05 | Tim Wheeler
Then there's WiLL: D-Women's Legislator's Lobby
2005 WiLL/WAND National Conference
To be held: September 25-27, 2005, Washington DC.
Featured Speakers (already confirmed)
Click on names for detailed information
Arianna Huffington | Carol Moseley Braun | U.S. Rep. Lynn Woolsey | U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore
Some of the Invited Speakers
Christine Todd Whitman, former NJ Governor and head administrator of the EPA
George Lakoff, author and Senior fellow at Rockridge Institute, a political think tank
Celinda Lake, political strategist and international pollster
Gloria Totten, Executive Director of Progressive Majority
Marian Wright Edelman, Founder and President of the Children's Defense Fund
Jessica Mathews, President of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
THE SNIP:
Women's Action for New Directions (WAND) and-WILL
Year: 2003-2004
Issue: Budget, Spending and Taxes
Website: http://www.wand.org
"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."
The following is filled with organizations WAND Supports: *WAND / WOMEN TAKE ACTION! BULLETIN BOARD * Week of June 17, 2002