War
and the Environment: July 6 to August 16,
2020: Grounded in research on peace and
ecological security, this course focuses on the
relationship between two existential threats: war
and environmental catastrophe. We will cover:
- Where
wars happen and why.
- What
wars do to the earth.
- What
imperial militaries do to the earth back home.
- What
nuclear weapons have done and could do to people
and the planet.
- How
this horror Is hidden and maintained.
- What
can be done.
Learn more and
register.
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Membership
Survey: We need your advice. Which
of our projects do you find valuable? What should
we be doing? How good are our arguments for ending
war? How can we grow? What should be in a World
BEYOND War mobile app? What should be on our
website? We've created an online survey to allow
you to very quickly answer our questions and guide
us in a good direction. This is not a gimmick or a
fundraiser. We plan to study the results very
carefully and act on them. Please take a couple of
minutes or more and give us your best input.
Thanks for all you
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June
27: Virtual Chapter Open House: Join
World BEYOND War on Saturday, June 27 at 4:30pm ET
(GMT-4) for a "virtual chapter open house" to meet
our chapter coordinators from around the world!
First, we'll hear from World BEYOND War's
Executive Director David Swanson and Organizing
Director Greta Zarro about WBW's mission and
campaigns, and how to build the peace movement
within the context of the current issues we're
facing, from the coronavirus pandemic, to systemic
racism, to ongoing climate change. Then we'll
divide up into breakout rooms by region, each
moderated by a World BEYOND War chapter
coordinator. In our breakouts, we'll hear what
chapters are working on, discuss our interests,
and brainstorm how we can collaborate with other
WBW members in our respective regions. Register! |
Free
Online Seminar to Stop RIMPAC: Join
experts and activist leaders from around the world
to advance the project of not just scaling back
but fully canceling this massive and dangerous war
rehearsal. Speakers will include: Dr Margie
Beavis (Australia), Ann Wright (USA), Maria
Hernandez (Guam), Virginia Lacsa Suarez
(Philippines), Kawena Phillips (Hawaii), Valerie
Morse (NZ). The event will take place on Saturday,
June 20, 2020 at 1:00 PM New Zealand time
(GMT+12:00). Learn more and
register.
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Rotary
Peace Fellowship Alumni Association's Global Cyber
Peace Conference on 27 June: Envisioning
the World After the Great Pause. Join World BEYOND
War Education Director Phill Gittins and over 100
speakers for more than 35 sessions and workshops
on peace and conflict-related topics spanning 24
hours, across the three conference zones:
Asia/Oceania; Africa/Europe/Middle East and the
Americas/Caribbean. Learn more and REGISTER
HERE. |
Are you
an artist, musician, chef, or world-renowned
bridge player — or just someone who likes to
paint, strum a guitar, cook family recipes, or
play cards — and willing to donate your time?
World BEYOND War is holding a Global Skills
Exchange and is looking for your skills to help
amplify our work and bring an end to war. We're
not asking you to donate money. We're asking you
to donate your time with a skill lesson,
performance, coaching session, or other online
service via video. Then someone else will donate
to World BEYOND War in order to enjoy what you're
offering. Learn more
here.
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The
#NoWar2020 Conference Was Held Online and You Can
Watch the Video
Whether you
participated or not, you can now watch and share
with others the three videos of various sessions
of World BEYOND War's annual conference, which
this year was held virtually. Find the videos
here.
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The
World BEYOND War Peace
Almanac is now available in audio
consisting of 365 two-minute segments,
one for each day of the year, free to radio
stations, podcasts, and everyone else. The Peace
Almanac (also available in text)
lets you know important steps, progress, and
setbacks in the movement for peace that have taken
place on each date of the calendar year. Please
ask local radio stations and your favorite shows
to include the Peace Almanac.
Buy
the print edition, or the PDF.
Go
to the audio files.
Go
to the text.
Go
to the
graphics. |
Help
make the global ceasefire real and complete:
(1) Sign
the petition. (2) Share this with
others, and ask organizations to partner with us
on the petition. (3) Add to what we know about
which countries are complying here.
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Hibakusha
Remembrance Webinar: On Thursday August
6th at noon Pacific Daylight Time: attend, and
invite your friends to attend, an online
presentation by Dr. Mary-Wynne Ashford, Dr.
Jonathan Down, and youth activist Magritte
Gordaneer. In the hour-long session, with time for
Q&A, these experts will address the bombings,
the public health impact of nuclear war, the
proliferation of nuclear weapons, the state of
international law and other matters to help us all
make meaningful the vow: “Never Again.” RSVP. |
Canada
Must End Sanctions Now! We're working
with our allies to promote a Parliamentary
petition to urge the government of Canada to lift
all of Canada's economic sanctions now! If the
petition gets 500 signatures by August 30, MP
Scott Duvall will introduce the petition in the
House of Commons and the Canadian government will
be obliged to comment on it. Canadians, please sign
and share the parliamentary
petition. |
Find
tons of upcoming events on the events list and map
here. Most of them are now online
events that can be participated in from anywhere
on earth, |
Mobile
Messaging Opt-In: Opt in to mobile
messages from World BEYOND War to receive timely
updates about important anti-war events,
petitions, news, and action alerts from our global
grassroots network! Opt
in.
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We're
Hiring: World BEYOND War is looking for a
remote part-time social media manager who can
promote our mission, messages, events and
activities on all the major digital platforms.
World BEYOND War's goal is to reach new audiences
and change minds all over the world, so this
position is a one-of-a-kind opportunity to
interact with a truly global audience about urgent
and deeply significant issues. Apply for the job of
social media
manager!
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Here's
a local campaign to
ban militarized policing. Contact us for
help doing the same where you
live.
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