War
and the Environment: July 6 to August 16,
2020:
This
course starts soon and is rapidly filling up.
Instructors will include:
• World BEYOND War
Co-Founder and Executive Director: David
Swanson
• Cutting-edge political
activist and writer: Brent Patterson
with Peace Brigades International.
•
Prominent environmental engineer and Professor of
Environmental Health (retired): Patricia
Hynes, Director of Traprock Center for
Peace and Justice
• Expert disarmament
professional: Ray Acheson with
the Women's International League for Peace and
Freedom
• Noted activist, writer, and
therapist: Caroline Davies with
Extinction Rebellion.
• Distinguished
researcher-practitioner: Lindsay
Koshgarian with the National Priorities
Project.
Education Director: Phill
Gittins and other World BEYOND War staff,
board members, and partners will be online
throughout the six weeks helping to facilitate
too. These include: Tamara Lorincz, Barry
Sweeney, and Kathy
Kelly.
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
do! |
Global
Skills Sharing: 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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World
BEYOND War Podcast Episode 15: Miles Megaciph,
Hiphop Artist and Peace Activist: Listen
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. |
Volunteer
Spotlight:
Bill
Geimer |
This
month's volunteer spotlight features Bill Geimer,
who resigned from the U.S. military and is now a
chapter coordinator with WBW in Victoria, Canada.
Read Bill's
story. |
Find
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
Canada Organizer. Details
here.
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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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