Women. Power. Peace.

Here at WAND/WiLL, we want our members to express their opinions and make their voices heard!  We are thrilled to share articles written by several of our members, which have appeared in news outlets across the country. In Milwaukee’s Journal Sentinel, State Senator Lena Taylor discusses the meat-cleaver effects sequestration will have on programs across [...]

Bring troops home from Afghanistan by December 31, 2013

In the State of the Union speech, we were glad to hear the President’s intent to remove 34,000 troops from Afghanistan during this year. That still leaves too many U.S. troops though (more than 30,000).  There needs to be a strong commitment to further accelerate the process to bring all combat troops home by the [...]

Time for a New Budget Tune

Note: This blog is part of the #HERvotes blog carnival. Out of concern about the Ryan Budget’s impact on women, WAND is joining a number of women’s organizations including Moms Rising, Feminist Majority, Ms. Magazine, AAUW and others in an effort to make women’s voices heard concerning the extreme anti-woman Ryan House Budget. Check this [...]

Georgia WAND Fights for Health and Environment Monitoring Near Nuclear Weapons Site

We salute Georgia WAND’s steadfast work to protect the health and environment of eastern Georgia communities impacted by a nearby nuclear weapons production facility. On Wednesday, February 1 Georgia WAND announced that the Department of Energy does not intend to fund essential environmental monitoring for these communities, whose residents  have long been concerned about the [...]

WiLL and WAND members speak!

Here at WAND/WiLL, we want our members to express their opinions and make their voices heard!  We are thrilled to share articles written by several of our members, which have appeared in news outlets across the country. In Milwaukee’s Journal Sentinel, State Senator Lena Taylor discusses the meat-cleaver effects sequestration will have on programs across [...]

International Women’s Day: Keep Progress Alive

This past year we’ve seen a lot of progress for the rights of women. We should take today, March 8th, International Women’s Day, as a time to make sure that we don’t lose our stride. While International Women’s Day has been informally celebrated since the early 1900s, the United Nations officially recognized it in 1975, [...]

Sayre Speaks: The Cuts Are Coming!—What Do They Mean for WAND?

Described as “a change of doctrine,” military cuts have been outlined, first by Defense Secretary Panetta, then in a speech by Obama.  $450 billion over the next ten years amounts to significant cuts. WAND members might have been surprised by Obama saying “We will still be bigger than the next 12 countries combined.” Here he [...]

Congratulations: Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur

This week, WAND/WiLL congratulates Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur on her appointment as ranking Democrat on the Energy and Water Subcommittee of Appropriations, which controls the purse strings for the nuclear weapons budget. Kaptur has recently demonstrated her opposition to excessive spending on nuclear weapons by co-sponsoring last year’s Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures (SANE) Act, which [...]