Peace & Freedom: 2023 Fall/Winner issue

PEACE
FALL/WINTER 2023/VOL 83, NO. 2
WILPF US Section
PO Box 13075
Des Moines, IA 50310
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Tommorow’s Gift, Today’s Work
Photo from the Women’s Collective, an organization of more than 100,000 members spread across 19 districts in Tamil Nadu, India.
Only two percent of all US charitable
gifts goes to women’s
organizations, according to the
Chronicle of Philanthropy. You
can change that today by securing the
future for WILPF US. Here is one example
of how a bequest strengthened our
work for peace – local to global.
“Working for a Democratic Food
System” was the theme for the WILPF
US Des Moines Branch’s Jane Bibber
Memorial Symposium and Strong Feisty
Woman Award Luncheon in the spring of
2013. The all-day symposium was made
possible with the help of a generous
bequest by WILPF US and Des Moines
Branch member Dr. M. Jane Bibber.
Frances Moore Lappé, the celebrated
author on food and democracy, delivered
the keynote address and focused
on the way we think to create the world
we want. The 2013 Food Sovereignty
Prize winners included: farmer-activists
with La Via Campesina (Haiti & South
America); Basque Country Peasants’
Solidarity (Mali); and Tamil Nadu
Women’s Collective (India). Hans Herren,
noted entomologist and co-founder of
the Monsanto Tribunal at The Hague
participated as well. At the luncheon,
the Strong Feisty Woman Award was
presented to Frances Moore Lappé and
former co-president of the DSM Branch,
Marybeth Gardam.
This groundbreaking symposium
would not have been possible without
Dr. Jane Bibber’s bequest. Let
YOUR legacy increase percentages
for women and peace work forever!
How to donate:
Go to www.wilpfus.org and click
on the donate button in the upper
right or mail your check or money
order to our national office at:
WILPF US
PO Box 13075
Des Moines, IA 50310