Programs.

Los Angeles, MN Metro, and Peninsula had "report backs" from the national Congress in September. Los Angeles asked its members, "Where do we go from here?" Madison featured a speaker on "Root Shock: How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods Hurts America, and What We Can Do About It" at its annual fundraiser Peace and Freedom Dinner. Delaware County heard about the Genocide Intervention Fund (for Darfur) and how to make a difference. Triangle presented "Colombia: Through Women's Eyes" with the video "Plan Colombia" and three local members who traveled to Colombia. Santa Cruz heard from a local farmer, a leader in permaculture and alternative fuels, on the use of bio-fuels produced in small bio-diesel plants by farmers. See www.permaculture.com and click on "Alcohol Is a Gas" link. Des Moines heard about a project to disseminate edible plant seeds to the third world. "WILPF International" was the subject of a Los Angeles program, given by the Coordinator of Peace and Conflict Studies program at USC, who is writing a dissertation on the subject. "WILPF Acts to Heal a Troubled World--Action Projects from WILPF National and International" and "California Clean Money Campaign" were also subjects of Los Angeles programs. Des Moines heard from a member of a Christian Peacemaker Team, recently returned from Palestine. Peninsula co-sponsored a showing of "The 9/11 News Special You Never Saw--The Great Conspiracy" at a theater. St. Louis offered a forum for the public to meet three new State representatives. San Jose co-sponsored "Under Attack: Our Civil Liberties Under Bushites" given by a lawyer with the National Lawyers Guild. Triangle sponsored a concert by Fruits of Labor, the cultural group of the Black Workers for Justice, in preparation for the International Labor Tribunal to highlight the lack of labor rights around the world. MN Metro offered a program on "The Status of Girls Around the World in 2005," and heard about the Girls Summit to be held in the Twin Cities in 2006. "Peace with Cuba--What It Means to Americans" was the title of a Detroit event, presented by the Detroit City Council president.

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