Our monthly meeting is cancelled to allow members to attend the Teach-In sponsored by the World Peace Forum in Vancouver that day. We encourage everyone to attend this important event.
Ms. Wade has worked for many years with Amnesty International in England and is co-founder of the Amnesty International chapter in Vancouver.
Women’s Power to Stop War is the global Anniversary Movement of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), aimed at strengthening, connecting and celebrating 100 years of peace-building from a gender perspective.
Please note that the time will be 10:30-2:00. Members are encouraged to bring pot luck items for lunch. As well, Jillian Skeet and Marlene LeGates will report on their trip to Bogotá, Colombia, to attend the first WILPF regional Meeting of the Americas, April 23-17.
We look forward to the participation of all members, old and new.
Theresa Wolfwood, “Beyond the Veil of Sand: The Life of the Saharawi People in Exile and under Occupation” Theresa Wolfwood is the director of Barnard-Boecker Centre-Foundation, Victoria: www.bbcf.ca She is co- coordinator of Victoria Women in Black and is active in many local and international organizations including Victoria Mining Justice Action Committee, Central America Support […]
Eiichiro Ochiai, born in Tokyo, received his Ph.D in Japan; came to Canada in 1969, taught chemistry at UBC, and then taught at Juniata College, Pennsylvania. After retiring in 2005, he returned to Vancouver. He has published 10 books on various topics, and about 100 papers in chemistry and relations areas.
