Archive for March, 2010
Who We Are
Georgia Women’s Action for New Directions (WAND) is an independent grassroots, woman-led organization that seeks to direct women’s voices into a powerful movement for social change. WAND was established in 1982 by Helen Caldicott, long-time anti-nuclear activist and founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility. Atlanta WAND, the only Georgia Southeast chapter, was established a few years [...]
How to Plan a Sustainable Event
As we recognize that we have only one Earth – which has finite capacity to support life – becoming comfortable with limits will open our hearts and minds for the work of taming the appetite. – Jim Merkel, Radical Simplicity Please consider these and other ideas for sustainable event planning. You can lead the way [...]
Our Board of Directors
Dianne Anderson Valentin (President) is a consultant to small businesses and nonprofit organizations, working in national, regional, and community nonprofit organizations on the grassroots and executive levels, providing strategic advice, technical assistance, program development, community outreach and community organizing. She also works with local, state, and federal governmental agencies on issues that affect local and [...]
Find Your Representatives-Take Action
If you need to determine who are your local state legislators and your Congressional representives for your district, all you need to know is your address. Here’s how: 1. Go to Congress.org. 2. Enter your zip code in the box that says “Get Involved.” 3. See who your elected officials are! Contact Information for Georgia Governor [...]
Our Staff
Bobbie Paul, Executive Director Bobbie Paul serves as Executive Director of Georgia Women’s Action for New Directions (Georgia WAND), a women’s non-profit peace organization that strongly adheres to WAND’s founding mission of nuclear disarmament. Paul has spent almost 25 years supporting the vision of WAND’s founder – Dr. Helen Caldicott – to gradually rid the [...]
Our Partners
9 to 5 National Association of Working Women www.9to5.org 1,000 Grandmothers www.1000grandmothers.net American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations-Georgia (AFLCIO) www.gaaflcio.org Agnes Scott College, Women’s Studies Program www.agnesscott.edu American Friends Service Committee www.afsc.org Amnesty International www.amnestyusa.org/index.html Atlanta Audubon Society www.atlantaaudubon.org/ Atlanta Women’s Foundation www.atlantawomen.org Benevolink www.benevolink.com Be Present, Inc. www.bepresent.org The Black Church and Domestic [...]
Stand for Peace
Stand for Peace returns to the corner every Friday with a renewed commitment to end the war. We stand on the corner of 14th and Peachtree Streets from 12:00 – 1:00 pm each Friday. We have lunch and discussion afterward in the Colony Square Food Court. We will continue to stand every Friday until the [...]
Peace Movement
Georgia WAND is commited to the peace movement. Our mission states we seek to reduce militarism and violence. We take local action to express our opposition to the war, which we believe to have been started on incorrect or falsified information. The Stand for Peace is a weekly demonstration to protest our continued prescence in Iraq. [...]
Nuclear Weapons 101
A Historical Perspective of Nuclear Weapons The United States was the first country in the world to develop nuclear weapons, and is the only country to have used them as actual weapons, during the two bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War II. Before and during the Cold War it conducted over a thousand [...]
WAND Chapters
WAND has chapters across the country with energetic and concerned women who come together to bring WAND’s message to their local communities.
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