Volutneers at Mother's Day for Peace 2011

Do you love WAND but never officially joined?

GA WAND is a membership organization. If you have never actually joined or if your membership has lapsed, now is the time to become an official "card carrying" member of our great chapter and our national organization.  Join now!

Now is the time to become a WAND member! Benefits of WAND membership include:

- Your membership immediately helps to support Georgia WAND. Learn more about who we are here, and what we're doing here!
- Immediate connection with a large community of progressive women activists and women state legislators across all 50 states.
- National & Georgia WAND bulletins and email alerts.
- Invitations to great workshops, trainings, and events.
- Discount to Georgia WAND's Mother's Day for Peace event.
- 10% discount on all "in-store" purchases at Charis Books & More.
- Direct Access to members of Congress through WAND's Capitol Hill office.
- Satisfaction of being part of a great women's organization promoting peace, a nuclear weapons-free world, a healthy environment, and the political empowerment of women.

Georgia WAND’s entire program focus is devoted to progressive social change.  The chapter is recognized as a bridge-building organization and a key coalition partner of the progressive community in Atlanta and the Southeast. Our chapter is well-positioned because of our coalition-building in Georgia’s political epicenter, which has the largest concentration of progressive activists and voters in the southeast. We have strong alliances with, and the respect of, civil rights leaders, labor leaders, students, people of faith, health advocates, environmental justice advocates, and women’s organizations. We have a diverse board of directors, an accomplished and dedicated advisory board, and an active supportive base of over 2,500. Our collaborative programs are designed for sustainable change, capacity building in communities and engagement in co-designed initiatives. Georgia WAND’s outreach efforts cross class, cultural, and racial boundaries. They include but are not limited to working with Concerned Black Clergy, Eco-Action, Southern Truth and Reconciliation, The Coalition for the Peoples’ Agenda, Georgia Rural Urban Summit and the Georgia Peace & Justice Coalition and southeast environmental groups working for clean air, clean water, and a carbon-free, nuclear free future.

Georgia WAND monitors activities and policy decisions that affect the Savannah River Site (SRS) and nuclear power plants. We translate technical information about nuclear weapons and waste, its effects on national security, and its environmental impacts into terms that are meaningful to our members and to the communities near nuclear facilities.  Our involvement with the international Alliance for Nuclear Accountability (ANA) and IEER (Institute for Energy and Environmental Research) over the past decade strengthens our capability to disseminate updated and detailed information in a timely fashion that can enable communities to organize and take action.

As a compliment to our environmental justice work, we maintain working relations with our peace and justice, human rights and civil rights, and more traditional environmental community partners: Church Women United, Metro Atlanta Democratic Socialists of America, Altamaha Riverkeepr, both Georgia and South Carolina Sierra Clubs and their radiation committees, the Georgia River Network, Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation, Aiken Peace, South Carolina and Georgia League of Women Voters, Georgia Organics, and Georgia STAND UP (to name a few). We have intensified our working relationships and cooperative partnerships with Friends of the Earth, other strong members of Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, and women state legislators, especially in Georgia.

Our Mission:

WAND empowers women to act politically to reduce violence and militarism, and redirect excessive military resources toward unmet human and environmental needs.

Our History:

WAND was founded in 1982 as Women's Action for Nuclear Disarmament. With the end of the cold war, we became Women's Action for New Directions, and have been dedicating our energies toward educating the public about federal budget priorities and the threat of nuclear proliferation and waste.

Our Goals:

• To challenge and promote alternatives to militarism and violence as the solution to conflict.
• To shift from a military to a civilian-based economy to address the threats to our real security, ensuring that human, economic and environmental needs are met.
• To clean up environmental effects of nuclear weapons production as well as toxic waste at all military facilities, and prevent further contamination.
• To eliminate the testing, production, sale and use of weapons of mass destruction.
• To increase women's political leadership.
• To stand for nuclear non-proliferation and against the development of new nuclear weapons.
• To work towards a carbon-free and nuclear-free US energy policy

Empowering Women to Act Politically:

• Women have had the vote since 1920, but as of 2003 only 2% of all U.S. Senators and Representatives ever elected in the history of Congress have been women.
• Women start the majority of new businesses
• Women-owned businesses are the fastest growing segment of the U.S. economy
• Women make about 80% of consumer decisions
• Women are the single largest group of health care consumers
• Women make the health care decisions in 3 out of 4 U.S. households
• Women are the primary caregivers in American society
• Women are the majority of voters
• Women are more than half of the population in the United States, So Why Aren’t Women Making at Least Half of the Decisions?

National Programs

The Women Legislators' Lobby
WiLL is a national non-partisan network of women state legislators who work together to influence federal policy and budget priorities.

WAND Education Fund
WAND Education Fund educates the public and opinion leaders about the need to reduce violence and militarism in society, and redirect excessive military spending to unmet human and environmental needs. It is a tax-deductible organization with no members.

Students Take Action for New Directions
STAND empowers young women to act politically: to vote and connect with legislators across the country; to promote peace, equality, and progressive social change. STAND offers a community of active young leaders, united in the commitment to peace and justice.

Women's Action for New Directions
WAND empowers women to act politically to reduce violence and militarism, and redirect excessive military resources toward unmet human and environmental needs.

“We don’t need women to lead simply because they are women, but because we are over half the population and offer incredible resources and life experiences. We are the oldest democracy in the world and should have women leading at the highest levels.”

--Susan Shaer, WAND Executive Director

Catherine Smith (Vice-President) is an Atlanta activist and co-owner of a small distribution company.  She is the Founding Director of Georgia for Democracy, a member of the Young Democrats of Georgia Advisory Board, an at large post-seat holder for the Fulton County Democrats, and a State Committee Member of the Democratic Party of Georgia.  In addition to organizational participation, Catherine is also the co-publisher of Blog for Democracy, a Georgia blog dedicated to progressive politics and activism.

Betsy Rivard (Treasurer) has been on the WAND Georgia Board for several years.  She also represents Georgia WAND on the National WAND Education Fund Board.  Currently Betsy directs the United Nations Association - Atlanta Chapter, and serves on the Boards of the Chattooga Conservancy , the Georgians for Gun Safety , and Nuclear Watch South.

Flo Dawson (Corresponding Secretary) currently spends her time both caring for her grandchildren and parents, as well as patient counseling in the Piedmont Hospital cardiac rehab program. She has been involved with RESULTS, a lobby group for women and children and YES! ATLANTA, a mentoring program for inner city youth. Flo is currently a coordinator for Georgia WAND’s Mother’s Day for Peace event as well as a volunteer for the Georgia Democrats.

Cee Cee Anderson joined the board in 2008. She is a former registered nurse and Special Education teacher as well as consultant and women and children's advocate. She also serves as a board member to several organizations including: Fast Parole Juvenile Justice and CASA. She serves on the Steering Committee of the Coalition for the People's Agenda, as a Chairwoman on WIN (Women in NAACP), and as the CEO of Women Changing the World, One Woman, One Child at a Time.

Shemariah Butts is a marketing communications professional born, raised and educated in Georgia. During her time at UGA, Shemariah served as the campus Vice President of the NAACP and following graduation, she worked closely with local and statewide legislators with the League of Women Voters of Georgia (LWVGA). Her responsibilities included extensive research, event planning, composing media materials, and managing all social media accounts. Shemariah was also privileged to serve as the LWVGA legislative monitor, during the 2010 Georgia General Assembly session. Shemariah’s other organizational affiliations include the United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta, The WhiteHouse Project, New Leaders Council of America, LWVDK and Junior League of Atlanta.

Carlissa Carson is an attorney in the Business Liability Practice Group at Freeman Mathis & Gary.  She is also a Judge Advocate (Captain) in the U.S. Air Force.  Prior to joining the Air National Guard, Carlissa completed the Army ROTC program at the Georgia Institute of Technology and served four years as an Intelligence Officer and two years as a Judge Advocate in the Army Reserve.  In addition, she is a member of the Atlanta New Leaders Council, the State Bar of Georgia, and the Apex Society.  Currently, she also serves as Regional Political Director of the Truman National Security Project (Atlanta team).  Carlissa received a B.A. from Oglethorpe University where she majored in Political Science and minored in French. She received a J.D. from Emory University School of Law where she wrote for the Law Review and participated in the International Humanitarian Law Clinic.  She subsequently received an LL.M, with distinction, and a Certificate in International Human Rights Law from Georgetown Law.  Her most recent accomplishments include being selected as one of Atlanta's Power 30 Under 30, and publication of a second law review article.

Helen Fredrick is the Director of Plymouth Harbor, a day program for older adults. She is a member of the Georgia Gerontology Society and Central Congregational United Church of Christ. Helen, a licensed clinical social worker, serves as Georgia WAND’s Program Committee Co-Chair.

Susie Goodman  has varied nonprofit experience. With the Georgia Center for Nonprofits, she managed the statewide training program in nonprofit management, leadership, grant writing, fundraising, organizational development, financial development, etc. At Emory University she managed the computing training program for staff, faculty and students in desktop applications; proprietary software; web development; databases, etc.  She is a member of Alinerchaleta-frames, a national camping organization, and a member of Arkadaslar.org, a group for returned Peace Corps volunteers in Turkey. She has been a director and officer on boards for nonprofit organizations including, Clergy and Laity Concerned; St. Paul Golden Age Center; and Central Child Development Center; and is elder at Central Presbyterian Church, Global Missions Committee.

Kim Karris is currently the Project Coordinator for HelpAge USA, an international non-profit organization that advocates for the rights of older people in developing countries and builds awareness of global aging issues. She has lived in Central America, while working directly with indigenous communities affected by climate change, food insecurity and environmental injustice. She is a passionate earth and social justice activist and former Program Coordinator of Georgia WAND.

Carol J Tveit is a community activist who has served on the boards of Dekalb County League of Women Voters, Georgians for Gun Safety, the Academy Theater and the NDPC After School Program. Carol has also been an active member of the Peace and Justice Committee of her church, North Decatur Presbyterian. Carol has served as an elder at NDPC, and a volunteer at the Dekalb County Rape Crisis Center. She is especially interested in issues relating to women and children. Carol is an actress who is an activist/advocate for the arts.

Pat Walsh, former Director of the mentoring program, Families First, was awarded the 2000 Chrohns and Colitis Foundation Woman of Distinction. For 20 years, she coordinated the Capitol Area Mosaic's Best Girls' Club and Mentoring and Volunteer Programs.  She is on the Advisory Board of Common Cause Georgia and is the Chair of Georgia WAND’s May Signature Event, Mother’s Day for Peace.

Georgia WAND Advisory Board

Bobbie Wrenn Banks

Krista Brewer

Lucinda Bunnen

Honorable Bettieanne Hart, Esq.

Rev. Barbara King, PhD

Berta R. Laney

Kent Leslie, PhD

Evelyn G. Lowery

Senator Nan Grogan Orrock

Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls

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 world of nuclear weapons. She has helped the Georgia chapter define its three areas of concentration across the state and Southeast region:  Peace in Action, Environmental Justice and Empowering People to Act Politically.

As a dedicated environmental justice activist, Paul has watch-dogged Savannah River Site (SRS) for over fifteen years and led campaigns to successfully restore Department of Energy (DOE) environmental monitoring of SRS in Georgia. She is currently working on the development of a documentary film script revealing the health consequences suffered by SRS employees during the Cold War and also by those working in nuclear weapons facilities today.

Paul is a former theatre professional and the co-founder of a regional theatre company in St. Petersburg, Florida (now known as American Stage Company). She has worked for the US Department of State as a theatre specialist in Egypt and Jordan before beginning her career as wife and mother in 1981.

Paul has been a strong Atlanta community activist for the past three decades while living in the Metro Atlanta area. She began a lifelong commitment to nuclear disarmament  in 1986 after joining the Atlanta chapter of Women’s Action for Nuclear Disarmament, founded by Australian pediatrician Helen Caldicott, five years before in 1981. She became the first Executive Director of Georgia WAND in 2003 and has served in that capacity  for the past eight years.

Paul oversees the Peace in Action and Environmental Justice programs at Georgia WAND and has been a steady member of Stand for Peace, a weekly peace vigil in Midtown Atlanta now entering its 9^th year. Most recently she has led successful grassroots efforts to gain support for the passage of New START (STrategic Arms Reduction Treaty) in the U.S. Senate, working in partnership with the national disarmament and arms control community.

In addition to her work with WAND, Paul is active in the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability winning the national organization’s Grassroots Activist of the Year Award in 2007. Paul is a frequent speaker on federal spending priorities, nuclear weapons and nuclear power developments around the state. She has spoken at the National Press Club with Arjun Makhijani in support of the International Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER) report on SRS entitled, “Nuclear Dumps by the Riverside,” and participated in IEER training workshops on nuclear weapons and the health effects of radiation. Paul also organizes Georgia and Southeast nuclear disarmament delegations to lobby on Capitol Hill every spring.

In Atlanta, Paul serves on the Steering Committee for the Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda,  is a member of Concerned Black Clergy, and is an Advisory Board member of GreenLaw, a non-profit legal team that provides Georgia's environmental community its day in court.  She has been an active member of Central Presbyterian Church for the past 23 years and now serves as Vice-Chair of Central’s Community Ministry Program. Paul has served on the boards of the Paideia School, Arbor Montessori School, Theatrical Outfit, CAUTION, Inc., and Dad's Garage Theatre Company.  She is also a founding member of Atlanta Grandmothers for Peace and the Georgia Peace & Justice Coalition/Atlanta.

Paul was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,  graduated in 1971 from Florida Presbyterian College (now Eckerd College) and was adjunct faculty at that college from 1971-74, toured and performed with Florida Studio Theatre from 1974-1975, co-directed a professional theatre in Washington DC (Palisades Theatre) from 1975 to 1979 and founded what is now American Stage Company in St. Petersburg, Florida in 1980 with Richard Hopkins.  Paul  moved to Atlanta in 1981.  She has been married to filmmaker Rod Paul  for 30 years and lives in the Inman Park neighborhood of Atlanta.

Bobbie and Rod Paul are the parents of two sons, David (29) married to Laura McDuffie;  and Andy (26).

To contact Bobbie email: bobbie[at]wand.org

Amanda Hill-Attkisson, Managing Director

Amanda Hill-Attkisson serves as the Managing Director of Georgia Women's Action for New Directions (Georgia WAND). Georgia WAND works closely with the residential communities near the Savannah River Site Nuclear Weapons Complex on the Georgia/South Carolina border and the Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant, which are impacted by the nuclear contamination of these facilities. Moreover, women’s empowerment is a key interest and intersection of Georgia WAND’s work. Currently, Ms. Hill-Attkisson oversees and manages Georgia WAND staff operations to provide leadership and maintains a supportive and productive work environment for staff, members, and volunteers.

Among many skills and assets, Amanda brings a strong technical background as a resource to Georgia WAND. She graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1992 with a degree in electrical engineering and also earned a Co-operative Certificate in Electrical Engineering.  Amanda worked as a design engineer for five years with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the Electronic Labs Facility at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Prior to working at Georgia WAND, Amanda owned a local independent bookstore as well as her own residential renovation and consulting business.

Amanda has been a dedicated anti-nuclear and peace activist for over fifteen years in the Atlanta area and overseas. In addition to her efforts at Georgia WAND, Amanda serves on the board of the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability (ANA) and on the Steering Committee for Georgia Peace and Justice. She has also been active in local Atlanta nonprofit organizations such as Food Not Bombs, Atlanta Nippon Myuhoji Dojo, and Camp Horizon.

Amanda lives in East Point, with her partner, Erin, and their daughter, Sahana.

To contact Amanda email: ahill[at]wand.org

 Courtney Hanson, Public Outreach Director

Courtney Hanson is responsible for executing Georgia WAND’s public relations and media plan.  She is also a lead organizer in environmental justice work and coordinates community and partner organizations.

Courtney earned a B.A. in Journalism and B.S. in Psychology with a focus on Gender Studies from Loyola University Chicago.

Prior to moving to Atlanta, Courtney worked in the editorial department of Today’s Chicago Woman, where she covered education, personalities, community events, women’s issues and global poverty for the magazine. Additionally, she volunteered for Upwardly Global, helping immigrant professionals break into the United States job market and worked four years as a tutor and mentor to youth in Chicago as a program assistant at Immanuel Youth Organization.

To contact Courtney email: courtney[at]wand.org

Emilia Kaiser, Development Associate

Emilia Kaiser began working with Georgia WAND in January of 2011 as a student intern and became a part-time staff member upon graduation in May of 2011. Emilia helps to track membership and coordinate development efforts for Georgia WAND.

Emilia holds a Bachelor’s Degree with Distinction in Women's Studies and a Minor in Sociology.  She continues to work part time for REI, a sporting goods cooperative.

In addition to her social justice work with Georgia WAND, Emilia is a proud honorary member of the circus collective KQDA, (Kolectivo Que Da Alegría).  KQDA has members from around the world who are dedicated to creating positive learning experiences for and building community with at risk youth in cities across the globe.  Most recently, Emilia spent time with KQDA in San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, documenting the creation of an experimental street theater piece exploring the theme of borders.

To contact Emilia email: emilia[at]wand.org

Annie Laura Stephens, Community Outreach and Education Coordinator

Annie Laura has been a member of WAND since 2006 and a key figure in the further development of Georgia WAND's environmental justice program. This program focuses on outreach, education and support in communities surrounding Georgia Power's nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle in Burke County, and those affected by the troublesome Cold War legacy of nuclear weapons contamination in the environment.  This ongoing national security problem stems from the Savannah River Site, a Department of Energy military industrial complex located near Aiken, South Carolina, and directly across the Savannah River from Annie Laura's family home in the community known as Shell Bluff.

Annie Laura, as Community Outreach and Education Coordinator, has signed on as one of several local residents to provide "standing" for Georgia WAND's legal intervention to stop Vogtle’s expansion. She has successfully recruited other Shell Bluff community members to do the same. She hosts community meetings at her church , providing hospitality, and safe sanctuary for  meetings with outsiders who are nervous about  just speaking up. She works to organize and educate faith communities, educate key stakeholders in the Vogtle case, and broaden the reach of the community's message, working extensively with local, national and international press.

Ms. Stephens also serves as the President of the Burke County NAACP, is a Daughter of the House at Fairfield Missionary Baptist Church in Shell Bluff and is also active at Ben Hill United Methodist Church in Atlanta.

To contact  Annie Laura: call 404.909.7484

Joshua Richeson, Administrative Assistant

Joshua Richeson serves as Administrative Assistant of Georgia Women's Action for New Directions. Monday through Wednesday, he provides support to the Executive Director, working mainly on scheduling and execution of Georgia WAND’s Peace in Action efforts toward a world free of nuclear weapons. He will also focus on aspects of Georgia WAND's Environmental Justice activities including outreach to members in affected areas.

Joshua graduated from The University of Tennessee with two degrees: Honors English Rhetoric and French. While in Knoxville, he served on a sustainability committee designating a budget of over $1 million—and he picked up trash as a student-worker for UT Recycling. He also helped launch composting across UT's campus in an effort to reduce greenwaste, co-edited the campus literary arts magazine, Phoenix, and worked part-time as a tutor for UT's Writing Center.

To contact Joshua email: joshua[at]wand.org

Georgia WAND Office:

Our office is located in the Grant Park neighborhood in Southeast Atlanta.

250 Georgia Avenue
Suite 202
Atlanta, GA 30312
404-524-5999
404-524-7593 (fax)

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General Inquiries: 404-524-5999 or
email: georgiawand@wand.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 Violence Institute www.bcdvi.org

Center for Democratic Renewal www.thecdr.org

Charis Books and More www.chariscircle.org

Concerned Black Clergy of Metro Atlanta  http://concernedblackclergy.org/

Dad’s Garage www.dadsgarage.com

Daisy Alliance www.daisyalliance.org

Eco-Action www.eco-act.org

Every Church A Peace Church www.ecapc.org

Feminist Women’s Health Center www.fwhc.org

Garden Club of Georgia www.uga.edu/gardenclub

Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials www.gabeo.org

Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials www.galeo.org

Georgia Budget and Policy Institute www.gbpi.org

GA Equality Project  www.georgiaequality.org

Green Law (formerly the Georgia Center for Law in the Public Interest) www.cleangeorgia.org

Georgia Citizens Coalition on Hunger  (404) 622-7778 or http://www.leadershipforchange.org/finalists/finalist.php3?ID=111

Georgia Coalition of Black Women www.dogonvillage.com/GCBW

Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda www.gcpagenda.org

Georgia Conservation Voters www.protectgeorgia.org

Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition www.georgiapeace.org

Georgia for Democracy www.georgiafordemocracy.org

Georgia Rivers Network www.garivers.org

Georgia Rural Urban Summit www.georgiasummit.org

Georgia Water Coalition www.gawater.org

Georgia Wildlife Federation www.gwf.org

Georgians for Gun Safety www.georgiansforgunsafety.org

Glynn Environmental Coalition www.glynnenvironmental.org

Horizon Theater Company www.horizontheatre.com

Indigo Girls www.indigogirls.com

Institute for Energy and Environmental Research www.ieer.org

Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice in the World www.icpj.net

International Action Center www.iacenteratlanta.org

Jobs With Justice www.jwj.org

Margaret Mitchell House & Museum www.gwtw.org

Men Stopping Violence www.menstoppingviolence.org

NAACP www.naacp.org

National Coalition Building Institute www.ncbi.org

Newtown Florist Club http://visitnewtown.tripod.com/

Nuclear Information & Resouce Service www.nirs.org

Nuclear Watch South (formerly GANE) 404-378-9542 http://www.nonukesyall.org/

Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance www.stopthebombs.org

Physicians for Social Responsibility www.psr.org

PIRG, Georgia www.georgiapirg.org

Power of Women (POW) at GSU www.gsu.edu/~wwwpwr/about.htm

Project South: Institution for the Elimination of Poverty and Genocide www.projectsouth.org

Rainbow/ PUSH www.rainbowpushatlanta.org

Refugee Women’s Network www.riwn.org

SCLC Women www.sclcwomeninc.org

Sierra Club, Georgia Chapter georgia.sierraclub.org

Southern Alliance for Clean Energy www.cleanenergy.org

South Asians 4 Unity www.ipnatlanta.net/sa4u

Southern Environmental Law Center www.southernenvironment.org

SPARK Reproductive Justice (formerly Georgians for Choice) http://sparkrj.org/content/

Synchronicity Theater www.synchrotheatre.com

United Nations Association www.unausa.org

United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta http://www.unitedwayatlanta.org/

Upper Chattahoochee River Keeper www.ucriverkeeper.org

VOX The Voice of our Generation www.voxrox.org

Women’s Center at Emory www.emory.edu/WOMENS_CENTER

Women’s Policy Group, Georgia www.womenspolicygroup.org

Women’s Studies Institute, Georgia State University http://www.gsu.edu/%7Ewwwwsi

WRFG 89.3 FM www.wrfg.org

Current WAND chapters include:

Arkansas WAND
Jean Gordon
jgordon@igc.org

Georgia WAND
Bobbie Paul
bobbie@wand.org

Buffalo WAND
Judy Metzger
judmetz78@aol.comCambridge WAND

Judy King
jrk1956@shore.netCapital Area WAND

WAND Michigan
Fern Katz or Clare Mead Rosen
jskatz@mich.com

WANDMichigan@comcast.net

Newburyport WAND
Joanna Hammond
jhammond@carlsonre.com

Karen Solstad
Barbara Hildt

New York WAND
Elizabeth Goldman
nycwand@care2.com

Ohio WAND
Cynthia Samples
drot3778@aol.com

Orange County WAND
(Southern California)
Karen Speros
karensperos@aol.com

Oregon WAND
Eugene, OR
Susan Cundiff, Chair
oregonwand@oregonwand.org

WAND of Northern Indiana
Karen Jacob or Doloris Cogan
lovekaren55@msn.com

"Combine the strength of women, the savvy of female political leaders, new technology and a fervent desire to move toward smart security--and you've got WAND.  We can live in a safer world and provide the security of jobs, education, health care and a clean environment.  WAND is there to make it happen."

- Pan Godchaux, former State Representative (MI) and WAND national chair

Georgia WAND is the local chapter of a national organization that seeks to channel women's voices into a powerful movement for change.

WAND was founded as Women's Action for Nuclear Disarmament in 1982 by Helen Caldicott, long-time anti-nuclear activist and founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility. The name was later changed to Women's Action for New Directions as we broadened our mission and sought to connect the dots between excessive military spending and unmet human and environmental needs.

The two issues closest to our hearts are nuclear non-proliferation and re-writing the federal budget from the perspectives of progressive women. To these ends, Atlanta WAND organizes monthly meetings, featuring critical issues, which end with taking action. Welcome to Atlanta WAND!

Read an interview with Dr. Helen Caldicott, founder of WAND.