Seven members of Georgia WAND visited Washington, DC May 18 to 21 to bring a strong message to Capitol Hill that it’s time to cut funding for nuclear weapons buildup and allocate enough for nuclear cleanup, protecting the US from the community level to national threats. While there, Georgia WAND …
By Bernice Johnson-Howard, Georgia WAND Board Member I attended the NRDC sponsored Safecast bGeige workshop on April 21 and 22 which was held at the NRDC building in Washington DC. It was a wonderful experience. I expected to gain important and useful information and to learn new skills. I also …
About 100 guests gathered at 7 Stages Sunday, February 16, 2014 for The REAL State of the Union. Jay Bookman, author and Atlanta Journal Constitution columnist and blogger gave the keynote, addressing income inequality and Janice Mathis, local attorney, Vice President of the Citizenship Education Fund component of the Rainbow …
Thank YOU for making Hero. Activist. Trailblazer: A Celebration of Bobbie Paul an unforgettable evening and an unprecedented success! So many people had a hand in making this event successful, lively, inspiring and meaningful–Georgia WAND is a community of phenomenal people. Thank you for all you have done to honor …
Georgia WAND’s mission is to reduce militarism and violence and redirect excessive military spending toward unmet human and environmental needs , so it was an honor to join organizations and individuals this week protesting the international drone conference in Atlanta. Georgia WAND’s Courtney Hanson spoke at a press conference to …
Twelve Georgia WAND members and staff attended the Savannah River Site Citizen’s Advisory Board meeting Monday and Tuesday in North Augusta to advocate with local communities impacted by SRS projects, joining voices with concerned South Carolinians with groups including Don’t Waste Aiken, the South Carolina Sierra Club and Friends of …
