Women In International Security - WIIS West

11/06/2024

Helpful.

The key to taking effective action if Trump wins is to avoid perpetuating his goals of fear, isolation, exhaustion and disorientation.

10/09/2024

Important article from friend & colleague, Avner Cohen.

An Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear sites would push Tehran to assemble a bomb

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07/03/2023

Please protect your family—they are innocent and completely rely on you!

03/29/2023

Do you have a masters degree (or it’s equivalent), and would you be interested in teaching a course at UCSC around the intersection of technology and ethics? If you’re interested, send me DM with your contact info.

03/17/2021

WIIS West unilaterally condemns the terrorist acts against Asian American women in Atlanta. The demand to change the fundamental core of the issues that lead to violence against women and POC needs to be addressed, unvarnished, and dealt with effectively.

03/15/2021

What a wonderful moment during Women's History Month. Congratulations to the West's own, Deb Haaland, who is now the nation's first Native American cabinet member ever:

Her historic role is also symbolic, as the agency was long a tool of oppression against indigenous peoples. Haaland will be key to President Biden's ambitious efforts to combat climate change.

02/16/2021

Across the world, women’s independence will be a silent victim of the pandemic, Helen Lewis wrote in March.

02/03/2021

Dr. Dale Okorodudu is the founder of Black Men in White Coats, an organization that seeks to grow the numbers of black male physicians. A movie about the necessity for this growth is coming out that he produced (with an eponymous title). We can't wait:

A documentary film that brings awareness to the lack of black men in medicine and inspires a generation of diverse youth to dream big!

02/03/2021

Our co-President Lila had a blast joining Conner and Joules of Cash Only, the Financial Crimes Podcast. They discussed the GameStop stock phenomenon and how it’s not all it’s cracked up to be. Listen on YouTube and Spotify.

We invited Lila to the show today because she has a different take on this whole GameStop debacle, and it’s one Conner and I haven’t really thought too much ...

01/26/2021

Janet Yellen was sworn in as Treasury secretary on Tuesday by Vice President Kamala Harris. Yellen is the first woman to assume that role in the institution’s 232-year history.

01/26/2021

A very important statement from our co-President, Taylor Hadnot.

The United States is in the middle of a long-overdue reckoning. One which, if you are a direct participant or victim, has been particularly visceral for the last six or seven months. By now, there have been dozens of articles and podcasts and news clips of insiders and pundits pontificating and opin...

01/20/2021

"That is the promise to glade, the hill we climb if only we dare it because being American is more than a pride we inherit, it’s the past we step into and how we repair it. We’ve seen a force that would shatter our nation rather than share it. That would destroy our country if it meant delaying democracy, and this effort very nearly succeeded. But while democracy can periodically be delayed, but it can never be permanently defeated."
Congratulations to our native California's Vice President Kamala Harris and Poet Laurette Amanda Gorman for making a special day all the more heartening.
WIIS West congratulates the entirety of the Biden-Harris Administration. We are looking forward to the next 4 years and pledge our continued commitment to represent that which is the best of the nation.

The 22-year-old L.A. native captured the national moment in her new work