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  • Collection: War Resisters League Southeast

SteveS_NAARPR.mp3
WRL Southeast staff organizer and co-founder Steve Sumerford reflects on the political climate in North Carolina when he and Diane Spaugh co-founded the regional office in 1976.

An event newsletter with a list of dates and event descriptions for the month of May 1983.
Issue of The Newsletter, a lesbian feminist underground newsletter of the Triangle area of North Carolina featuring mention of War Resisters League Southeast

Magazine page on newsprint. A photograph of WRL Southeast organizer Mandy Carter, a young African American woman wearing shorts and a tee-shirt, appears in the top left-hand corner, along with a short profile. There is a profile of another person on the same page with a photograph and a series of advertisements for restaurants and theatrical performances in the D.C. area.
A profile of North Carolina March on Washington Committee coordinator Mandy Carter in the 1987 March on Washington special issue of The Washington Blade

Purple/pink June calendar of events for Triangle Lesbian and Gay Pride '86 month, reading "out today, out to stay." Events include "TALF/YWCA Cookout," "Lesbian literature reading,"and "Presentation: Civil Rights for Gays and Lesbians"
Activity calendar for the first annual Triangle Lesbian and Gay Pride month

Black and white poster advertising "Triangle Lesbian and Gay Pride '86," featuring an image of a white woman-presenting person waving and an image taken from behind of a white masculine-presenting person wrapping their arm around the shoulders of a masculine-presenting person of color. Additional text reads: "March and Celebration: Out Today, Out to Stay, Saturday, June 28"
Poster announcing the first annual Triangle Lesbian and Gay Pride march and celebration

Green booklet cover, printed on newsprint, titled, "Your Taxes, Your Choice? Military Spending / How It Affects the Triangle Area" At the bottom of the page is an outline of the state of North Carolina covered in clippings of newspaper headlines like, "Budget Cuts Will Hurt Education in Triangle Area," "Defense Cost Overruns Spiral," and "Jobs Program Target of Cuts"
Guidebook from the Triangle Project on Military Spending and Human Needs, a coalition of Triangle peace and justice organizations bringing attention to the rising disparity between funding for the military and funding for human needs.

Poster featuring a design of a flower in which the decorative symbols inside of the petals resemble people with their arms raised and touching the hands of the person next to them. The heading of the poster reads "Women's Pentagon Action, November 16 & 17, Washington D.C." The local contact is listed as "War Resisters League" in Durham, NC
Poster calling for a mass mobilization of women to protest in Washington D.C. as part of the 1980 Women's Pentagon Action. Organizers called for action against the New Right, US militarism, and racist and sexist violence. WRL Southeast added a…

The front of a business card
Card offering military draft counseling support

Map of the US mainland, with outlines of the states, titled "Nuclear America." The map's legend lists icons for "Nuclear Weapons Facilities," "Nuclear Power Reactors," "Miscellaneous Facilities," and "Nuclear Targets." The map reflects nuclear sites throughout the country, with concentrations in the northeast, south, midwest, and in California.
Poster depicting the locations of nuclear weapons and nuclear power installations in the US

Mandy Carter, a young Black woman with short hair stands in front of a barbed wire fence at a military base. There is a handwritten sign on the fence with German writing on it that is difficult to see because the sign is folded over.
Mandy Carter at a US base in West Germany during the German-led protests against the US/NATO deployment of nuclear missiles in West Germany
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