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A colorful poster picturing a large peace dove with five human legs instead of bird legs to represent people marching together. The word "march" is pictured in multicolored block letters with small print reading: "for Peace & Justice" and "June 12, New York"
Poster for a national disarmament rally in Central Park, New York City on June 12, 1982 during the United Nations' Second Special Session on Disarmament

JoanneS_TrainingandFeminism.mp3
Joanne Sheehan, WRL New England founder, WRL Feminism & Nonviolence Task Force member, and Clamshell Alliance organizer, reflects on the importance of nonviolence training for coordinated protest.

Peach flier with a hand-drawn cartoon image of two women dancing closely together and the name of the artist, Jean Vallon. The flier headline text reads, "A Women's Dance after the march." The address in Mt. Pleasant, D.C. is followed by a hand-drawn map to a house marked with the women's symbol. The remaining text reads, "$2 benefits Seneca Peace Camp, cash bar"
Flier inviting lesbian feminist participants in the 20th anniversary of the March on Washington to gather for local nightlife after the march

Group of white-presenting people gathered facing a road or public thoroughfare, holding handwritten signs. WRL Southeast's Steve Sumerford, a young white man with glasses and a beard and wearing overalls, appears in the center of the photograph. The signs read, "Germany Started This Way!!" and "On Good Friday Christians Deplore Violence and Death"
Vigil participants in Durham, North Carolina after the 1981 anti-gay murder of Ronald “Sonny” Antonevich at Little River in north Durham

Hot pink flier with hand-stenciled title, reading: "Gay & Lesbian Solidarity Coalition endorses," followed by a list of candidates
Endorsement poster for candidates for state and federal office by the Durham Gay & Lesbian Solidarity Coalition

A sheet of green paper printed with a series of six circular outlines of political buttons, each button template reading "No Recall."
Political buttons against the attempted recall of Durham Mayor Wib Gulley for his anti-discrimination proclamation in support of lesbian and gay Durhamites.

Full page advertisement with the title, "Some Truths About Homosexuality," with bullet points reading: "Gay Men and Lesbians Are Everywhere"; "Lesbians and Gay Men Are Subjected to Discrimination"; and "Gay Men and Lesbians Are Ordinary People." At the bottom of the page reads, "Durham Citizens for Responsible Leadership thanks each Durham citizen who is willing to stand on the side of human rights for all people."
Ad taken out by Durham Citizens for Responsible Leadership in defense of lesbian and gay rights during an attempted recall of Mayor Wib Gulley for his gay and lesbian anti-discrimination proclamation

Black and white booklet, with a printed title at the top, reading "Readings on Feminism & Nonviolence" and featuring an image of legal scales, which each side respectively holding a man (Mars) and woman (Venus) symbol. Another image under the title is the WRL logo, an outline of hands breaking a rifle in half.
Copy of Durham, NC-based lesbian feminist Dannia "Sunshine" Southerland's Feminism and Nonviolence packet of articles and resources connecting the two issues

Black and white photograph of a majority-white group of people with several Black members huddled together for a group photo. They are outside, wearing warm-weather clothing. Some people are raising a fist in the air while others are flashing a peace sign. Two participants, one white and one Black, appear to be both raising a fist and flashing a peace sign with each of their hands.
Participants in the 1977 War Resisters League national conference in Lacey, Washington.

Majority-white group of women-presenting people standing in a crowd facing a row of journalists. Some people are raising their fists in the air. Some women are holding a banner with a web on it that reads, "We meet as women to weave a world web of life to entangle the powers that bury our children." Other signs have women's symbols on them, and some read: "No nukes," "Shanti," and "Socialist feminists"
The Women's Pentagon Action in Washington D.C., before 2,000 women surrounded the Pentagon, weaving yarn webs to symbolically block the entrances.
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