Talk:Washington Peace Center

ARTICLE NEEDS MORE WORK
 * Spelling errors
 * stylistic/grammatical inconsistencies
 * missing history, like opposition to nuclear weapons and Gulf War 1990-91; 1990s split between peace-niks and social justice/anti-racism types; etc.
 * missing recent coordinators, inconsistent info provided on past coordinators, like the very well known Mr. Judge; vague information on other co-ordinators (like Ms. Fithians important former position)
 * missing or improperly formatted links (like for "DAWN")

Carol Moore 01:37, 17 April 2007 (UTC)User:Carolmooredc User talk:Carolmooredc

Thank you for the suggestions, Carol. Hope this improves the page. PeteinDC 19:10, 17 April 2007 (UTC)PeteinDC

Suggestions for Improvement to Article
Some suggested improvements to the article to keep it on wiki as a credible article:

Since the main contributor to this article is the current coordinator of WPC, he has the facts to clear up several issues.

Statement: “It has one hired staff person, a coordinator, who organizes educational events on the issues of nonviolence, anti-militarism concerns, anti-racism, peace and social justice.”

This statement is confusing as to whether it covers the whole past history or current practice and on the face of it inaccurate about past history. After all, over the years staffers have organized protests as well as educational events.

Over the years WPC has had more than one coordinator or staff persons. For example in 2006 Mkawasi Mcharo and Paul Magno were both working there, and in 2005 Asantewaa Nkrumah-Ture was there with Magno. Internet sources show both woman listed as “co-coordinators.” Yet neither woman was listed at all.

I noticed another missing women coordinator is the very high profile community activist Lucy Murphy who was the coordinator during some part of 1999. Sources for both working at WPC can be found searching their names and WPC on the Internet.

Also a link to a current Board of Directors list might be helpful to prove the group has a full contingent of Board members, not just a couple people, and thus is a responsible not-for-profit (501c3) with actual ties to the Washington Community. There is no current board link from the site. Only a hidden 2004 link which contains a number of former Board members and a very old street address. http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/articles/0408pl.directors.html

The WPC was best known for publishing The Washington Peace Letter for most of its history. What is the current status of that project? No longer published; delayed in publication?

It would be interesting to know about “Mr. Wardlaw” or "B. Wardlaw" who always has been talked about on the Washington scene as providing most of WPC’s funding. However, people who've mentioned it to me always have been unclear on his political views and orientation and the role he plays in shaping the agenda of WPC, especially the change in focus of WPC of the late 1990s. Thanks! :-)

Carol Moore 21:05, 21 May 2007 (UTC)User:Carolmooredc User talk:Carolmooredc

Response to Carol's analysis
There's no legal requirement for a 501c3 to publish a list of board members. All members are welcome to attend its board meetings. There's also no legal requirement to release any information about any of our donors.

If Carol has information about Mr. Wardlaw, maybe she could share it rather than making guesses and insinuations.

I did update the article with a few of Carol's suggestions. The next issue of the Peace Letter will be published within the next month. PeteinDC 10:04, 23 June 2007 (UTC)