The committee meeting and hearing were preceded by a two-day public conference organized by the Austin-based Fund for a Compassionate Society. The WEDO-Greenpeace retreat session produced a joint statement by the women participants that will be widely circulated, and there are plans for a series of similar public hearings and conferences to be held in various regions of the United States in 1994 and 1995.
In its four-year existence, WEDO has become a powerhouse of women with creative ideas and organizing skills who network and speak out on behalf of women working together locally, nationally, and worldwide to create a healthy, peaceful, and socially just planet.