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Grandmothers
Against the War was formed to implement non-violent actions to end the Iraq war
and to recruit new members among all like-minded individuals regardless
of gender, age or biology because “’grandmother’
is a concept of love, all embracing.”
Grandmothers
Against the War seeks to attract public attention to the on-going tragedy in Iraq
and to educate people as to why the war and occupation should end and how
they can act to end it.
In November
2005, several San Francisco Bay Area women, inspired by the Manhattan grandmothers who
had been arrested while attempting to enlist in the U.S. military, signed a letter inviting all who
received it to join a group of “grandmothers”
dedicated to working to end the war in Iraq. The invitation was sent
to friends and acquaintances, regardless of gender, age, parental or
grandparental status, who were encouraged to circulate it widely. A month
later, 23 women representing half a century of civil rights,
anti-nuclear, feminist, health, and anti-war organizing met alongside
women with little prior experience in activism.
To facilitate
communication, along with this website*,
- GAW has an e-mail address info@gawba.org ,
- a Post Office Box (PO Box 9476, Berkeley, CA 94709)
- and a telephone number (510)
845-3815.
To coordinate and
participate in actions nation-wide, GAW has affiliated with:
Grandmothers for
Peace International (www.grandmothersforpeace.org)
and United for Peace and Justice (www.unitedforpeace.org).
GAW has also endorsed the
Declaration of Peace (www.declarationofpeace.org).
*Website
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