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Activists Write –
Love, Grandma: Activists Write, letters and poetry drawn from the memories of the active lives of women and men, was published in November 2007. In response to an invitation from Grandmothers Against the War, contributions came from all over the United States and even overseas. In Love, Grandma, writers share their thoughts and experiences with their grandchildren and write of important moments in their lives, experiences which molded their philosophies, and their participation in the peace movement and other social issues in their communities.
We invite you to read a few of these letters by clicking on Read Letters. We hope you’ll share our excitement about the publication of Love, Grandma.
Love, Grandma is available from the online publisher LULU. GAW continues to accept letters and poetry for possible posting on our website or distributing in other ways, as outlined in the guidelines.
GUIDELINES FOR LETTERS:
• Length can range from 200 to 1,000 words.
• Addressee can be an actual young person but may be imagined.
• Letters should focus on a real experience, something the writer has seen or done or not done (or perhaps wished s/he had done), something s/he wants to pass on as a valuable action or learning experience.
REGARDING CONTRIBUTIONS:
• Letters will be edited solely for clarity and brevity (under 1,000 words, cutting repetition). No substantive changes will be made without consulting the writer.
• Contributors must include name and all contact information (email, snail mail, telephone). No anonymous letters will be accepted, but the writer’s name will be withheld if requested.
• Submitting a letter to the Love, Grandma Letters Project constitutes permission for the Project to publish the letter in any format — newspapers, email, blog, printed book, sound recording, website, or beamed to the stars of our galaxy. This is, of course, a non-exclusive right, and the main purpose of the project is that writers disseminate their own letters in every way possible.
• The Love, Grandma Letters Project will bear only its own costs of printing, distribution, website fees involved in distributing the letter and so on. In the extremely unlikely event that any money beyond what might cover these costs comes back to the Letters Project from its efforts to publish letters, that money will be donated to peace organizations.
• People who don’t want to write a letter can volunteer to help in other ways: promotion, printing, editing, distribution, etc.
Read letters
Email your letter to: LoveGrandma_letters@gawba.org
or send by mail to:
GRANDMOTHERS AGAINST THE WAR Letters Project P.O. Box 9476, Berkeley, CA 94709
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