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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 www.lulu.com.
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 snail mail
to:
GRANDMOTHERS
AGAINST THE WAR Letters Project P.O.
Box 9476, Berkeley, CA 94709
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