Granny Peace Brigade

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Grannies for Peace at Occupy Wall Street, October 2011

The Granny Peace Brigade [GPB] is an active anti-war demonstration group in New York City made up of senior citizens. The GPB frequently collaborates with Code Pink, The Raging Grannies and Peace Action and is one of many local activist groups seeking a peaceful world.

While having been arrested October 17, 2005 and later acquitted for attempting to enlist to the military at the recruitment center in Times Square,[1] the women are now working on initiatives such as preventing military recruiters from entering public schools to recruit, and opposition to militarization on a global scale. They are also politically active by social networking for phone-a-thons, which are the coordination of voices for social change and war opposition to elected officials.

History

The Granny Peace Brigade, Central Park, NYC, 2008.

The Grannies were initially formed when a group of women, members of seven groups [see below], approached military recruiters and asked to be sent to Iraq in order to save grandchildren who had been sent over. The Granny Peace Brigade name was adopted to form a group for identification purposes and to continue working together as a group.

Groups that formed the GPB include: CodePink http://www.codepink4peace.org/ Grandmothers Against the War http://www.grandmothersagainstthewar.org Gray Panthers http://www.graypanthers.org/ Peace Action of New York State (PANYS) http://www.panys.org/ The Raging Grannies http://raginggrannies.org/ The Ribbon International http://www.theribboninternational.org/ West Side Peace Action http://www.panys.org/WSPA/ Women's International League for Peace and Freedom http://www.wilpf.org/

See also

References

  1. ↑ HARTOCOLLIS, ANEMONA (April 27, 2006). "'Grannies' Charged in Peace Protest Are Acquitted". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-12-18. 

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