1000 Grandmothers for Future Generations
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Who We Are
We are elder women and allies stepping up to the urgency of the climate crisis. We act in support of the rights of Native Americans and other frontline communities. We believe that we cannot address the climate crisis without addressing systemic racism. That is what climate justice means to us. 1000 Grandmothers allows us to augment our individual voices and impact by providing opportunities to act collectively. We find ways to use the particular influence of our being generational grandmothers to strengthen the Climate Justice Movement. Our Principles include collective nonviolent action, community building and kindness.
We are elder women and allies stepping up to the urgency of the climate crisis. We act in support of the rights of Native Americans and other frontline communities. We believe that we cannot address the climate crisis without addressing systemic racism. That is what climate justice means to us. 1000 Grandmothers allows us to augment our individual voices and impact by providing opportunities to act collectively. We find ways to use the particular influence of our being generational grandmothers to strengthen the Climate Justice Movement. Our Principles include collective nonviolent action, community building and kindness.
WHAT DO WE DO? We Show Up
OUR STRUCTURE: Our structure is ever evolving. Right now, for organization-wide leadership, we have a Coordinating Committee that provides oversight to the organization, along with two 'sub-committees': Communications Committee, and Engagement Committee. We also have a Town Crier Committee consisting of reps from our different groups that will communicate to groups and circles in between newsletters and organization wide communications. The rest of the organization's structure includes 'circles/affinity groups' that function as support groups , and work groups that are either project specific or ongoing. Then there is general membership that receives our newsletters and may join us in our work, but may not be in an ongoing group or circle. Here are our current work groups: WORKING GROUPS:
Join us! We help every grandmother (and ally) find multiple ways and levels to join in our work. And we welcome everyone to do as much or as little, whenever, and for as long as they wish. If you want to join us to work on climate justice, please add your name and email to our list. In addition, please send us your name and address to 1000 Grandmothers.com so that we can contact you when we target particular legislators who are key to passing critical environmental justice legislation. (we are unable to include this ask in the form below) We won’t clutter up your inbox with too many announcements. And we promise never to share your information. |
Our Definition of Grandmother
Some of us have biological grandchildren and some of us do not. In the spirit of the indigenous tradition of calling all elder women, 'grandmothers', we call ourselves grandmothers. We are all here because we care about future generations. 
Our History: 1000 Grandmothers for Future Generations began in response to the historic resistance of indigenous water protectors and allies to the DAPL oil pipeline at Standing Rock ND in 2016. Feeling an urgency to bring our collective wisdom and experience to help build the power of the Climate Justice Movement, a half dozen elder women from Oakland and Berkeley, CA started meeting In October 2016. Read more... 
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