Examples from 2024-2025

GRANDMOTHERS TAKE ACTION

Climate Justice

We lobbied state & local legislators, demonstrated against banks who support fossil fuels, leafletted at Farmers Markets, & assisted underserved communities...

September '24 & 25: SF Grans assist Bayview/Hunters Point community at an intergenerational climate & environmental justice conference.

The SF Circle has been working in solidarity with community residents to push for a thorough cleanup of the toxic leftovers from the Naval Shipyard and other industrial polluters.

July '25: Blockade of Wells Fargo HQ in SF for "Stop Billionaires Summer"

March '25: Standing Up Against the Dakota Access Pipeline & the Lawsuit Against Greenpeace

May "25: We supported environmental justice in Bayview/Hunters Point in San Francisco

April '25: On Earth Day we provided a secure environment for a Youth v. Apocalypse fair in Oakland.

May & June '25: The Green Grannies pressed for the passage of the "Make Polluters Pay" legislation at the State legislature and locally....

January '25: The SF Circle joined local community in Bayview to press for the closure of Darling International's polluting animal rendering plant

2024 Window Poster campaign at Berkeley Farmers Market & elsewhere

Grans distributed posters & literature & engaged passerbys on a just transition to a green economy. End Fossil Fuel Window Posters have been distributed throughout the Bay Area.

July '24: protest against Oakland Airport Expansion

2024: End Fossil Fuels Protests

November, '24: We stood with Santa Barbara's Fearless Grans to protest Sable Corp's leaky ocean pipelines.

At a CA Coastal Commission meeting in SF we sent a message that we stand opposed to restarting the offshore platforms and corroded pipeline which ruptured off the Santa Barbara coast in 2015.

Immigration

We protested ICE's invasion of our communities, & ICE plans for a Dublin detention center.

September '25: Prayer Vigil at ICE HQ in San Francisco

June-December '25: Monthly Overpass Actions in San Francisco and East Bay

August '25: Fruitvale protest - ICE out of Oakland

July '25: No ICE detention center in Dublin

July '25: Supporting Immigrants in Federal Court in SF

June '25: Support Haitian Immigrants

During MAY DAY actions in 2025, we stood up for the rights of immigrants , workers, Palestinians, communities battling environmental racism & against the Trump billionaire oligarchy....

Feb '25: Supporting Immigrant Rights at the State Capitol with Mujeres Unidas y Activas....

Grans joined the ICE Out of CA & the Dignity Not Detention coalitions in Sacramento to demand that our state government protect immigrants in California.

In 2025, our fight to preserve democracy & prevent a fascist takeover required participation in protests as well as electoral work. Grans attended Tesla boycotts, provided support for the Poor People's campaign, participated in both the June and October No Kings demonstrations, & campaigned for Prop 50.

Pro-democracy

October: Prop 50 canvassing, and Poor People's Campaign

Grandmothers showed up all over, including Oakland, Dublin, and San Francisco

June: No Kings Day

Grandmothers showed up all over, including Oakland, Dublin, and San Francisco

February: "Stop the Coup" rally at SF offices of Senators Padilla & Schiff, & marching from Fruitvale to Lake Merritt in Oakland.

March: Actions took us to the Sacramento capitol & all over the Bay Area to stand up against the Trump/Musk regime

We rallied to save the EPA, & at "Hands Off' protests in SF, Oakland, Berkeley, Marin, & Santa Rosa.

October & November, 2024: Grandmothers canvass for Kamala Harris and NV Senator Jacky Rosen

22 Grans & allies canvassed in Reno joining Third Act, and hearing inspiring talks by Bill McKibben & Rebecca Solnit.

Anti-militarism/Support for Gaza

We marched, sat in, held prayer vigils, and pilgrimages to protest military aid to Israel, and genocide & starvation in Gaza

October '25: Grans say: "Fleet Week Air Shows Fuel the Climate Crisis!"

Grannies rallied with Veterans for Peace at the SF Ferry Building to make a visible statement that air shows--& military armaments--accelerate the climate crisis. Informational leaflets were distributed providing details.

October '25: Sit- in at Senator Padilla's Office in San Francisco

September '25: Protest march against genocide in Gaza in San Francisco

July '25: Prayer vigil in San Francisco

June '25: Interfaith Pilgrimage to support Palestine in the East Bay

May '25: Sing-in/Sit-in at Embarcadero Ferry Building in San Francisco

March '25: Sit-in at Federal Building in Oakland

We demanded an end to military support for Israel's war against Palestinians, & for an immediate ceasefire. Grandmothers risked arrest in sit-ins at Oakland's Federal Bldg., & in SF at Sen. Padilla's office.

October '24: NOT ANOTHER BOMB - Grans rallied & marched in Oakland to demand an arms embargo.

Grans joined a National Day of Action to send the message to Biden & Harris.

Solidarity

The Annual Shellmound Prayer Walk was a celebration of the return of the Berkeley Shellmound to Ohlone stewardship!

Grans join the walk every year, praying, carrying puppets, and driving to pick up tired marchers.tMany of us have participated for years, but this year was special with the Ohlone victory.

1000 Grandmother Gatherings

We gathered at Convenings, in Circles, at Sing-a-longs, at picnics, and at Engagement Committee " Conversation, Cookies & Community" meetings. We donated our original art & authored books at an Art Fair Fundraiser in 2024.

October '25: SF Circle Monthly Meeting

September '25: Picnic Get Together in Berkeley

August '25: Convening in Berkeley

July '25: Cookies and Conversation with the Engagement Committee

April '25: 60+ Grandmothers gathered for our Convening

We had a stimulating, supportive, inspiring afternoon together.....

December, 2024 Art Fair Sale showcases art, published books, and crafts of Grans

Our talented members & allies donated their work to raise funds to upgrade our website and expand our community outreach. The Fair was a tremendous success - and lots of fun! - raising more than $5000!