The Great Silent Grandmothers’ Gathering for Peace for All Children Everywhere

Please join us and bring a grandmother, a mother, a sister, a niece

Grandparents’ Day, Sunday, September 11, 2011 to stand/sit silently:  3:00-3:30pm at the Tridge  - rain or shine

No speakers.  No slogans.  No politics.  Just a simple silent gathering of women of all ages.

Midland’s Julie Prince shares words from her poem “Standing”

I stand with the grandmothers, the mothers, the sisters of Earth…
I stand for truth.  I stand for love.  I stand for hope.

I stand for the children so one day
When my children’s children ask  “What did you do?”
I can say, I stood…so every child has nourishment,
every child has love, every child has a home….
Will you stand with me?


Freewill donations will be accepted on behalf of the Nonviolent Peaceforce(NP)  that has civilian, unarmed, professionally trained teams who are protecting other civilians in warzones in the Philippines and Sri Lanka.  NP’s viability was recently affirmed by a $1,000,000 UNICEF grant for child protection in southern Sudan.  If you cannot join us but want to support this effort, contact Marge Darger, 631-3964  or   mdarger@charter.net