Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice 202 Harvard SE Albuquerque, NM 87106 505-268-9557   Updated: 15 December 2005 PAJOLA Member: Albuquerque Raging Grannies
Albuquerque Raging Grannies	The Albuquerque Raging Grannies are grandmothers (and a few honorary grannies) who work for peace and justice by joining together to sing outrageous new words to old songs. Our goal is to use the status of aging women as a ploy to get people to pay attention to important issues. We feel that the people in power do not think we can do change the system: we want to show that we can do it - we can get together, young and old, and change the system for the better of all people. To show that we can do it, we usually end our performance with the Geriatric Can-Can. Raging Grannies are International; the first chapter formed in Montreal, Canada. Then women in Seattle, Washington grabbed the idea. Now there are chapters all over Canada and the United States, as well as groups in Germany and Japan. Raging Grannies have been arrested around the United States for invading Army Recruiting Stations, attempting to enlist so that our children and grandchildren will not join the military and be sent to war. In Albuquerque, the Raging Grannies went to the Marine Recruiting Station (November 2005), because some of our members (72-89 years old) received recruiting letters. We gave the Marines cookies, and then told them that the women who received the letters respectfully declined to enlist. We told them that we respect the young men and women who are in the service, but feel they have been lied to, as have we. Telephone: 505-323-2386 Address: None Email: ellen2736@aol.com Web Address: None
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