What Can Grandmothers Do?

1. Take the Grandmother’s Pledge of Nonviolence (see below)
2. Conduct family and/or neighborhood prayer/meditation meetings.
3. Share information on nonviolent practices with their families and encourage their daughters/daughters-in-law to become involved in the Mother-to-Mother for Peace and Nonviolence program.
4. Read books to your grandchildren that promote the values, virtues and practices that lead to building character and awakening respect and compassion for all the peoples of the earth.
5. Mentor a young woman through the Young Women in Action program who is interested in working for peace.
6. Speak out and/or take action against violence, oppression and injustice.
7. Become a part of a network of grandmothers to interchange ideas and learn from each other about how we can help to shape a more peaceful world .
8. Join the Circle of Grandmothers, Imagining a World of Peace
9. Participate in the Cranes Fly for Peace Project 

Grandmothers Pledge of Nonviolence

Dear Family,

 As your mother and grandmother it is my desire to help you to live a life of peace and joy, in harmony with other people, other sentient beings and with our home, the Earth.  In that spirit, I make the following pledge:

To live my life, to the best of my ability, as an example of peace and nonviolence.

To be available to listen and try to help when you are feeling un-peaceful.

To seek out and share with you, information and guidelines about living in peace, nonviolence and harmony with all.

To speak out against violence, oppression and injustice wherever I see it, so as to help make this a better world for you and for all the families of the world.

Signature:____________________________ Mother/ Grandmother

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