Grandmothers for Peace

Grandmothers for Peace (a.k.a. Grandmothers for Peace International) is an organization started by Barbara Wiedner (1928–2001) in May 1982 in Sacramento, California, in the US, after the mass media became "captivated by the image of a grandmother Barbara Wiedner risking jail through non-violent civil disobedience in an effort to save the planet from nuclear annihilation".

Grandmothers for Peace
FormationMay 1982 (1982-05)
FounderBarbara Wiedner (1928–2001)
Founded atSacramento, California, US
PurposeAnti-war
Anti-nuclear
HeadquartersElk Grove, California, US
Director
Lorraine Krofchok
Websitewww.grandmothersforpeace.org
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