WISDOM AT WORK: : Older Women, Elderwomen, Grandmothers on the Move!

Reprieve and Refuelling – ideas from the frontline of activisms to fuel our spirits in troubled times!  Ana Falú, an Argentinian architect, professor, activist and long-time women’s rights leader/agitator/visionary is riveting in her reflections on life in exile, building bridges to strengthen women’s movements, and grandmotherhood reinforcing ‘the private is political’!

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Grandmothers on the Move Episode #44,  The Joy in Connection! I Can still be Up and At'em!  The engaging, insightful Patt Schroeder - facilitator extraordinaire at Well Connected - a wonderful programme about which you should really hear more!! An innovative, powerful programme with connection, community and compassion at its heart.  But these conversations aren't pablum - they are vigorous, engaging, gentle when they need to be, authentic, and they can get REAL!!  Patt's generosity of spirit and keen observations make her the perfect Ambassador and Facilitator... real admiration for her consummate skills! 

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Grandmothers on the Move Podcast #43 brings to you deep reflections from my superlative guest, Madhu Bala Nath.  Lyrical, practical, wise and perseverant, Madhu speaks of what has been accomplished to advance gender equality, "what we missed", and what must come next! A storyteller with vast experience and hundreds of lessons and lives informing her insights... from India to Afghanistan, from policy change to activism - you won't want to miss the wisdom Madhu shares with such humanity.  Be sure to pick up her new book (on amazon) May I have Your Attention Please: Rethinking to Reclaim Rights!!

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These Jobs Should be Done by Older People! The delightful and insightful Erzsebet Andreanszky, from Hungary, speaks about her life in Lebanon as a young mother, her ‘accidental’ life as a humanitarian aid worker from Iraq during the war to Syria, an engineer and a celebrated painter!  An older woman and grandmother who breaks through stereotypes with humility and unfailing integrity! Her perspective is fascinating, her many pursuits extraordinary… she exemplifies a grandmothers on the move! 

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Grandmothers on the Move Podcast Episode 41: The Grandmas Project: Sharing the World’s most Delicious Heritage! This is a scrumptious, endearing and important short-video initiative, started by Jonas Pariente. So smart and simple: Grandma making a favourite recipe in her kitchen, filmed by her grandchild, with warm and intimate conversation – it’s riveting! Jonas talks about the inspiration for this rapidly-growing project, and is joined by Frankie Wallach, one of the filmmakers! You really must check out these films, and if you are moved as I was, support the next season by going to Jonas’s Kickstarter Campaign (which ends Thursday, November 7th!)!! We all need more enriching Grandmas Project films in our lives! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jonaspariente/grandmas-project-season-2

http://grandmasproject.org/

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Grandmothers on the Move, Episode 40: Senior Ladies Living Together - It Just Makes Sense!  Hear Pat Dunn talk about the housing crisis for older women and grandmothers, and how precarious housing can be dire and tremendously stressful. Pat found herself in a housing predicament, and decided to do something about it! Her search for community and house-mates has led to a FB phenomenon - and a creative and powerful response to the lack of affordable housing for older women. From FB page to a growing movement of women seeking creative alternatives, Pat has tapped into an urgent need, and a passion to do something about it. I promise by the end of this conversation, you’ll want to add your voice to the chorus clamouring for sister chapters of Senior Ladies Living Together...and find yourself joining Pat (and me!) to ask the question: Who is going to step up NOW and provide the much-needed funding?!!

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WE WILL NOT BACK DOWN! Grandmothers on the Move Podcast #39 brings to you the important work of THE ANGRY TIAS AND ABUELAS. Joyce and Madeleine, two of the dynamic abuelas, are thoughtful, passionate, and not reticent about saying they're incensed by what is happening to asylum-seekers, families and children as they cross the border into the U.S. seeking asylum.  The group released the 'Crying Tape" of children in the processing centres being separated from parents, they won the John F. Kennedy Fdn Human Rights Award, they have a powerful mission (https://www.angrytiasandabuelas.com/) and advocate for dignity and justice for people released from Border Patrol or ICE detention.  And it all started with 8 indomitable Women who came together - to DO something about their outrage at an egregious situation - do not miss The Angry Tias and Abuelas!

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Grandmothers on the Move Podcast Episode 38: BRINGING SPIDERWOMAN TO LIFE!  A remarkable story and a remarkable grandmother - Gloria Miguel founded the world-celebrated Spiderwoman Theatre with her sisters in 1975, and has spent life creating and performing.  From joining her family in the colonial 'Native side shows" next to the "freak shows" in the U.S. - to creating plays about the First Nations Missing and Murdered Women (Material Witness is on tour now),she has had a prolific and transformative life in the theatre.   At 92 years of age Gloria is still going strong, and shares with great humour and frankness the challenges she overcomes to continue.  "I am still here... performing, loving, living, dancing - and I think it's all because of the theatre".  Honest and deeply reflective, it was a joy and a privilege to hear what Gayle has to share.

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Grandmothers on the Move Podcast Episode 37:  Grandma, Did You Save Any Dolphins Today?  Barbara Napoles - moved from the agony of the loss of her daughter to passionate advocacy to save dolphins and fight their captivity.  She cares deeply about our oceans, the life in them, and how it affects the planet.  Her message rings out: “I just want to do something so that when my grandchildren are adults… they have the tools and continue fighting…this is just the beginning.  Help the world because your grandchildren and your children’s children’s children are going to be living here. You may not see the destruction of the world, but it’s coming if we don’t do something”!

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Grandmothers on the Move Podcast, Episode 36: The Pasta Grannies – A Delicious Living History!  The delightful Vicky Bennison – a grandmother herself – finds and films Italian grandmothers who still make pasta by hand (a disappearing tradition)! Food and family and the fantastic older women who bring it all together! A delicious interview to share on Mother’s Day…as Vicky says, she’s devoted to making space for ‘ordinary’ grandmothers and how special they are!  Check out the lovely videos and stories of The Pasta Grannies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb075ybTrmM&list=PLsetI_-3DvVsjwUgEQnfhg-vVw7eqaPb6&index=1  

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