(Click on pictures for larger images.) The annual Toy Industry Association Fair is taking place inside the Javits Center as Edith, Susan, Bev, Joan P and I study song sheets and begin to sing on the sidewalk outside. Later we will be told the sidewalk we are standing on is private property. We will be … Continue reading Public VS Private Space – Controversy at the Toy Fair
AARP: ON THE WRONG SIDE – AGAIN
Why is it that every time I come back to AARP, something else happens to make me regret my decision? I recently received your Jan/Feb issue, with a cover so vile that I could not bring myself to have it in my house-I had to drop it in the garbage room of my building. Why … Continue reading AARP: ON THE WRONG SIDE – AGAIN
Shame On Toy Industry – Hasbro Nabs Boy Toy of the Year Award For “Ultimate Full Auto Clip System Blaster!”
(Click on photos for larger images.) Grannies wish toy execs a Happy Valentine’s day at fancy Toy of the Year Awards’ Dinner.. Saturday, February 12, 5 PM. One by one, about 30 grannies and their friends snuck furtively into the Time-Warner Building at the corner of Broadway and 60th Street . They had come to … Continue reading Shame On Toy Industry – Hasbro Nabs Boy Toy of the Year Award For “Ultimate Full Auto Clip System Blaster!”
Grannies Rock the TOTY Awards
(Click on photos for larger images.) Snow flurries whirled at five as I met Eva-Lee and Nydia at the corner near Jazz at Lincoln Center. The Granny Peace Brigade was in action! We went inside and gathered a group of about 40 elders including three NYC Metro Raging Grannies in front of the escalators that … Continue reading Grannies Rock the TOTY Awards
Arctic Sunrise Crew – The Real Heroes
It’s Toy Fair time at the Javits Center in NYC. We of the Granny Peace Brigade, along with our singing friends the Raging Grannies have just returned from a singing fest outside the Toy of the Year Awards ceremony. We were singing about how we don’t like war toys because we don’t want our kids … Continue reading Arctic Sunrise Crew – The Real Heroes
GPB at the Senior Learning Series in Teaneck
At the invitation of the Institute of New Dimensions, part of a Senior Learning series at the Ethical Culture Society in Teaneck, New Jersey on February 10th several of the Grannies gave a presentation with an overview and recap of GPB activities and campaigns since our inception in 2005. Accompanying Phyllis Cunningham, Barbara Harris, Carol … Continue reading GPB at the Senior Learning Series in Teaneck
In Support of the Egyptian People
A rally in support of the Egyptian people was called by World Can't Wait on Saturday February 5 at Dag Hammerskjold Plaza the day after the successful demonstration/march originating in Times Square. The timing and raw icy rain on Saturday resulted in a considerably smaller event , perhaps 150 in contrast to the 2000 or … Continue reading In Support of the Egyptian People
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Egyptian Solidarity March on Friday, February 4, 2011 It was great to see familiar faces - first Caroline and Steve and later on Jenny, Joan P, Bev & Alice Sutter. But chatting with strangers was also a treat. I carried a homemade sign that said on one side "CUT OFF MILITARY $$ TO THE MUBARAK … Continue reading The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
FLASH MOB SERENADES HOLIDAY SHOPPERS
As the winter solstice arrived, nine Grannies and one Buddy sang anti-war-toys lyrics to shoppers on Flatbush Avenue outside the Atlantic Center Mall and gave peace cards stating "War is Not a Game." We then entered the mall and weaved in and out of the Target toy aisles, serenading … Continue reading FLASH MOB SERENADES HOLIDAY SHOPPERS
GRAN Central Caroling 2010!
GRAN Central Station once again was the scene with 15 NYC Metro Raging Grannies: Judith, Mercy, Lillian, Corinne, Rachel, Susan L., Sally, Alice, Nora, Pam, Adele, Maxine and Susan K. and Granny Peace Brigaders: Eva-Lee and Bev, caroling for peace. We gathered at the information kiosk and sang for over an hour, thanks to Bev … Continue reading GRAN Central Caroling 2010!
Granny Peace Brigade 