Download or read book A Gathering of Grandmothers written by Lynne Namka and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2002-08-08 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wit, Warmth and Wisdom of Feisty, Older Women So who are you now that you have lived the first fifty years of your life? Who are your role models for becoming a healthy older woman? What rites of passage assist you into your Feminine Elderhood? Are you living your passion? Who are you becoming? Who do you want to be? This anthology addresses becoming one’s true self in the second half of life. The stories are written by women celebrating their aging through connection to two national women’s movement groups—The Gathering of Grandmothers and The International Council of Crones. Wildly-different women, ages 50 to 101 who have found richness in their aging process, share their wisdom. They write about aging with zest and enthusiasm with much to give to older women and the younger generation. They share a collection of laughter, stories, poems, dreams and visions, fairy tales and wise sayings. These are pioneer women working to change themselves and the world. You will find originality, creativity, and meaningful pain in their stories. You will laugh and cry at these gutsy, opinionated women who have something to say about the deeper essence and mysteries of life.
Download or read book Grandmothers Counsel the World written by Carol Schaefer and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2006-11-14 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are thirteen indigenous grandmothers. . . . We are deeply concerned with the unprecedented destruction of our Mother Earth, the atrocities of war, the global scourge of poverty, the prevailing culture of materialism, the epidemics that threaten the health of the Earth’s peoples, and with the destruction of indigenous ways of life. We, the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers, believe that our ancestral ways of prayer, peacemaking, and healing are vitally needed today. . . . We believe that the teachings of our ancestors will light our way through an uncertain future. In some Native American societies, tribal leaders consulted a council of grandmothers before making any major decisions that would affect the whole community. What if we consulted our wise women elders about the problems facing our global community today? This book presents the insights and guidance of thirteen indigenous grandmothers from five continents, many of whom are living legends among their own peoples. The Grandmothers offer wisdom on such timely issues as nurturing our families; cultivating physical and mental health; and confronting violence, war, and poverty. Also included are the reflections of Western women elders, including Alice Walker, Gloria Steinem, Helena Norberg-Hodge, and Carol Moseley Brown.
Download or read book The Great Silent Grandmother Gathering written by Sharon Mehdi and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2007-08-30 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes, great change starts with the smallest action ... One day, two grandmothers meet in the park, with a remarkably ambitious goal in mind. More and more women decide to join them and the impact on their community soon makes international news. Together, these women discover that great things are possible, and that by showing a simple act of solidarity they have the power to transform the world.
Download or read book The Great Silent Grandmother Gathering written by Sharon Mehdi and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two grandmothers decide to stand all day in the park without speaking as their way of protesting for peace in the world and when other people begin to take notice of them their action has a transforming effect.
Download or read book Great Silent Grandmother Gathering written by Sharon Mehdi and published by Viking Adult. This book was released on 2005-04-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Grandma Calls Me Beautiful written by Barbara M. Joosse and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2008-03-26 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Hawaiian grandmother tells her granddaughter a favorite story about how much she loves her. Includes a glossary with definitions and explanations of Hawaiian words and customs and illustrated instructions for an Hawaiian string design, "hei" you can play.
Download or read book The Great Silent Grandmother Gathering written by Sharon Mehdi and published by . This book was released on 2018-06-30 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new and much-needed edition of a beloved book that sold many thousands of copies in its first edition, and was translated into half a dozen languages and made into a stage play. It's a little story about two grandmothers who stood in the park to save the world. More than ever we need the grandmothers, their daughters and their granddaughters.
Download or read book Grandmothers Wisdom written by International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Man the Hunter written by Richard Borshay Lee and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Man the Hunter is a collection of papers presented at a symposium on research done among the hunting and gathering peoples of the world. Ethnographic studies increasingly contribute substantial amounts of new data on hunter-gatherers and are rapidly changing our concept of Man the Hunter. Social anthropologists generally have been reappraising the basic concepts of descent, fi liation, residence, and group structure. This book presents new data on hunters and clarifi es a series of conceptual issues among social anthropologists as a necessary background to broader discussions with archaeologists, biologists, and students of human evolution.
Download or read book Honor the Grandmothers written by Sarah Penman and published by Minnesota Historical Society Press. This book was released on 2008-10-14 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The four oral histories presented in this attractive volume pay homage to elder women who quietly serve as community and political activists within the Lakota-Dakota Nation. . . Recommended.--Library Journal
Download or read book My Grandma and Me written by Mina Javaherbin and published by Candlewick. This book was released on 2019-08-13 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a true tale of a young girl in Iran and her grandmother, this beautiful ode to family celebrates small moments of love that become lifelong memories. In this big universe full of many moons, I have traveled and seen many wonders, but I have never loved anything or anyone the way I love my grandma. While Mina is growing up in Iran, the center of her world is her grandmother. Whether visiting friends next door, going to the mosque for midnight prayers during Ramadan, or taking an imaginary trip around the planets, Mina and her grandma are never far apart. At once deeply personal and utterly universal, Mina Javaherbin’s words make up a love letter of the rarest sort: the kind that shares a bit of its warmth with every reader. Soft, colorful, and full of intricate patterns, Lindsey Yankey’s illustrations feel like a personal invitation into the coziest home, and the adoration between Mina and her grandma is evident on every page.
Download or read book The Grandmothers Movement written by May Chazan and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the height of the African AIDS crisis older women mobilized across two continents and an ocean of difference to change the lives of innumerable African women confronting insecurity, violence, grief, and illness. In 2006 the Stephen Lewis Foundation launched its Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign, seeking to organize Canadians in solidarity with "Africa's grandmothers" - older caregivers who had lost their children to AIDS and were left to raise their grandchildren. Four years later, some 10,000 Canadians had joined the campaign. May Chazan's The Grandmothers' Movement explores the encounters, ideas, and circumstances that shaped this remarkable story of solidarity and struggle. Based on interviews, family trees, personal journals, and archival materials, Chazan provides the first analysis of the movement. Through personal reflections and powerful vignettes from nearly a decade of participation in grandmothers' lives in South Africa and Canada, she presents untold narratives and brings new humanity to the AIDS crisis in Africa. The Grandmothers' Movement tells a story of hope while challenging conventional understandings of the global AIDS response, solidarity, and old age. It is about the power of older women to alter their own lives through collective action and about the influence of transnational cooperation to effect positive global change.
Download or read book The Circle Way written by Christina Baldwin and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2010-03 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meetings in the round have become the preferred tool for moving individual commitment into group action. This book lays out the structure of circle conversation, based on the original work of the authors who have standardized the essential elements that constitute circle practice.
Download or read book Grandmother s Memories to Her Grandchild written by Candy Paull and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This journal will help your grandchild discover who you are, from the dreams of your childhood to your dreams for your grandchild's future. Written in your own words, it will be a cherished keepsake of your memories, hopes, dreams, and faith.
Download or read book Grandma s Gift written by Eric Velasquez and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This prequel to Eric Velasquez's biographical picture book Grandma's Records is the story of a Christmas holiday that young Eric spends with his grandmother. After they prepare their traditional Puerto Rican Christmas celebration, Eric and Grandma visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art for a school project, where he sees a painting by Diego Velasquez and realizes for the first time that he could be an artist when he grows up. Grandma witnesses his fascination, and presents Eric with the perfect Christmas gift-a set of paints-to use in his first steps toward becoming an artist. A heart-warming story of self-discovery, Grandma's Gift is a celebration of the special bond between a grandparent and grandchild.
Download or read book Grandmother Fish written by Jonathan Tweet and published by Feiwel & Friends. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where did we come from? It's a simple question, but not so simple an answer to explain—especially to young children. Charles Darwin's theory of common descent no longer needs to be a scientific mystery to inquisitive young readers. Meet Grandmother Fish. Told in an engaging call and response text where a child can wiggle like a fish or hoot like an ape and brought to life by vibrant artwork, Grandmother Fish takes children and adults through the history of life on our planet and explains how we are all connected. The book also includes comprehensive backmatter, including: - An elaborate illustration of the evolutionary tree of life - Helpful science notes for parents - How to explain natural selection to a child
Download or read book My Mother s Pearls written by Catherine Myler Fruisen and published by Star Bright Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautiful pearl necklace has passed from mother to daughter for seven generations on each daughter's wedding day.
