Santa Cruz Peace Chorale sings "1000 Grandmothers" by Holly Near

from the May 16, 2009 concert "Many Voices, One Land; Songs of Peace & Justice in the American Tradition" conducted by Aileen Vance; pianist: Abigail Meloche/video by Mathilde Rand and Annie Newman for more info: http://members.cruzio.com/~avandlt/SCFPC.html
(1995) Holly Near
Cathy Webster of Chico, CA, heard this song and issued a call for 1000 Grandmothers to come the Ft. Benning, GA, to protest the School of the Americas, the notorious training school for Latin American soldiers. She said, What if 1000 grandmothers around America and the world were to take this song as their rallying cry and march onto the grounds of the SOA, accepting arrest and imprisonment in an effort to shut down the training school for terrorism? This protest has now become a tradition.

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• Santa Cruz Peace Chorale
• Aileen Vance
• Holly Near