Documentary: Grandmothers Against the War

The peace activist group Grandmothers Against the War (GAW) was started in January 2003 when two women, founder Joan Wile and her friend Judith Cartisano felt driven to express their despair and anger over the war in Iraq by standing vigil together on Fifth Avenue at Rockefeller Center.Today the GAW has grown to close to a hundred members ranging in age from 60 to 93. They are actively involved in a variety of anti war activities including civil disobedience and they continue their weekly Wednesday afternoon vigil at Rockerfeller Center. They have not missed a weekly vigil on Fifth Avenue in the 5 plus years since their inception