Acknowledgements
Introduction Amplifying Activisms, by May Chazan
PART I: PLURALIZING
Poem I: Grandmother, by waaseyaa’sin christine sy
Introduction to Part I: Pluralizing, by Carole Roy
Chapter 1: Rethinking the Politics of (Grand)Mothering: Activisms and the Lifecourse, by May Chazan, Melissa Baldwin, and Jesse Whattam
Reflection 1: “Climbing into My Granny Pants”: Reflections from a Grandmother Activist, by Peggy Edwards
Chapter 2: Activist Aging: The Tactical Theatrics of RECAA, by Kim Sawchuk and Constance Lafontaine
Reflection 2: Continuity and Change: A Personal Reflection on Activism Across Time and Space, by Sadeqa Siddiqui
PART II: PERSISTING
Poem II: Firekeeper, by Keara Lightning
Introduction to Part II: Persisting, by waaseyaa’sin christine sy
Chapter 3: “That’s My Bridge”: Water Protector, Knowledge Holder, Language Professor, by Elder Shirley Ida Williams Pheasant
Reflection 3: “And Then We Let Them Go, and We Have Their Backs”, by Monique Mojica
Chapter 4: Settler Solidarities and the Limits of “Granny Activism”, by May Chazan
Reflection 4: Learning to Listen: a Half Century of Walking with First Peoples, by Jean Koning
PART III: EMBODYING
Poem III: This Mouth, by Niambi Leigh
Introduction to Part III: Embodying, by Sally Chivers
Chapter 5: Strengthening Our Activisms by Creating Intersectional Spaces for the Personal, the Professional, Disability, and Aging, by Nadine Changfoot, Mary Anne Ansley, and Andrea Dodsworth
Reflection 5: Words, Work, and Wonder: Poeting toward Midlife, by Ziy von B
Chapter 6: The Raging Grannies Versus the Sexperts: Performing Humour to Resist Compulsory (Hetero)sexuality, by Marlene Goldman, May Chazan, and Melissa Baldwin
Reflection 6: (In)Visible: Photographing Older Women, by Maureen Murphy and Ruth Steinberg
PART IV: REMEMBERING
Poem IV: Lip Point for Bearded Womxn, by waaseyaa’sin christine sy
Introduction to Part IV: Remembering, by Laura Madokoro
Chapter 7: Activist Archiving and the Feminist Movement in Mexico: Collecting Art and Ephemera as Political Practice, by Gabriela Aceves Sepúlveda
Reflection 7: Activist Aging on the Airwaves: Radical Reflections on the Community Radio Show Aging Radically, by Melissa Baldwin and Maddy Macnab
Chapter 8: Intergenerational Interventions: Archiving the Grandmothers Advocacy Network, by Pat Evans, Sharon Swanson, May Chazan, and Melissa Baldwin
Reflection 8: Following Nan to the Kiji sibi, by Jenn Cole
Closing Activist Theirstories and the Future of Aging Activisms, by May Chazan, Melissa Baldwin, and Pat Evans
Contributor Biographies
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