Women's Voices for Peace

A Desire to Find Out More About an Important Indigenous Teaching

The Women's Voices Project initially grew out of a desire to find out more about the indigenous prophesy that states there won't be peace on earth until the voices of women are heard. Since the book "Women's Voices: The Wisdom of the Grandmothers" was published in 2010, the project has grown in scope and content. We completed a documentary film "The Wisdom of the Grandmothers " that includes women from the farthest North in Siberia to the farthest South in Patagonia, Argentina. The Alaska Public Television Network aired the documentary and it was shown more than 440 times on 85 PBS and FNX stations in 19 states and 42 markets, to an audience of almost 89 million in more than 34.5 million households since it first aired in 2015!

The Wisdom of the Grandmothers

Our project grew from the desire to understand the importance of indigenous wisdom and the role of grandmothers to our world. Learn more.

Watch the Movie

Cover image for The Wisdom of the Grandmothers DVD

Watch the award-winning documentary "The Wisdom of the Grandmothers"

The movie and expanded interviews are available for free. We hope you enjoy watching.

Expanded Interviews

Grandmother from California who was interviewed for The Wisdom of the Grandmothers

Grandmothers from Siberia to Patagonia shared their life experiences and wisdom. Meet them and hear their stories.

Read the Book

Indigenous Prophecy Today

Read "Women's Voices:The Wisdom of the Grandmothers." Learn more.

Indigenous Prophecy Today

Watch some of the interviews as we work to edit more of these inspiring wisdom keepers stories.

In the news

Indigenous Prophecy Today

Susan Stark Christianson was honored to be named a 2018 Rasumuson Foundation Fellowship Award recipient. See all the news about our project.

Contributions Welcome

Image from Arizona during for The Wisdom of the Grandmothers

All contributions are greatly appreciated. We are a non-profit, so your contributions make a difference in what we can do. Thank you.

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Contributions Welcome

Grandmothers at the screening of The Wisdom of the Grandmothers documentary

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Last night I dreamed

ten thousand grandmothers

from the twelve hundred corners of the Earth

walked out into the gap,

one breath deep

between the bullet and the flesh,

between the bomb and the family.

They told me

We cannot wait for governments.

There are no peacekeepers boarding planes.

There are no leaders who dare to say

every life is precious,

so it will have to be us.

They said

We will cup our hands around each heart.

We will sing the earth’s song, the song of water,

a song so beautiful that vengeance

will turn to weeping,

the mourners will embrace,

and grief replace

every impulse toward harm.

Ten thousand is not enough, they said,

so we have sent this dream,

like a flock of doves

into the sleep of the world.

Wake up. Put on your shoes.

You - who are reading this,

I am bringing bandages

and a bag of scented guavas from my trees.

I think I remember the tune.

Meet me at the corner.

Let’s go."

~ Aurora Levins Morales

About Us

Susan Stark Christianson

Susan Stark Christianson is an award-winning former journalist. She is the proud mother of two daughters and the grandmother to two incredible grandsons. As the owner of Christianson Communications, an advertising and public relations firm, and Walton Group Publications, a publishing business focused on promoting work by women, she won numerous awards. In 2018 she was named the recipient of the prestigious Rasmuson Foundation Fellowship Award. Susan served as a former Deputy Director of Communications for the State of Alaska Office of the Governor and as a communications consultant for national and statewide businesses and non-profits. Her volunteer work has included the Spiritual Unity of Tribes Gatherings, serving on the Board of Directors of International Cross-Cultural Alcohol Program (Inter-CCAP), as well as numerous local service organizations. She is also the author of "Flying With Wings: A True Story of an Alaska Aircraft Accident" and "The Ultimate Guide to Responsible Dying: Everything You Need to Know to Make End-of-life Decisions and Protect Your Family When You're Gone."