During the 2025 Northwest Folklife festival, we invited several performers and community leaders to be part of our ongoing community history project.
In this interview, members of the Seattle Raging Grannies sat down with archivist Emily Silks to reflect on their history, activist work, share a few of their songs, and much, much more.
"In the tradition of wise women elders, the mission of the Seattle Raging Grannies is to promote global peace, justice, and social and economic equality by raising public awareness through the medium of song and humor.
Our goal is to challenge our audiences to work to bring about the social changes that are required in order to end economic oppression, particularly of women and children, and to end racial inequality, environmental destruction, human rights violations, and arms proliferation."
To learn more about the Seattle Raging Grannies, check out their website at www.https://raginggrannies.org/seattle/