An old and dear friend

03/10/10, 5:14am
N. America
Bill McKibben
Bill McKibben

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Doris Haddock, better  known as Granny D, passed away yesterday at the age of 100--she was a dear friend and a great organizer! 
 
At the age of 90, she walked across the entire continental United States to demand change in the corrupt way America finances its elections--she understood that as long as corporations controlled the process, it would be hard to make progress on any of the issues that matter. A few years later, she and I were arrested in the first civil disobedience about climate change seen in America--we spent an enjoyable day with a few allies locked up in the Capitol Hill jail. I remember what she told me that day: "I'm 93 and I've never been arrested before--I should have started long ago!"
 
She kept marching and fighting--a couple of years ago she joined many of the 350 organizers for the last mile of a march across her native state of New Hampshire. She is a great hero, and we will carry on her work.