Corky Culver

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Peacewalk, 10th Reunion, Part 2

written by Ian on December 21, 2018

On December 17, 1983, a group of anti-nuclear activist women set out on a Peacewalk from Gainesville to Key West, Florida. They walked for 41 days. At the beginning of the walk, the marchers mostly stayed in churches, but as they got further south, many lesbian households opened to welcome. In the process many marchers came to discover and embrace lesbian identities. This tape records the peacewalkers 1oth reunion. It took place at Wild Iris Books, Gainesville, Florida. A beautiful piece. (See CC-004 & CC-006 for Parts 1 & 3.)

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Date Range: circa 1993-1994
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Description: Tenth reunion of participants in the 1983 Peacewalk from Gainesville to Key West, Florida. Part 2. A beautiful piece.
Biographical/Historical Note: There are at least two different recollections of the genesis of the original Peacewalk. Version 1, Abstracted from Judy Scheckel in Margaretta Jolly, In Love and Struggle: Letters in Contemporary Feminism (New York: Columbia University Press, 2008, 2010): In October 1983 a group of women were arrested in Aiken, South Carolina, for blocking access to the Savannah River nuclear arsenal plant. While in jail, they planned a peacewalk from Gainesville to Key West, Florida. They set out on December 17, 1983 and walked for 41 days. At the beginning of the walk, the marchers mostly stayed in churches, but as they got further south, many lesbian households opened to welcome. In the process many marchers came to discover and embrace lesbian identities. This tape records the peacewalkers 1oth reunion. It took place at Wild Iris Books, Gainesville, Florida. [See also #1-05.]

Version 2. Pam Smith, longtime Gainesville feminist activist, thinks the peace group got its start at the Seneca Women's Encampment for a Future of Peace & Justice. The Florida women who were at Seneca came back to Gainesville, she recalls, and started the Feminist Action Group, Prior to Seneca, she has said, there had been a lot of anti-nuclear work, Savannah River, then Seneca, then women's peace walk.
Genres: Amateur Films, Documentary
Subjects: Peace March, Women activists and feminists
Places: Gainesville, Florida; Florida; Wild Iris Books
Creators: Kathleen "Corky" Culver
Collaborators & Participants: For further information or if you or friends took part in the Peacewalk, be great if you emailed us at info@lesbianhomemovieproject.org & let us know. We'll share your input if that's okay, or just preserve it.
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Access & Use: Contact Lesbian Home Movie Project (LHMP) info@lesbianhomemovieproject.org. No re-use without permission. LHMP must contact film donor & participants with regard to any re-use.
Rights: Corky Culver & Lesbian Home Movie Project (LHMP) share all rights during Corky's lifetime.
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Preferred Citation: Peacewalk 10th Anniversary Reunion, Part 2. Kathleen "Corky" Culver Collection, Lesbian Home Movie Project (LHMP).