Mothers Against Drunk Driving Mothers Against Drunk Driving Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is a nonprofit organization in the United States and Canada that seeks to stop drunk driving, support those affected by drunk driving, prevent underage drinking, and strive for stricter impaired driving policy, whether that impairment is caused by alcohol or any other drug. The Irving, Texas–based organization was founded on September 5, 1980, in California by Candace Lightner after her 13-year-old daughter, Cari, was killed by a drunk driver. There is at least one MADD office in every state of the United States and at least one in each province of
Alice Lightner Hopf Alice Lightner Hopf Alice Lightner Hopf (1904-1988) was an American writer who wrote science fiction under the name of A. M. Lightner and youth textbooks under the name of Alice Hopf. Two of her non-fiction works received awards from the National Science Teachers Association: "Biography of a Rhino" (1972) and "Misunderstood Animals" (1973). Alice Martha Lightner was born on October 14, 1904, in Detroit, Michigan to Frances (née McGraw) and Clarence Ashley Ligthtner. Her father was an attorney, who was a founder of the Detroit Public Library and her mother was a playwright. After graduating from Vassar College in 1927,