The all volunteer global movement Food Not Bombs was started by eight
college age youth in 1980 collecting surplus food and feeding the hungry. Thirty years later Food Not Bombs is responding
to the global economic crisis by sharing vegetarian meals every week in
over 1,000 communities, planting Food Not Lawns community gardens, housing
the homeless in abandoned building with Homes Not Jails, organizing Really
Really Free Markets and taking nonviolent direct action. The Food Not Bombs
30th Anniversary Tour includes a presentation about the history, principles
and the current actions taking place in over 1,000 communities around the
world. Learn how Food Not Bombs in Boston. Find out about the principles of
Food Not Bombs and why it is so important for the movement to have no
formal leaders and is able to be so effective because of its decentralized
autonomous structure. The presentation also explores the principles of
nonviolence, how decisions are made by consensus, that why the meals are
always free to anyone who wants them without restriction and why the food
is vegetarian and vegan. We also offer presentations on the roll of
Amnesty International in defending Food Not Bombs, history and current
actions to defend the environment, 30 years of supporting the liberation of
all animals, workshops on nonviolence and a presentation aboutThe Failure
of Domestic Spying to stop Food Not Bombs, and our work to End World
Hunger and Poverty Your classmates and community members will be inspired
to join your student group after they attend this exciting presentation.
Ask your student senate to fund this valuable experience. Colleges have
provided Food Not Bombs with honorariums from $500 to $3,000. Talk with the
other student organizations on your campus and ask them to help host one of
these valuable presentations.
Please consider inviting Mr. McHenry to speak to your
community. Speaking fees are reasonable and donated to Food Not Bombs. Your
community will find Keith's message hopeful, motivating and full of
useful information sure to be an inspiration to everyone. If you don't
have a local Food Not Bombs group in your community you will after
Keith's presentation. If you want to increase the activities of your
local chapter the presentation is a great way to get more volunteers.
Call Keith at 575-770-3377 or email Keith at keith@foodnotbombs.net to make
arrangements. You can call us toll free at 1-800-884-1136. Keith will give
a free presentation for any Food Not Bombs group. Please contact us for
more details.
