WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT FOOD NOT BOMBS AND THE PRESENTATION
Here are some of the things students, professors, organizations and the media are saying about the fall 2008 tour. There are also several other quotes about the efforts of Food Not Bombs and notice of an award for helping end homelessness. It is an honor to have so much community support.
Please consider organizing a presentation in your community. As you can read, this is a great way to encourage people to join in the urgent work for peace and social justice. Inspire your classmates to participate in your student organization and meet local community activists by hosting a presentation. Like the people who are quoted below you can make a difference.
STUDENT QUOTES
"I am still in the afterglow of your visit.
I was just told by a girl that this event was the best event she has seen
hosted so far at goucher. thought i would let you know. happy thanksgiving."
Anndal - Student from Goucher College in Baltimore
"Keith,
People can't stop talking about your presentation here at ASU! You had mentioned that you had some information regarding tent cities and the possibility of a mass demonstration in DC this spring. Could you please send me that information? We would like to start organizing for that as soon as possible."
Melissa - Student from Appalachian State University
Sociology Professor Jerry Levy
Sociology Professor Jerry Levy wrote a letter inviting all faculty and students to consider hosting a Food Not Bombs Presentation at their school. Professor Levy teaches at Marlboro College in Vermont. When he isn't teaching sociology he plays Marx in Howard Zinn's play Marx In Soho.
Many Amnesty International chapters host our presentation at their schools. The director of Amnesty International Chapter (AI 101) sent us a letter inviting you to host a presentation at your campus. This page also has links to the letter Amnesty International sent to the United States government stating that Food Not Bombs volunteers would be considered Prisoners of Conscience if convicted. Keith McHenry and the other Food Not Bombs volunteers some of a small number of U.S. citizens listed by Amnesty International as Prisoners of Conscience. Please visit this page to learn more.
13th Annual Statewide Conference on Homelessness
Conference Award Winners
Monday, October 23, 2006
The following individual will be recognized at the Awards Luncheon for their contribution to ending homelessness in Arizona: Advocate of the Year: Keith McHenry
ACLU
"Since when did feeding the homeless become a terrorist activity?"asked ACLU Associate Legal Director Ann Beeson. "When the FBI and local law enforcement target groups like Food Not Bombs under the guise of fighting terrorism, many Americans who oppose government policies will be discouraged from speaking out and exercising their rights."
Dale Allen Pfeiffer
"Food Not Bombs is perhaps the best, single idea to come out of the Anarchist Movement in the last fifty years" - Eating Fossil Fuels: Oil, Food and the coming Crisis in Agriculture by Dale Allen Pfeiffer,
Page 80 (New Society Books, 2006)
Please consider inviting Mr. McHenry to speak to your community. Speaking fees are reasonable. Your community will find Keith's message hopeful, motivating and full of useful information sure to be an inspiration to everyone.
Talk to our Outreach Coordinator David at 202-684-6692 or email him at outreach@foodnotbombs.net to make arrangements. You can call us toll free at 1-800-884-1136 Reserve a presentation on line. He will give a free presentation for any Food Not Bombs group. Please contact him for more details.
Keith speaks in Bratsalava, Slovakia
Over 120 people attend Keith's presentation in Taos, New Mexico
