WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT FOOD NOT BOMBS AND THE
PRESENTATION
Here are some of the
things students, professors, organizations. authors, and the media are
saying the ELECT TO END HUNGER AND POVERTY tour and the work of Food Not Bombs. 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.
QUOTES
"Food Not Bombs is the coolest thing ever thought up. Thanks so much for starting something so beautiful.
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Ronda Richardson - Redding, California
"Keith, you've been doing this for so many years--from the times twenty or thirty years ago the cops were beating you up for serving the homeless in front of City Hall! You're one of my heroes!
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Starhawk - San Francisco
"Keith McHenry of Food Not Bombs and yours truly. Interesting talk and very insightful. Well, minus the guy in the wheelchair who screamed at everyone during the question part of the presentation about how everyone with computers is to blame for hurricanes in the gulf of Mexico. But I loved hearing about the social message behind Food Not Bombs and how it became what it is today. Keith was an excellent speaker and gave a very good presentation about himself and the organization.
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Brian Blueskye - Palm Springs CA
"
Thank you Keith for writing this book. Astounding, enlightening, encouraging and a really fun read. I haven't even finished it but find myself rushing just so I can tell others. Whoopeee!! Thank you.
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Dariel Garner Taos, New Mexico
"Hi Keith, It was a pleasure meeting the co-Founder of Food Not Bombs. You have made a big difference in society and I was honored to be in your presence. Thank you for agreeing to interview with me on Sunday in Hempstead.
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Claudia Balthazar President - Hofstra Association of Black Journalists
"I just wanted to thank you again for all the help in getting the
Beverly FNB started up and inspiring people to get involved. Your a true
inspiration to me and everyone you met here. Your stories and ideas have
truely turned my life around in a way you'll never know
man!"
Erik Lomen - Montserrat College of Art
"Hi everyone, I'd like to create a
Food Not Bombs group in Lyon in September. I'm 19 years old, I'm
vegan, I met Keith Mc Henry in Dijon (France) in February, I can't
stop thinking about FNB."
Laurcne Martin -
Student participating in the presentation in Dijon, France
"Food Not Bombs changed my life!"
Yasmin - Former Student University of Florida in
Tampa
"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
"
I remember you speaking there (Worcester) a few times, about ten years ago I
guess, and my friend Rob and i coming to meet you. It was a such a
pleasure as Food not Bombs was really my life when i was growing up. I
started a tiny chapter in my hometown of Burlington VT when I was 16. I
then worked with the wonderful groups in Boston, Worcester, Portland OR,
and Richmond and feel blessed with the amazing experiences I had with
all of them. Learning to cook with FNB really changed my life- it taught
me to cook and I fell in love with food.
"
"That McHenry guy sounds like such a sweet person. He was
sooo excited to be on your show and not embarrassed to express his
happiness. And all the stuff those people do.......man, takes guts and
persistence. "
"The Diggers' philosophy influenced the thinking of a
young man named Keith McHenry, who would go on to become one of the most
important figures in the freegan movement. McHenry, who is now 53, came
from a family with a prestigious pedigree; his ancestor, James McHenry,
was one of the signers of the Constitution. Keith McHenry, however, was
a nonconformist almost from birth. Throughout his 20s, McHenry traveled
the country, Dumpster-diving and crashing with artists and hippies. The
pivotal moment in his life came in 1980, when he was working at an
organic-food store in Cambridge, Mass. "At the end of each day, I
was throwing away these crates of produce - apples, lettuce, cabbage -
stuff that had been bruised or was slightly imperfect in shape,"
McHenry told me. So he asked his boss if he could distribute this
produce at shelters, churches and soup kitchens. McHenry's efforts
were a success, and he helped found Food Not Bombs, a nonprofit whose
mission was to salvage discarded but edible food and feed the poor.
Today, the organization has more than a thousand chapters around the
world and has probably been the most active force for spreading the
ethos of freeganism."
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.
Awards 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.
Call us at 575-770-3377 or email us at
menu@foodnotbombs.net to make
arrangements. You can call us toll free at 1-800-884-1136. 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
