By Kathy Kelly
| Title | Date |
|---|---|
| Witnessing Against Torture: Why We Must Act | Jun 23, 2010 |
| Pacified | Mar 30, 2010 |
| Decency and Strength | Feb 05, 2010 |
| Tough Minds, Tender Hearts | Jan 19, 2010 |
| Speaking Truth to Power | Jan 08, 2010 |
| Now We See You, Now We Don't | Jun 25, 2009 |
| Visitors and Hosts in Pakistan | Jun 09, 2009 |
| A Weaver’s Welcome | Jun 02, 2009 |
| A Closer Look | Apr 03, 2009 |
| How do People Keep Going? | Feb 10, 2009 |
Kathy Kelly co-coordinates Voices for Creative Nonviolence, (www.vcnv.org) a campaign to end U.S. military and economic warfare.
In 2009, she lived in Gaza during the Operation Cast Lead bombing; later that year, Voices formed another small delegation to visit Pakistan, aiming to learn more about the effects of U.S. drone warfare on the civilian population and to better understand consequences of U.S. foreign policy in Pakistan. Kathy’s most recent trip to the region, in 2010, included a visit to Afghanistan, focusing on surgical centers serving victims of war.
From 1996 – 2003, Voices activists formed 70 delegations that openly defied economic sanctions by bringing medicines to children and families in Iraq. Kathy and her companions lived in Baghdad throughout the 2003 “Shock and Awe” bombing.
She was sentenced to one year in federal prison for planting corn on nuclear missile silo sites (1988-89) and spent three months in prison, in 2004, for crossing the line at Fort Benning’s military training school.
She and her companions at the Voices home/office in Chicago believe that non-violence necessarily involves simplicity, service, sharing of resources and non-violent direct action in resistance to war and oppression.
