Photo: from NYC Yemen protest, credit Felton Davis PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release: December 28, 2018 TWO-WEEK FAST CALLS FOR AN END TO WAR IN YEMEN AND DRAMATIC MEASURES TO AVOID FAMINE; PARTICIPANTS BEGIN INContinue reading
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A Shift: Repudiating War on Yemen – Kathy Kelly
Photo: Houthi-allied tribesmen demonstrating in Yemen for peace talks – Hani Mohammed/AP December 19, 2018 Twenty years ago, a small delegation organized by Voices in the Wilderness lived in Baghdad while U.S. cruise missiles attackedContinue reading
Dec. 4 Backpack Graveyard Vigil – Peace Action Wisconsin
Peace Action Wisconsin sent us this picture of their impromptu December 4th vigil at Milwaukee’s Federal Courthouse. We’ll add more photos to this page when we get them!
Report from Nov 29 Women Against War Albany NY Vigil
Children are starving in Yemen because of US bombs. 34 Backpack Vigil in Albany on Thursday, November 29th Noon to 1 PM. Originally published on http://www.womenagainstwar.org/wordpress/children-are-starving-in-yemen-because-of-us-bombs-34-backpack-vigil-in-albany-on-thursday-november-29th-noon-to-1-pm/ Despairing of getting House and Senate leadership to allowContinue reading
Seeing Yemen from Jeju – Kathy Kelly
December 4, 2018 Several days ago, I joined an unusual Skype call originated by young South Korean founders of “The Hope School.” Located on Jeju Island, the school aims to build a supportive community betweenContinue reading
The Long, Brutal U.S. War on Children in the Middle East – Kathy Kelly
(Photo: 11 month old Wadah Askri Mesheel in a Yemen clinic, eight hours before his death from malnutrition. Credit: Tyler Hicks/NYT) November 29, 2018 On November 28, sixty-three U.S. Senators voted in favor of holdingContinue reading
For Yemen: 11/30 Fed Plaza Vigil, 12/1 Shireen Al Adeimi
Please consider attending one or both of these two upcoming Chicago events calling for an end to War on Yemen: 1) Chicago Area Peace Action Rally Friday, November 30, 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.,Continue reading
Youth Perspectives on the Yemen War
Voices’ friend Paul Grajnert was at our August 30th vigil at Federal Plaza in Chicago, held to protest the August 9th slaying of 34 Yemeni schoolchildren by U.S.-backed Saudi-coalition forces using a U.S.-supplied missile. WeContinue reading
Voices Rising for Yemen – Final Day
Over these past three days, Voices and a coalition of justice-minded organizations have been at and around the United Nations in New York City protesting the ongoing U.S.-Saudi attack on famine-imperilled Yemen. Details are availableContinue reading
Voices Rising for Yemen: Further Resources
Thank you for visiting this mirror of our further resources page for the November 6-8 2018 “Voices Rising for Yemen” actions in New York City. Below please find a list of Suggested Further Actions forContinue reading