Bringing Resistance Home with Kathy Kelly

Thursday, Jan 24
7pm
The Evergreen State College
Lecture Hall 2

Kathy Kelly is the co-founder of Voices for Creative Nonviolence which has deep, long-standing roots in active nonviolent resistance to U.S. war-making. Begun in the summer of 2005, Voices draws upon the experiences of those who challenged the brutal economic sanctions imposed by the U.S. and U.N. against the Iraqi people between 1990 and 2003. She is the co-author of Other Lands Have Dreams: From Baghdad to Pekin Prison and appeared in Live from Palestine: International and Direct Action Against the Israeli Occupation .

Kathy has a wide range of experiences in working in solidarity with people of the Middle East:

• Iraqis living under sanctions from 1993-2003
• Palestinian refugees in Jenin Camp during the demolitions of 2002
• Iraqi Refugee living in Syria and Jordan from 2004
• Lebanese civilians during the summer bombardment of 2006

Recently she ha been coordinating a Civil Disobedience campaign targeting presidential hopefuls through Season of Discontent: a Presidential Occupation Project (SoDaPOP) which is calling on Presidential candidates to swear to withdrawal of all US troops from Iraq within 100 days of taking office.
Kathy will be speaking about her work in Iraqi refugee camps, Republican/Democratic National Convention organizing, and SoDaPOP.

Announcing the 2008 Film Festival

The 5th Annual Middle East Film Festival
Jan30 to Feb12, 2008
The Evergreen State College

Films about the Middle East, surrounding regions and the diaspora with guest speakers - film makers, veterans, political prisoners and artists.
Topics include War and Resistance, Racial Profiling, Solidarity, Art, Refugees, and Identity.

Keep a look out for upcoming festival schedule available soon at www.evergreen.edu/sesame