A message from FNB co-founder Keith McHenry

SCHEDULE A THE FOOD NOT BOMBS PRESENTATION THIS FALL
http://www.foodnotbombs.net/speaker.html

"Food Not Bombs changed my life!"
Yasmin - 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!"
Melissa - Student from Appalachian State University

"hey keith, how have you been? after you visited millersville a
lancaster food not bombs was put under way. so far we have had one
event, which was this past monday. about 50 people were served and
there were no complaints from the authorities. most of the food was
either eaten or taken home by the people that came to our table."
Rachel - Student at Millersville University of Pennsylvania

THE FOOD NOT BOMBS PRESENTATION and WORLD PEACE CONFERENCE-MAY 2009

Dear students, faculty, and activists,

Wow what a crazy month for Food Not Bombs. Thanks so much for all your
support. You may have hear about the FBI raids on our houses in
Minneapolis and the arrests of our volunteers before the Republican
national Convention. An office we share in Berkeley was also raided and
the most serious arrest at the Democratic National Convention was a
Food Not Bombs volunteer from Massachusetts. I have known one of those
arrested in the raid since he was 13 and his step father has been my
best friend for thirty years. Fortunately our volunteers are vocally
know for their dedication to nonviolence and government attempts to
claim we are "terrorists" is sure to backfire.

With the crisis of global hunger, war and poverty increasing the
interest in Food Not Bombs is also growing. Our Food Not Bombs office
at the Taos Peace House is getting calls and emails from all over the
world requesting support and collaboration. Many students are already
requesting we give our presentation at their school. While the
corporate media maybe ignoring the remarkable efforts of our global
grassroots movement I am honored to talk with activists from all over
the world that are working to make a difference and can share a
perspective you wont hear from most other public speakers. During the
Food Not Bombs Presentation I share information about the history,
principles and current actions of our movement. If your community isn't
already active working for peace, social justice, and a sustainable
future it sure will be after the presentation. If you already have
organizations like Food Not Bombs group in your area the presentation
will inspire more participation and dedication.

I helped start Food Not Bombs in 1980. We were arrested many times for
feeding the hungry. Amnesty International worked for our freedom and
announced that all Food Not Bombs volunteers would be "Prisoners of
Conscience" if convicted. Rather than stop our work it inspired a
global movement. Food Not Bombs is growing more today than at any time
in our history. We started "Food Not Lawns" community gardens in over
60 cities this summer. This spring aboriginal youth started a Food Not
Bombs chapter in Alice Springs, Australia sharing meals at the foot of
Ayres Rock in the Northern Territory. Along with their normal weekly
meals, Food Not Bombs groups have also been providing food and
logistics to climate change activists at protests from Reykjavik,
Iceland and Santiago, Chile to Hobart, Tasmania. Food Not Bombs groups
in South Korea have been feeding striking auto workers, Jakarta Food
Not Bombs organized a Really Really Free Market sharing free meals,
healthcare, books, clothing and other useful household items. Russian
Food Not Bombs groups are organizing actions to stop the wave of
Neo-Nazi violence and our volunteers in Israel and Palestine are busy
planting olive trees along with feeding workers and immigrants. The
Russian language edition of Newsweek Magazine ran a feature article
about our movement in May. We provide meals in over 1,000 cites every
week and reach thousands with our message of peace, hope and
cooperation.

I have the good fortune to work with activists from all over the world
dedicated to building a peaceful, egalitarian future based on the
principles that have made Food Not Bombs a strong global social
movement. I would love to share the story of Food Not Bombs, our
principles and all the inspiring actions our volunteers are taking.
While the corporate media is painting a bleak future of war, poverty,
elections and destructive commercialism the Food Not Bombs Presentation
provides a global view of successful nonviolent direct action involving
tens of thousands of activists who are making a difference.

I spoke at nearly 60 colleges last year and the response was fantastic.
The presentation helped start local Food Not Bombs groups and
attracted new members to student clubs. The presentation will inspire
people from your community to join you in working for peace, social
justice and to protect the environment. I am currently working with the
Taos Peace House and Food Not Bombs, helping them organize the World
Peace Conference in May 2009. Millions of people are busy resisting
climate change, poverty and corporate domination yet the media rarely
reports on our progress. With activists contacting our office about
the global food crisis, home foreclosures, the U.S. election and the
World Peace Conference I have access to considerable news and
information about community organizing and social change from movements
from all over the globe.

Please consider organizing a Food Not Bombs Presentation and inspire
your classmates and community to work for positive social change. I
would love to visit your school this semester and provide an
alternative perspective sure to be inspiring and hopeful. Thanks for
your interest.

Sincerely,

Keith McHenry
Cofounder of the Food Not Bombs movement
575-776-3880
keith@foodnotbombs.net

Schedule a Food Not Bombs Presentation
http://www.foodnotbombs.net/speaker.html

WORLD PEACE CONFERENCE
http://www.worldpeaceconference2009.org