[Dewey-Darrow] Nobel Peace Nominee speaks in Evanston Sat

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This Saturday, at 1:30pm at the Evanston Public Library, 1st  floor, main 
meeting room

KATHY KELLY REPORTS ON HER TRIP TO GAZA, followed by a  discussion. 

Kathy is a three-time Nobel Peace prize nominee. 

If you have never heard Kathy speak, come and take this  opportunity to meet 
one of the truly inspirational activists of our  time.  (See below for a list 
of some of the honors she's  received.)  Kathy is a founder of Voices for 
Creative NonViolence  www.vcnv.org   Indeed, listening to Kathy speak, you hear 
what  "creative nonviolence" means.  To me, she evokes the great heroes of  
creative nonviolence, and it is evident why she's been nominated multiple  times 
for the Peace Price. 

Here's a bit more info:

Kathy Kelly, 55, of Chicago, IL, helped initiate the  Voices in the 
Wilderness, a campaign to end the UN/US sanctions against  Iraq. For bringing “medicine 
and toys” to Iraq in open violation of the  UN/US sanctions, she and other 
campaign members were notified of a  proposed $163,000 penalty for the 
organization, threatened with 12 years  in prison, and eventually fined $20,000, a sum 
which they’ve refused to  pay. 

Voices in the Wilderness organized 70 delegations to visit Iraq in the  
period between 1996 and the beginning of the “Operation Shock and Awe”  warfare 
(March 2003). Kelly has been to Iraq twenty four times since  January 1996, when 
the campaign began. 
In October 2002, Voices in the Wilderness declared their intent to  remain in 
Baghdad, alongside Iraqi civilians, throughout a war they still  hoped they 
could prevent. Kelly and the team stayed in Baghdad throughout  the bombardment 
and invasion and maintained a household in Baghdad until  March, 2004. During 
2007, she spent five months in Amman, Jordan, living  amongst Iraqis who’ve 
fled their homes and are seeking resettlement. 
During the first two weeks of the Gulf War, she was part of a peace  
encampment on the Iraq-Saudi border called the Gulf Peace Team. Following  evacuation 
to Amman, Jordan, (February 4, 1991), team members stayed in  the region for 
the next six months to help coordinate medical relief  convoys and study teams. 

In 1988 she was sentenced to one year in prison for planting  corn on nuclear 
missile silo sites. Kelly served nine months of the  sentence in Lexington KY 
maximum security prison.  
In the spring of 2004, she served three months at Pekin federal prison  for 
crossing the line as part of an ongoing effort to close an army  military 
combat training school at Fort Benning, GA.
Awards: 
    *   Pax Christi USA Teacher of Peace Award, 1998  
    *   Newberry Library Free Speech Award, 1998  
    *   Detroit City Council Testimonial Resolution commending humanitarian  
efforts, February 1999  
    *   Robert O. Cooper Fellowship in Peace and Justice Award, Southern  
Methodist University March 1999  
    *   University of the Incarnate Word Distinguished Speaker Award March  
1999  
    *   California State Assembly Certificate of Recognition for Founding of  
Voices in the Wilderness November 1999  
    *   Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience Award, 1999  
    *   Consortium on Peace Research and Development Social Courage Award,  
1999  
    *   Dan Berrigan Award, DePaul University 1999  
    *   Office of the Americas Peace and Justice Award November 1999  
    *   International Fellowship of Reconciliation Pfeiffer Peace Award,  
February 2000  
    *   Nobel Peace Prize Nominee with Denis Halliday 2000  
    *   Arab American Anti Discrimination Committee Humanitarian Award June  
2000  
    *   Nobel Peace Prize Nominee 2001  
    *   Chaldean Iraqi American Association of Michigan Appreciation Award  
for Dedication in Lifting Sanctions Against Iraq July 2001  
    *   Newberry Library “1st place” orator – Bughouse Square Debates August 
 2001  
    *   Life for Relief and Development Humanitarian Services Award  
September 2001  
    *   Global Exchange International Women’s Rights Awardee May 2003  
    *   Archbishop Oscar Romero Award, Mercyhurst College March 2003  
    *   Nobel Peace prize Nominee, with Voices in the Wilderness 2003  
    *   Call to Action Leadership Award, with Voices in the Wilderness 2003  
    *   Thomas Merton Center Award, Pittsburgh, PA 2003  
    *   Adela Dwyer St. Thomas of Villanova Peace Award, Villanova  
University, Voices in the Wilderness 2003  
    *   William Scarlett Award from The Witness, Voices in the Wilderness  
2003  
    *   Association of Chicago Priests, Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Common  
Ground Award with Voices in the Wilderness 2004  
    *   First Annual Award for Justice on behalf of the Religious Orders  
Partnership given to Kathy Kelly and Voices in the Wilderness  
    *   Cranbrook Peace Foundation Annual Peace Award 2004  
    *   Houston Peace and Justice Center National Peacemaker Award  
    *   Peace Seeker of the Year 2005, Montana Peace Seekers Network  
    *   Doctor of Theology honoris causa from Chicago Theological Seminary  
awarded May 14, 2005  
    *   Honorary degree awarded from Lewis University, May 15, 2005  
    *   Elliott Black Award for 2006 awarded by the American Ethical Union  
    *   De Paul Center for Church/State Studies 2007 John Courtney Murray  
Award April 2007  
    *   Bradford-O’Neill Medallion for Social Justice Recipient, Dominican  
University September 2007  
    *   The Oscar Romero Award presented by Pax Christi Maine October  2007





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