Kathy Kelly
Kathy Kelly (kathy@vcnv.org) co-coordinates Voices for Creative Nonviolence (www.vcnv.org)
Blog Posts by Kathy Kelly
Posted by Kathy Kelly 3 weeks 1 day ago
When she was 24 years old, in 1979, Fahima Vorgetts left Afghanistan. By reputation, she had been outspoken, even rebellious, in her opposition to injustice and oppression; and family and friends,...
Posted by Kathy Kelly 13 weeks 1 day ago
Ten years ago, in March of 2003, Iraqis braced themselves for the anticipated “Shock and Awe” attacks that the U.S. was planning to launch against them. The media buildup for the attack assured...
Posted by Kathy Kelly 23 weeks 2 days ago
Kabul —Yesterday, four young Afghan Peace Volunteer members, Zainab, Umalbanin, Abdulhai, and Ali, guided Martha and me along narrow, primitive roads and crumbling stairs, ascending a mountain slope...
Posted by Kathy Kelly, Dr. Hakim 41 weeks 1 day ago
“Stop fighting,” suggests Farzana, a brave 22-year-old Afghan stage actress.Significantly, her statement is in sharp contrast to what seems to be the democratic world’s unquestioned modus operandi of...
Posted by Kathy Kelly 41 weeks 5 days ago
Anne Montgomery died this week. I remember her words to me and to our young Iraqi friend Eva, sitting in the Al Monzer hotel in Amman, Jordan. This was in 2006, and she’d waited three weeks for a...
