Processed by Luke Frommelt and Phil Runkel, 2015-2017. Related material is in the Voices in the Wilderness Records in this repository. Kelly has spoken extensively and is the author of Other Lands Have Dreams: From Iraq to Pekin Prison and many articles and blog posts. She has been arrested on several occasions for acts of nonviolent resistance to US military policy, including planting corn on missile silo sites in Missouri in 1988, for which she was sentenced to one year in federal prison. Her peacemaking efforts in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Haiti, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, and Lebanon have led to numerous honors and her continuing nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize. Kelly has spent much of her life promoting nonviolent initiatives for peace and justice in war zones. The College has a branch campus for adults in Englewood Cliffs and also offers courses at various corporate sites at the Jersey City waterfront and in South Amboy.Correspondence, subject files, writings, and other records of a Chicago-based peace activist who cofounded Voices in theWilderness/Voices for Creative Nonviolence in 1996, and has anchored its leadership team from the beginning. The main campus is located in Jersey City. Founded in 1872, Saint Peter’s has an enrollment of approximately 3,000 students in undergraduate and graduate programs. Saint Peter’s College is the Jesuit College of New Jersey. from Loyola University in Chicago and a Masters in Religious Education from the Chicago Theological Seminary. Kelly has received numerous awards and honors including the Dan Berrigan Award from DePaul University and the Archbishop Oscar Romero Award from Mercyhurst College. Kelly has also protested against violence and human rights violations in Haiti, Bosnia and the West Bank. She helped to organize the Voices in the Wilderness, a campaign designed to end sanctions against Iraq. Kelly will discuss her latest book, Other Lands Have Dreams: from Baghdad to Pekin Prison.

Anna Brown, a professor of political science at Saint Peter’s College and organizer of the lecture series. “Kathy Kelly is well-recognized for her efforts against war, violence and human rights violations here in the United States and around the world,” said Dr. The lecture is free and open to the public. Jersey City, NJ (November 8, 2005) – Nobel Peace Prize nominee and peace activist Kathy Kelly will speak at Saint Peter’s College on Thursday, November 10 at noon as part of the Social Justice Program Lecture Series.

Other Lands Have Dreams by Kathy Kelly