Keith McHenry, Co-Founder of Food Not Bombs, in Nashville

[Amanda Hagood]

Dear Friends of Nashville Urban Harvest,

I'm writing to invite you to hear Keith McHenry, co-Founder of the
Food Not Bombs movement, give a presentation at Vanderbilt University
on the evening of Wednesday, October 28th, 7pm in Vanderbilt's Wilson
Hall. The event, sponsored by the Robert Penn Warren Center for the
Humanities in partnership with Nashville Food Not Bombs, is free and
open to the public. Please see the announcement below for more
details!

Best,
Amanda Hagood

Public Service Announcement (PSA)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 22, 2009

CONTACT:
Food Not Bombs
ke...@foodnotbombs.net
575-770-3377
On Campus contact:
Amanda Hagood
charlotte...@vanderbilt.edu

THE FOOD NOT BOMBS 30TH ANNIVERSARY PRESENTATION

Wedneday, Oct 28th, 2009
Wilson 126, 7pm
Free and donations welcome

Food Not Bombs co-founder Keith McHenry will talk about his thirty
years of
cooking for peace and working to end hunger, poverty and war. Food Not
Bombs shares vegan and vegetarian meal with the hungry in over 1,000
cities
around the globe each week. The 45 minute presentation includes the
history, principles and current actions of the Food Not Bombs movement
around the world, a 15 minute video about Food Not Bombs in Africa,
closing
with questions from the audience. Keith will also provide literature,
books, t-shirts and dvds about Food Not Bombs. Keith has volunteered
with
Food Not Bombs for nearly 30 years. He spent two years in jail and
faced
life in prison in California for his work with Food Not Bombs. Amnesty
International declared Keith and all Food Not Bombs volunteers
"Prisoners
of Conscience" if convicted. He has collected, cook and shared vegan
meals with Food Not Bombs groups in the Americas, Europe, Africa,
Asia,
Australia and the Middle East. This is also a great way to get
involved
with the Food Not Bombs group in your community.

http://www.foodnotbombs.net/speaker.html

Sponsored by:

The Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities