“Hungry for Peace” author signs copies of his book at Taos Library
The Taos Public Library and Taos Food Not Bombs present the new book by Taos author Keith McHenry “HUNGRY FOR PEACE – How you can help end poverty and war with Food Not Bombs”
Human Rights Day
Saturday, December 10, 2011 from 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Free, everyone welcome
Taos Public Library, 402 Camino De La Placita, Taos, New Mexico 87571 (Near Taos City Hall )
“I wanted to write and express my sincere thanks for sending me the new Food Not Bombs book. It’s beautifully written and was a great inspiration to me. There aren’t many books that made me cry and be encouraged at the same time. Ironically, as I was reading I was also watching the police tear down the kitchen at Occupy Denver.” – Hillary, Boulder Colorado
Food Not Bombs has proven to be an effective project for social change and has introduced several generations to the power of nonviolent direct action. Keith McHenry’s first book helped inspire the formation of hundreds of Food Not Bombs chapters around the world. It sold 10,000 copies in English and thousands more in Spanish, Italian, French and Russian. His new book, “Hungry For Peace,” will encourage another generation to take action collecting, cooking and sharing vegan meals and groceries in protest of a political and economic system that causes massive suffering.
“Hungry For Peace” makes a passionate case that we should take action to end hunger, poverty and war, and provides shocking evidence that our future is in peril if we sit by and do nothing. This book will motivate you to take action and provides hope that you can make a difference. This 180-page Food Not Bombs handbook includes 120 photos and illustrations, vegan recipes to provide meals for groups of 100 (and families of six people) with metric and U.S. measurements, as well as a 30-year history of the movement, including time line of major events in the history of the Food Not Bombs movement.
Keith has been traveling across the United States helping collect, cook and share meals at a number of occupations including Occupy Wall Street, Occupy DC, Occupy Philly, Occupy Boston, Occupy Miami, Occupy Norfolk, and Occupy Chicago. He also helped may other people organize kitchens and food collect at their local occupations. The process of consensus used by the general assemblies is one of many details described in this powerful book edited by Taos editor Shawna Williams. The first editions were published by Levine Mesa Press of Taos. Taos resident Keith McHenry wrote, illustrated and designed the book at many Taos cafe’s, restaurants and the North Side Spa since he lived without electrically in a pasture in El Prado. Keith can’t thank Taos enough for all the support provided by the local community during the three years he worked on this project.
Keith will sign copies of his book after the presentation and donate two copies to the Taos Public Library making it available for the public to read for free.
To see a pdf of the new book visit:
HUNGRY FOR PEACE – How you can help end poverty and war with Food Not Bombs – ISBN 978-1-937276-06-5
http://www.foodnotbombs.net/hungry_for_peace_promotional.html
