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2019-02-00 A Note from Dorothy Granada  https://womensempowermentnet.org/skills-to-save-lives-fundrasing-campaign/

Dorothy Granada Nicaragua Photos https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=dorothy+granada+nicaragua&qpvt=dorothy+granada+nicaragua&form=IGRE&first=1&scenario=ImageBasicHover

2001-01-01 Missionary Nurse Hiding in Nicaragua  While Nicaraguan government agents and police search desperately for her throughout the country, a 70-year-old nurse from the United States is spending her days “just being quiet and praying.”

Dorothy Granada went into hiding in the early hours of December 8, shortly before 15 soldiers armed with machine guns surrounded her house in Mulukuku, a remote jungle village about 100 miles north-east of Nicaragua’s capital, Managua. Since then she has remained in hiding, provoking the anger of the government while receiving support from church groups and human rights organizations around the world.

Granada arrived in war-torn Mulukuku in 1990 and opened a clinic to serve the area’s 30, 000 residents. An Episcopalian, she and her clinic are supported by a network of Protestant churches in the United States.

On November 14, Nicaragua’s President Arnoldo Aleman announced that the government would investigate the clinic, which is part of a women’s co-operative. Aleman sent ministry of health investigators to Mulukuku, where they seized patients’ records and ordered the partial closure of the clinic. He claimed that Granada performed abortions, which are illegal in this country, and provided political support to the opposition Sandinista National Liberation Front, which, after a revolution in 1979, held power in Nicaragua until 1990.

Four days after troops failed to arrest her on December 8 (Granada had been warned of the troops’ arrival in the village), interior minister Jose Marenco ordered her deportation. The clinic was closed down, and several government agencies began charging Granada with crimes ranging from providing assistance to armed rebels to using illegally-cut wood in the co-operative’s carpentry workshop.

Granada is receiving … https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2001/januaryweb-only/57.0.html

Maria Ortiz Women’s Clinic Older Website- Abarazos!  Which is hosted by Daniel Zwickle.  The newer website is no longer working http://www.peacehost.net/Dorothy/

2007-06-26 Dorothy Granada receives ‘Best Practices in Global Health Award’  https://episcopalchurch.org/library/article/dorothy-granada-receives-best-practices-global-health-award

2013-02-25 A conversation with nurse Dorothy Granada: 2/25/13-3/1/13   https://www.ghdonline.org/nursing/discussion/a-conversation-with-nurse-dorothy-granada-22513-31/

2020-08-00 Works in Progress  https://olywip.org/author/dorothy-granada/

International Fast For Life (IFFL) was a prolonged fast in favor of nuclear disarmament that spawned the Fast For Life movement. The context of this event took place during an era of escalation of the U.S./Russian Cold War. Its purpose was to promote a redirection of international government efforts away from nuclear arms and toward feeding the poor.  For eight of the core participants, the fast ended after 40 days. Their decision to end there was made two days after Californian faster, Dorothy Granada had lost forty pounds and partial eyesight. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_for_Life

2005-04-05 DOROTHY GRANADA, TIRELESS WORKER FOR WOMEN IN NICARAGUA, AT SSU ON APRIL 5    http://web.sonoma.edu/pubs/newsrelease/archives/2005/04/dorothy_granada_tireless_worker_for_women_in_nicaragua_at_ssu_on_april_5.html

Charles Gray’s Biography   His next major project was an extraordinary effort against the nuclear arms race called the Fast for Life. Along with a new partner, Dorothy Granada, he spent three years organizing a fast which he hoped would involve thousands around the world. (Dorothy, a nurse and a devout Episcopalian, had been director of nursing at the teaching hospital of the University of Chicago.) Ultimately only twelve, including Japanese and French volunteers, committed to an open-ended fast in 1983, but thousands did sympathy fasts. These included six members of Parliament in Britain. Charles fasted for forty days, Dorothy for thirty-nine. They only ended the Fast for Life when – after the Soviet Union shot down a South Korean passenger airliner, causing fierce indignation around the world–it became clear there was no chance it would succeed in changing American policy.

Charles and Dorothy with the European fasters. Solange Fernex, seated at the left in the front row, went on to become a minister in the French government and later served as a member of the European Parliament. Charles and Dorothy are seated in that row at the right.

After recovering from the fast, they studied Spanish so they could join the Witness for Peace long-term team in Nicaragua, where a brutal civil war was raging. There they documented Contra atrocities and hosted delegations seeking to learn the true situation on the ground. Later they toured the United States with an exhibit of photos and poetry from Nicaragua about the war. In 1989 Charles and Dorothy spent six months in Managua with the Friends (Quaker) Center, mostly distributing material aid. For three years thereafter, they lived in a Nicaraguan refugee community where Dorothy established a women’s health center. Charles trained local women in carpentry and worked on water purification projects. When the two decided to separate, he returned to Eugene.   http://www.charlesgrayactivist.com/bio.html

1992-04-02 Discussing Nicaragua with authors and activists Charles Gray and Dorothy Granada  https://studsterkel.wfmt.com/programs/discussing-nicaragua-authors-and-activists-charles-gray-and-dorothy-granada

Dorothy Granada  Overview

Dorothy Granada born Los Angeles, CA December 8, 1930. Nonviolent Filipina/Chicana nurse; 40-day international fast for life against nuclear weapons, 1983; part of group to protest disappeared Guatemalans, 1985; “lived on the tracks” of Concord weapons depot in Nuremberg protest, 1987; awarded FOR Peace prize, 1997; decade-plus efforts for Nicaraguan women.

Quotations

“Blessed are the poor and their friends, who together are building the beloved community where there will be no hunger, no violence, where the earth and all God’s creatures will live in peace and joy!” (Summit, NJ, Nov. 1, 2001; photo episcopalchurch.org)   https://www.womeninpeace.org/g-names/2017/6/28/dorothy-granada

Dorothy Granada  FB   https://www.facebook.com/dorothy.granada.9

1983-09-04 NINE PROTEST ARMS RACE IN A LIMITLESS FAST   https://www.nytimes.com/1983/09/04/us/nine-protest-arms-race-in-a-limitless-fast.html

Mark was a member of the 24/7 activists at the Tracks.  When Mark became Nuremberg Actions Media Person, he turned down an offer for $1000 salary, asked for only $300 and gave most of it to Michael Kerr, the new volunteer Peace House manager, to help with house and food costs. Mark would use the small basement room at the Peace House as his photography darkroom. The Nuremberg Actions Spokes Group had only allocated $600 toward the Peace House costs ($300 for food and $300 for House), so Mark’s extra money was most appreciated. MEK Comment

Starting in late March 1988, Diane, Mark Coplan and Michael Kerr created a three-person intentional community at the tracks to guarantee food and a 24/7 presence at the Tracks.  It was a rotating system where one-person prepared breakfast at the Peace House & delivered it to the Track community.  They then took the dirty dishes back to Peace House to clean.  That person would then made sure the Peace House was occupied & cleaned.  Later they would prepare dinner, often comprising of bread, juice and a large pot of hot vegetarian soup.  After they delivered dinner to the tracks which often fed 10-20 people.  That person would then guarantee that they would occupy the vigil site at the tracks over night and until dinner time the next day.   Meanwhile another person took dinner dishes back to Peace House to clean.  They would spend the night at Peace House and prepare breakfast for the next morning.  Don’t dare forgot coffee!  With this rotation system, each of us had a free day of responsibility every 3 days.  It was hard  to get anyone else to take on this responsibility.   The system started to breakdown when Mark moved to Nicaragua, then Diane went to jail and eventually Michael went on the Caravan to El Salvador in late March 1989.  MEK Comment

Mark Coplan‘s This is Nicaragua 1989  “This is Nicaragua” is one of my “Lost Videos”; a few of the 32 documentaries I produced in my three years living in Nicaragua, copies of the originals recently discovered in a box of old tapes. I produced this video for Carol A. Katonik (the only producer I ever had) to use in the states to do fundraising for my work. I had the good fortune to work in virtually every corner of Nicaragua; a few projects took me into the surrounding countries, and in my last year I did a lot of work with the Salvadorian refugee community.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RCXlqKCQOc

Honoring Berkeley School District Spokesman  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_4Jd2rSduM

 Videos – Mark Coplan   https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Mark+Coplan&qpvt=Mark+Coplan&FORM=VDRE     

Paying for Peace:war Tax Resistance in the United States  carol katonik coney (Director, Producer)  https://www.amazon.com/Paying-Peace-Resistance-United-States/dp/B000MO56M6

Mark Coplan’s This is Nicaragua 1989  “This is Nicaragua” is one of my “Lost Videos”; a few of the 32 documentaries I produced in my three years living in Nicaragua, copies of the originals recently discovered in a box of old tapes. I produced this video for Carol A. Katonik (the only producer I ever had) to use in the states to do fundraising for my work. I had the good fortune to work in virtually every corner of Nicaragua; a few projects took me into the surrounding countries, and in my last year I did a lot of work with the Salvadorian refugee community.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RCXlqKCQOc

Bob, representing the Franciscan Affinity group, was part of the initial group which started the Nuremberg Actions at the CNWS    https://www.keepandshare.com/doc29/110027/1987-09-00-na-brief-history-pdf-1-2-meg?dn=y&dnad=y

Oakland Catholic Worker Staff

Bob is the board chair and a member of the fundraising committee. He helped found the third incarnation of the Oakland Catholic Worker in early 1987, and recently served as it’s interim director..  Bob has the good fortune to be married to Lynn Lassalle-Klein, and they consider themselves lucky to be the parents of Kate, Rose, and Peter.  Bob is professor of Religious Studies at Holy Names University and recently published Blood and Ink: Ignacio Ellacuría, Jon Sobrino, and the Jesuit Martyrs of the University of Central America (Orbis 2014). Current projects include The Spiritual Writings of Jon Sobrino, S.J., (Orbis) and Jesus the Immigrant: Contextual Christology and the Signs of the Times, based on what he has learned from 30 years with Latin American migrants in and around the OCW!  http://www.oaklandcatholicworker.org/staff-and-board-members.html

Robert Lassalle-Klein – Professor of Religious Studies

View Robert Lassalle-Klein’s profile on LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional community. Robert has 3 jobs listed on their profile.  https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-lassalle-klein-724b6a23

Robert Anthony Lassalle-Klein – Books  Robert Lassalle-Klein is Professor of Religious Studies at Holy Names University and is a co-founder of the Oakland Catholic Worker. He has taught at the Jesuit School of Theology, DePaul University, Santa Clara University, and Universitat Ramon Llul in Barcelona. He has written on migration, spirituality, Jesus Christ, Jon Sobrino, Ignacio Ellacuria, Archbishop Oscar Romero, Latin America, liberation theology and the option for the poor, Virgilio Elizondo and U.S. Latinx theologies, and Jesus the migrant.   https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Anthony-Lassalle-Klein/e/B00IHSFYZ8%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share

The Global Migration  Megatrend:  Blessing or Curse?  https://cmsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Robert-Lassalle-Klein-FINAL.pdf

2019-05-07 Diocese Prepares to Ordain Three Men to the Permanent Diaconate  https://tvc.dsj.org/2019/05/07/diocese-prepares-to-ordain-three-men-to-the-permanent-diaconate/

2012-09-06 BLOOD ON THE TRACKS: BRIAN WILLSON DANCES IN RESISTANCE TO THE WEAPONS OF MASS MURDER  Bob Lassalle-Klein, currently a professor of religious studies at Holy Names University in Oakland, was present at the Concord tracks on September 1, 1987. He addressed part of his remarks to Brian’s son, Gabriel, who as a very young boy, witnessed the full horror of his stepfather being mangled under the train wheels. ‘You killed my father’  A radio reporter had taped the entire tragedy, and recorded the horrified voice of young Gabriel telling the naval station’s personnel: “You murderers! You killed my father! You killed my father!”

Speaking to the now-grown Gabriel at the 25th anniversary, Lassalle said, “I will never forget Brian’s foot completely detached with the bone sticking out of it, sitting there on the track.

“Most of all I want to say, Gabriel, how deeply moved I am that you are here today, because I will never forget you running away from Brian’s body screaming, ‘They just killed my father.’ The pain you felt that day has to mark your life. I want to say, though, that the willingness to accept that pain … has touched many people around the world.”

Lassalle described how the story of Willson’s suffering for the cause of peace has traveled to many other countries and has inspired people thousands of miles away. Two years ago, Lassalle traveled to Argentina with other faith-based activists. In discussing the redemptive power of peacemaking, he described Willson’s self-sacrifice to people in Argentina who had never before heard about it.

Lassalle said, “I showed them the clip of Brian being run over by the train. I was so moved by the reaction of the crowd there because they had never heard the story and they couldn’t believe that someone from the United States would do something like this. And the depth of response I received to the story of what had happened showed me again that pain has a power of its own, particularly when it’s pain taken on for love.”   https://thestreetspirit.org/2012/09/06/blood-on-the-tracks-brian-willson-dances-in-resistance-to-the-weapons-of-mass-murder/

ROBERT LASSALLE-KLEIN’S BOOKS  https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/205495.Robert_Lassalle_Klein

Blood and Ink by Bob Lassalle  https://scholarcommons.scu.edu/faculty_books/71/

Guest Editorial/Introduction  https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/004056390907000201

Donate Your Used Car Oakland Catholic Worker http://www.oaklandcatholicworker.org/car-donation.html

Mississippi Blues – Birthplace of the Blues (Terry & Ellen Trip)  http://www.earlyblues.com/The%20Mississippi%20Delta%20-%20Birthplace%20of%20The%20Blues.htm

DISSENTING VOICES OF THE STREET, by Terry Messman

2015-09-07REMEMBERING HIROSHIMA AT LIVERMORE’S HOLOCAUST LABORATORY  Photo by Ellen Danchik https://thestreetspirit.org/2015/09/07/remembering-hiroshima-at-livermores-holocaust-laboratory/

2001-06-19 CONTRA COSTA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS  C.97 APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute a contract with Ellen Danchik in an amount not to exceed $60,780 to provide continuing consultation and technical assistance with regard to housing for Mental Health Program clients for the period July 1, 2001 through June 30, 2002.   https://www.contracosta.ca.gov/Archive.aspx?ADID=455

2012-09-06 BLOOD ON THE TRACKS: BRIAN WILLSON DANCES IN RESISTANCE TO THE WEAPONS OF MASS MURDER   by Terry Messman   Ellen Danchik, the legal coordinator of Nuremberg Actions during this period (and, in full disclosure, my (Messman) marriage partner), witnessed this boomerang effect. Danchik said, “Brian’s stand at the tracks was an act of redemptive suffering. His blood was spilled on the tracks as he exposed the truth to the world, that the Concord Naval Weapons Station was sending weapons to El Salvador to kill innocent men, women and children.

“The Navy tried to silence him, but instead, his suffering and the spilling of his blood exposed their dirty little secret to the entire world. The U.S. Navy tried to stop his voice and attempted to silence him forever. Their plan backfired and four days after Brian was nearly killed, 10,000 people came to the Concord Naval Weapons Station, outraged at what had happened.”

Danchik said that Willson had seen at first-hand the terrible suffering caused by his own government in Vietnam, and was determined to never let the massacre of innocent civilians happen again.

“Brian’s blood was poured on the tracks in self-sacrifice to save others,” Danchik said. “The love that he showed on that day was the same love that the martyrs before him had shown — Martin Luther King, the four young girls in Birmingham, Gandhi and the Kennedys.”  https://thestreetspirit.org/2012/09/06/blood-on-the-tracks-brian-willson-dances-in-resistance-to-the-weapons-of-mass-murder/

2013-06-02 Terry Messman and the Power of Nonviolent Activist Journalism    http://www.satyagrahafoundation.org/terry-messman-and-the-power-of-nonviolent-activist-journalism/

2013-05-27 Stephen Zunes On A Power That Can Overthrow Dictatorships by Terry Messman  http://www.satyagrahafoundation.org/stephen-zunes-on-a-power-that-can-overthrow-dictatorships/

To Trent, From Terry (Messman)  https://www.poormagazine.org/node/3615

Cold Ground Was My Bed: The Blues and Social Justice by Terry Messman  https://bg.buddyguy.com/cold-ground-was-my-bed-the-blues-and-social-justice/

Northern California organizer for Campaign Nonviolence   https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherri-maurin-169619b

Sherri Maurin Tax Resistor Letter to IRS https://nwtrcc.org/2012/04/15/sherri-maurin/

2014-08-15 Dr. Hakim “No To Wars”  https://vmcsf.org/category/vfp-peace-journey-sherri-maurin/

Sherri’s Videos https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgDuI5cg7Yf5smg5FC7OUTA

Sherri in Oxford, UK   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYBG8LSu9vQ

2012-09-06 BLOOD ON THE TRACKS: BRIAN WILLSON DANCES IN RESISTANCE TO THE WEAPONS OF MASS MURDER  On prosthetic legs, Brian Willson dances with peace activist Sherri Maurin at Concord Naval Weapons Station in celebration of the work of Nuremberg Actions. Photo by Mike Hastie At the anniversary rally, he said, “All of us together have played an important role in saying no to this export of death and destruction and war all over the world.”  https://thestreetspirit.org/2012/09/06/blood-on-the-tracks-brian-willson-dances-in-resistance-to-the-weapons-of-mass-murder/

2014-08-14 Borderfree Here in Kabul, Sherri Maurin and I are guests of the Afghan Peace Volunteers’  https://www.counterpunch.org/2014/08/18/borderfree/

2013-05-23 Women becoming priests without Vatican’s blessing  Sophia in Trinity members, such as Sherri Maurin, believe that their congregation’s concerns are central to Catholicism, a religion that they refuse to leave and are intent on changing. It is a faith, she said, that needs priests like Eitz.  “I have always felt that Maria was called to priesthood,” said Maurin, who described herself as a full-time peace activist. “She is a teacher, a caregiver and a model.”  https://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-female-priests-20130526-story.html

Sherri Maurin’s Kabul Diary, Monday, August 11^th  http://old.vcnv.org/sherri-maurins-kabul-diary-monday-august-11th

2020-04-00 Street Kids School  http://vcnv.org/street-kids-school/

Peace Potluck Picnic – Kathy Kelly  http://www.multifaithpeace.org/article.php/peacepicnic

2013-09-02 Reflections on the Life of Rev. Phil Lawson  http://www.satyagrahafoundation.org/reflections-on-the-life-of-rev-phil-lawson/

2013-11-05 Elliott Adams – Public Close Gitmo Tour  https://www.veteransforpeace.org/pressroom/news/2013/11/05/elliott-adams-public-close-gitmo-tour

Veterans Speakers Alliance: Veterans For Peace Sherri is an educator, Nonviolence trainer, long-time activist organizer and an Associate Member of Veteran’s for Peace (VFP). Sherri travels all over the US speaking truth to power and promoting Nonviolence. She has served as a Nonviolent Peacekeeper in Palestine, Cairo, and throughout Central America. Her 2014 “Peace Journeys” will take her to Afghanistan and Jeju Island in So. Korea.   https://vfpsf.wordpress.com/peace-journeys/sherri-maurin/   https://vfpsf.wordpress.com/