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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/