Artist and author Keith McHenry
is a dynamic, inspiring and experienced public speaker with a wealth of
knowledge about the global movement Food Not Bombs. He helped start Food
Not Bombs when he was a 22 year old college student with seven of
friends in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1980. As a child he lived at the
Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Big Bend and other National Parks and then moved
to New England to study painting at Boston University. Keith was
inspired to share vegan meals with the hungry while trimming produce at
Bread and Circus Natural Foods Grocery, discarding cases of organic
produce every morning. After feeding the hungry and working for social
justice, animal rights and peace in Boston he moved to San Francisco and
started a second chapter. He has recovered, cooked and shared food with
the hungry with Food Not Bombs for over 30 years. He was arrested
"for making a political statement" in San Francisco, spent over
500 nights in jail and faced 25 years to life in prison. Amnesty
International declared all Food Not Bombs volunteers prisoners of
Conscience working for Keith's unconditional release. He just spent
19 days in jail for sharing vegan meals with the hungry in Orlando,
Florida. He co-wrote "Food Not Bombs How to feed the hungry and
build community" as well as wrote and illustrated "Hungry for
Peace - How you can help end poverty and war with Food Not Bombs"
and "The Anarchist Cookbook."
He has traveled all over the world speaking at colleges, books stores
and community centers while sharing free vegan meals with many of the
over 1,000 Food Not Bombs groups active 65 countries.
Keith volunteers with Santa Cruz, Food Not Bombs.
He enjoys
sharing meals with the hungry, maintaining one of the movement's
websites and helping coordinate logistics for Food Not Bombs. Keith also
draws, paints, and writes about social justice issues.
Please consider inviting Mr. McHenry to speak to your
community. Speaking fees are reasonable and donated to Food Not Bombs.
Your community will find Keith's message hopeful, motivating and full of
useful information sure to be an inspiration to everyone. Schools have
provided honorariums from $900 to a few thousand dollars which Keith
donates to Food Not Bombs. To schedule your presentation call Keith at
575-770-3377 or email Keith at
keith@foodnotbombs.net to make arrangements. You can call us toll
free at 1-800-884-1136. We will give a free presentation for any Food
Not Bombs group. Please contact us for more details.
