Prison Years

The Seven Year Olds

To her mother, Where are you going, Mommy?
I’m going to visit my friend Katherine.

To her friends, She lives in jail.
Open-eyed, What did she do that she has to live in jail?

She robbed banks.
Oh, that was bad. It’s very bad to rob banks.

But she was trying to stop the war.
Well, that’s okay then. It was bad to rob banks, but it was good to try to stop the war.
Yes, it was bad to rob banks. And it was good to try to stop the war. But doesn’t she know

You can never stop war?
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About Katherine Power

I didn’t set out to be a terrorist. As a student activist, I moved from protesting the war in Viet Nam to waging guerrilla war to overthrow the government….
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Recent and Upcoming Appearances & Publications
3/12/19 Peace, Justice and Transformation, Parallel Conference to the UN Commission on the Status of Women, 777 United Nations Plaza, NYC
11/13/18 A Journey from Guerrilla to Grandmother, Lifelong Learners: An Independent Collaborative, Temple Shir Tikva, 141 Boston Post Road, Wayland, MA 01778
10/10/18 Provincetown Women’s Week Reading from Doing Time:Papers from Framingham Prison, AMP, 432 Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA
4/6-9/2018 The Nature of Change, Radical Imagination Conference, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
1/15/2014 Complexity and Social Change, Occupy Radio
10/31/2013 Surrender, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
10/25/2013 Surrender, Taos Community Theater, Taos, NM

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