Kathy Kelly | |
|---|---|
 Speaking at Lasallian Youth, 2008 | |
| Born | December 10, 1952 Chicago, Illinois, US |
| Alma mater | Loyola University Chicago |
| Occupation | Peace activist |
| Years active | 1978–present |
| Spouses | Karl Meyer
(m. 1982; div. 1994)Bob Alberts (m. 2022) |
Kathy Kelly (born 1952)[1][2] is an American peace activist, pacifist and author, one of the founding members of Voices in the Wilderness, and, until the campaign closed in 2020, a co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence. As part of peace team work in several countries, she has traveled to Iraq twenty-six times, notably remaining in combat zones during the early days of both US–Iraq wars.
From 2009 to 2019, her activism and writing focused on Afghanistan, Yemen, and Gaza, along with domestic protests against US drone policy. She has been arrested more than sixty times at home and abroad, and written of her experiences among targets of US military bombardment and inmates of US prisons.
- ^ Terry, p. 14
- ^ Viklund, Jan (December 10, 2011). "Birthday Greetings to a Three-Times Nobel Peace Prize Nominee" Archived 2013-05-03 at the Wayback Machine. GandhiToday.org. Retrieved 2012-12-20.