Readers and activists in Ellensburg, WA are invited to an author extravaganza, Saturday, December 14, 2019, 1-4 pm. Betsy Bell ‘s Open Borders: A personal story of love, loss, and anti – war activism will appear as one of the featured authors. Learn about Citizen Diplomacy in the 1980 and the idea of travel across …
People don’t want to talk about the threat of nuclear war. In late September I did two book talks, one in Bellingham at Village Books and one in the local public library of Cashmere, WA. Both were poorly attended in spite of extensive phone calls, postcards, and media to folks who paid attention to this …
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Washington Against Nuclear Weapons coalition of organizations and individuals working to end the threat of nuclear weapons meets every 3rd Thursday at La Casa de La Raza, from 2 to 3:30. Please contact Carly Brook for updated information if you would like to participate. Carly@wpsr.org. JOIN US to help end the threat of nuclear war.
Dear WANW Coalition, Last week the House passed the National Defense Authorization Act. $733 Billion dollars for military spending. This reveals a culture that normalizes violence and war and a country that will use militarism to protect its interests abroad. However within this bill, there are many victories to claim, where Congress moved in the …
October 23rd, 6 – 8 p.m. University of Washington Bookstore, 4326 University Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105. Meet the author, Betsy Bell, and engage in a conversation about Citizen Diplomacy in the face of nuclear war in the 1980s. Joining her on a panel will be Prof. Eric Johnson of the UW history department and …
Exciting news! Open Borders will be available for purchase one month from today: Oct. 16th. Hard to believe this long process of getting a book published is coming to a climax. Birthing Open Borders has been far more challenging than producing four daughters. The father of those daughters hasn’t been physically available to support …
Take a listen to this MyNorthwest story from late fall last year. You get my voice as Felix Banel interviews me about Target Seattle and Citizen Diplomacy in the 80’s. Here’s a picture of Don Bell, chair of Target Seattle: Preventing Nuclear War, in 1982-1984. I’m getting involved with Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility, one …
Dear One, You may ask, why Citizen Diplomacy in 1980s? In the opening sessions of spring quarter 2018 at the University of Washington, Dr. Eric Johnson will introduce a couple of octogenarians to talk to his history students about what we hoped to achieve by engaging in citizen diplomany initiatives during the Cold War. Rosanne …
Not everything belongs in a good story, even when the scene was an important one in the dramatic arc. Perhaps that is one service a blog offers a writer, giving her a place to share what will not be in the final version. Not every title is the final and best one. I began Evil …