Clare Grady reports to prison – Kings Bay Plowshares update

Here is a short video which is a blessing and a tune for Clare as she begins her prison sentence from Emma O’Grady (a cousin from Galway, Ireland), Oona Grady (a niece from Saratoga Springs) and James Gascoyne. Thank you to them! We know that Clare would want us to widen this circle of thoughts and prayer to include all prisoners.

Clare Grady started her prison sentence on Wednesday, February 10. She is one of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 who entered the Trident nuclear submarine base in Georgia almost three years ago on April 4, 2018, to nonviolently and symbolically disarm omnicidal nuclear weapons. Her daughters, Leah and Rosie, and husband, Paul, drove Clare 11 hours from Ithaca, NY to West Virginia where they met at the prison gate with Clare’s sister, Teresa, dear friend Chrissy Nesbitt, and Chrissy’s husband David. She’ll be in COVID quarantine for the next 2 to 3 weeks so we most likely won’t hear from her during this period of isolation. She can receive letters, though, and her address is below:

Clare Grady #01264-052

FPC Alderson

Federal Prison Camp

Glenn Ray Road, Box A

Alderson, WV 24910

Please remember to write your return address on the letter, as Clare and the other KBP7 members in prison won’t receive the envelope.

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Non-violent direct action training with Seeds for Change

Date/Time: Thursday 1st October, 6pm – 9pm (Food from 6pm, workshop starts at 6:45pm)

Venue: Elizabeth Gidney Suite Liverpool Guild of Students, 160 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, L3

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Seeds For Change, a grassroots Cooperative who specialise in providing support and training to activists, campaigners, community groups and co-operatives will be running this two hour workshop on non-violent direct action. It will be accessible for any levels of experience and cover a basic introduction to NVDA, effective and safe blockading, brainstorming sessions and more.
The group will be serving food before the workshop from 6pm to raise money for Migrant Artists Mutual Aid, a group who raise money for refugees within Liverpool. Please come along and use this as an opportunity to become more connected with other campaign groups within the city and share what action you have planned over the coming months. The NVDA workshop will be held between from 6.45pm to 9pm.