Nobel Peace Prize nominee to give lecture at MCC

The Student Peace Action Network at McHenry County College will host "Drones on Trial," a presentation featuring a firsthand account from Afghanistan and Pakistan by Kathy Kelly, three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 1.

Kelly, co-founder of Voices for Creative Nonviolence in Chicago and three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee, will speak about her recent visit to Pakistan and Afghanistan where she met with victims of U.S. drone, unmanned aerial vehicle, attacks.

On Sept. 14, she will stand trial in Las Vegas with 13 other peace activists for trespassing at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada. The event is part of the Current American Issues Series and is also a fundraiser for the "Creech 14" trial.

"Human interaction, negotiations, diplomacy and dialogue, not surveillance and bombing by robots, will ensure a more peaceful future at home and abroad," Kelly said.

A question-and-answer session will follow. The lecture will take place on the MCC campus at 8900 Route 14, Crystal Lake. The seminar is sponsored by MCC Student Peace Action Network, which is made up of students promoting peace nationally and locally through action and education.

Admission is free, but donations are accepted. Refreshments will be served. For more information, email lib4paz@comcast.net or call the MCC Student Life Office at (815) 455-8772.