We hope you'll join us tomorrow night during the Art Walk. We'll be at Arabica Coffee for a special book launch party with local author and illustrator Anne Sibley O'Brien and her son, and co-author, Perry.
Friday, May 1st at 5 pm to 8 pm
ANNE SIBLEY O'BRIEN &
PERRY EDMOND O'BRIEN
illustrator & author of
After Gandhi:
One Hundred Years of Nonviolent Resistance
For forty years Mahatma Gandhi led the people of India in a nonviolent uprising against the powerful British empire. Using nothing but their bodies, their minds, and their wills, Gandhi and his followers challenged a well-armed military force that had occupied their country for three hundred years. The world had never seen anything like it.
A new book by mother-and-son team Anne Sibley O'Brien and Perry Edmond O'Brien chronicles the men and women who have followed in Gandhi's footsteps. After Gandhi: 100 Years of Nonviolent Resistance is a beautifully illustrated book for young adults that profiles these heroes of nonviolent change, and a tool for inspiring activists of all ages.
The event is a fundraiser for A2U2's Social Action Committee. For more information about their work, check out their website at www.a2u2.org.
So stop by! You can meet Anne and Perry, talk to them about their work, and see Anne's original illustrations which will be on display at the event. And bring your address book: if you help participate in their postcard writing campaign, you'll get a free print of Anne's work!
For more information about the book, including interviews with the authors, check out www.aftergandhi.com. And see what people are saying about After Gandhi:
"...an invaluable resource for peace studies and young peace lovers."
- Boston Globe
"This beautifully crafted book leads the reader through the last one hundred years of nonviolent resistance in the world... Informative and inspiring, After Gandhi speaks to young readers in a simple, compelling, and greatly needed voice."
- Uma Krishnaswami, author of Monsoon and Bringing Asha Home
Yours In Books,
Chris & Co.
Longfellow Books
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