Clare Hanrahan
Media appearances & Professional Speaking

Media

Speaking Events

2007

WNC Chapter ACLU, The Right to Dissent, forum panelist. University of North Carolina-Asheville. September 27, 2007.

Network of Spiritual Progressives, Peace On Earth, Peace With Earth gathering. "Be the Change." Asheville, NC. September 11, 2007.

Buncombe County Greens, Southern Energy and Environmental Exposition 2007, Western North Carolina Agricultural Center. "Social Justice: One of the 10 Key Values." August 25, 2007.

Zaccheaus House, Asheville, NC, "Ain't Gonna Study War No More." May 27, 2007.

Women's History Month, Lunch & Learn, Asheville-Buncombe Technical College, Asheville, NC."Women in Activist Politics." March 7, 2007.

Your experiences have proven to be examples for all of us. Thanks for sharing." Sue Donati

Peace House Sunday Speaker, Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. "Conscientious Objection to Paying for War." March 25, 2007.

2006

St. Paul's Missionary Baptist Church, Waugh, Alabama. "Memphis in 1968-- My Awakening," Speaking as part of "Living the Dream 2006 : Co-creating the Beloved Community of Human kind" A week of non-violence education and action. November 14, 2006.

Auburn Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Auburn, Alabama, in the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, built by freed slaves in 1865. "Transformations," November 5, 2006.

Thank you for your eloquent witness for peace & justice. It was a privilege to have you join us at the Auburn UU Fellowship.
- Diana Allende

Marions For Peace Forum, Fort King Presbyterian Church, Ocala, Florida. Panel discussion with Rev. Gwin Pratt of Christian Alliance for Progress;Eugene Poole, president Florida voters League and commander of American Legion Post 210; and Clare Hanrahan, author and activist. Topic: "Responsibilities as people of faith and as both Americans and members of the global community." October 12, 2006.

University of North Carolina, Asheville, Women's Studies Program, "Incarcerated Women of Conscience," March 16, 2006


2005
Pax Christi Memphis, "Conscience & Consequence," December 6, 2005
Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina, "Camp Cupcake to Cullowhee," April 21, 2005
You were just super yesterday, as always. I think my students were spell-bound.–Vera Guise, WCU Political Science Department
Jubilee! Gandhi Team and Ananda Marga Yoga Society, Asheville, North Carolina, "Nonviolent Peace Activism," February 22, 2005
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Swannanoa Valley, "Alderson Prison: The Lost Vision," February, 2005
2004
Carolina Interfaith Task Force on Central America Annual retreat.Chapel Hill, North Carolina. October 9, 2004
Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa, North Carolina. Social Justice work group.November 11, 2004
Koinonia Partners, Amerucus, Georgia, "Human Rughts, Globalization and Militarization: Injustice in Latin America," November 18, 2004
WNC Peace Coalition, Peace rally, Asheville, North Carolina, March 20, 2004. Read the speech
2003
Peace Rally, Asheville, North Carolina, "Support Our Soldiers: Bring Them Home!" March 1, 2003
2002
St. Frances of Assisi parrish, Fairfield Glade, Tennessee, "The impact of the prison system on women's lives," November 7, 2002
The Women's Center at Western Carolina University, "Meetings with Remarkable Women Series," March 27, 2002
UNCA, Asheville, North Carolina, "Mothers & Families for Peace," Women in Black–Honoring the Grief," May 11, 2002
Tusculum College, Greeneville, Tennessee, April 29, 2002
Your presentation was outstanding—informative, compelling, honest, ethical. In short, I was soundly impressed.
–Elizabeth Gordon, Assistant Professor, Tusculum College
American Association of University Women, Brevard, North Carolina, April 9, 2002
I had the pleasure of hearing you speak about your experiences as a political prisoner at the AAUW meeting in Brevard....I was deeply struck by your story of the history of Alderson and the irony of what has happened to the original, progressive approach to prison and rehabilitation...Thanks so much for your courage and you ongoing work. -Melissa Thompson, Documentary film maker, Irish Women Political Prisoners
Haywood Peace Fellowship, Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, May, 2002
Clare Hanrahan is a peacemaker. She has been to a place of suffering and darkness. She has listened to the stories of her fellow captives, looked into their faces and connected with their hearts, and she will never be the same. Nor will any who hear her story.
-Betty Sisk Swain, Haywood Peace Fellowship
Diocesan Council of Catholic Women and the diocesan Office of Justice-Peace-Integrity of Creation, Chancery Office, Knoxville, Tennessee, November 6, 2002
What a blessing you were for the diocese. Many thanks for your presentations...You are so in touch with your own truth and are able to share and articulate that truth so well. No one could hear you and not be moved. -Glenda Keyes, Diocesan Office of Justice & Peace
The Western Carolina Women’s Coalition, Keynote Speaker, Women’s Equality Day, 2002