Recently I discovered I am a person with autism or ASD. What with the pandemic and many changes of heart I am exploring what this means for the new me. I am a peace writer, activist and teacher. This year, 2021, I turned sixty.
In 2005 I became involved with the London Catholic Worker in its work of hospitality and faith-based nonviolent resistance. I have taken part in nonviolent direct action, to the point of arrest and conviction, against nuclear weapons, the use of weaponised drones and the DSEI arms fair.
In December 2014 I travelled to Kabul with Voices for Creative Nonviolence UK to visit the Afghan Peace Volunteers. You can read my blog posts about this time here
Between 2015 and 2019 I regularly visited Maria Skobtsova House in Calais, France, where I joined the community in their work of visiting and offering hospitality to refugees from the ‘jungle’ camp, daily prayer and household chores.
All views my own.
Henrietta Cullinan 
Henrietta – I have a box of new picture books and early readers (children’s agent I work for clearing her shelves). Would they be useful for any of your projects?
Jane (Liza’s mum) 24.4.2017
Ms. Cullinan: Many thanks for your review of my Dorothy Day biography (PeaceNews/ Resistance Studies Initiative, UMass) that I just read on-line. Every bit of attention that finds new readers, and brings more people to know of this remarkable woman and her values of anti-militarism, pacifism, and a spiritual and physical concern for the needy, is much appreciated.
Best wishes,
John Loughery
NYC