Northern Star via U-Wire
September 26, 2003, Friday
Dekalb, Ill.

By Deanna Cabinian, Northern Star

Activist Kathy Kelly, founder of Voices in the Wilderness and a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, spoke to a packed house Thursday night at Northern Illinois University. Seats could not accommodate the crowd that came to see Kelly. About 80 people, young and old, attended the event, forcing some to stand against the wall or sit on the floor.

Cele Meyer, a member of the DeKalb (Ill.) Interfaith Network, which co-sponsored the event with the Northern Coalition for Peace and Justice, introduced Kelly, calling her the most wonderful person she knew in the world.

Kelly began her speech by saying, “Much of what I say can be condensed into one sentence: Where you stand determines what you see.”