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Laurel Krause
Laurel Krause is the co-founder and director of the Kent State Truth Tribunal. Her sister Allison Krause was killed at Kent State University on May 4th, 1970.
We're Heading West
Back in spring 1970, just after the shootings at Kent State, the Kent State University (KSU) campus went on lockdown and every KSU student was forced to leave within hours, many for good. Since we formed the Kent State Truth Tribunal (KSTT), I have heard many KSTT participants recollect their experiences driving out west immediately after. I can picture this mass exodus of Kent Staters championing the back-to-the-land movement of the sixties and early seventies, in search of a safe haven, close to nature. I can relate as the West Coast called to me, too, and I made my home here.
Since so many original participants and witnesses that live on the West Coast could not make it back to Kent for the 40th anniversary of the shootings, we are now gearing up for our San Francisco Tribunal on August 7th and 8th from 9-5pm PT.
Every original participant and witness of the 1970 Kent State shootings is invited to come to San Francisco to “share their truth” at the Kent State Truth Tribunal on August 7th and 8th. Please pre-register here: TruthTribunal.org/preregister
As the first new media, truth-seeking initiative, the Kent State Truth Tribunal will continue to broadcast live at MichaelMoore.com on August 7th & 8th from 9am to 5pm PT, each weekend day. Every narrative will be livecast from our studio into your home via Michael Moore’s website, so be sure to watch!
We know the 1970 Kent State shootings wounded more than nine protesters – Kent State wounded a generation. Every young man facing the Vietnam draft and every person protesting the war saw themselves ‘shot dead’ in America that day. These wounds have not healed. The true story of the killings of Kent State remains untold, unknown and unrecorded.
The truth about Kent State will help to heal this generation’s pain. To enable this, we call for the United States government to acknowledge the ‘wrongs’ of May 4, 1970. We are reclaiming what was lost that day – freedom to protest and to peacefully assemble and our democratic right to question our government and hold it accountable for wrongdoings.
Gathering the collective stories of the witnesses of this seminal event in the history of American protest is our call to begin this assembly.
We’re focusing our gaze on San Francisco in early August and we continue on our path toward healing at our next tribunal in New York City on October 9th and 10th.
Mark your calendars to watch the Kent State Truth Tribunal in San Francisco from your home computer at MichaelMoore.com. The truth at Kent State will broadcast live through the testimonials of witnesses and participants of the 1970 Kent State shootings.
Please join us.
Attend: August 7th and 8th in San Francisco, California from 9am to 5pm PT
Pre-register: TruthTribunal.org/preregister (KSTT pre-registration guarantees your space and participation is free)
Watch: From 9am to 5pm PT, you’ll see ‘live, streaming Kent State truth’ at MichaelMoore.com
Contact: ContactKSTT@gmail.com
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