our next speaker will be randy keeler. >> it's good to be here with you for this very important discussion. to tell you the truth, i don't really, really know exactly what direct action is. i don't know if there's a direct or correct definition. if there is i don't know it. in my life i've just done what i thought made sense to me in the face of certain circumstances that made sense to me both strategically and ethically. i think loosely defined, i think i've spent most of my adult life engaged in direct action. some of that is in the program you have. i think many of us who first get involved in direct action of any kind, there is a moment in an issue that gets involved. for me the moment was 1966 and i was 22 years old and the issue was the u.s. war in vietnam. i went gradually but steadily from peaceful protest to out now resistance and noncooperation in a very public way. i turned in my draft card and was arrested by the fbi. i spent 22 months in federal prison as a result. in other years i found that organizing was something that i like to do and i could do and seemed like a helpful t

our next speaker will be randy keeler. >> it's good to be here with you for this very important discussion. to tell you the truth, i don't really, really know exactly what direct action is. i don't know if there's a direct or correct definition. if there is i don't know it. in my life i've just done what i thought made sense to me in the face of certain circumstances that made sense to me both strategically and ethically. i think loosely defined, i think i've spent most of my adult life engaged in direct action. some of that is in the program you have. i think many of us who first get involved in direct action of any kind, there is a moment in an issue that gets involved. for me the moment was 1966 and i was 22 years old and the issue was the u.s. war in vietnam. i went gradually but steadily from peaceful protest to out now resistance and noncooperation in a very public way. i turned in my draft card and was arrested by the fbi. i spent 22 months in federal prison as a result. in other years i found that organizing was something that i like to do and i could do and seemed like a helpful t