by Teresa Kinder
Veterans for Peace and PJALS brought the Drone Quilt Project to Spokane in March, memorializing the civilian lives lost to US Drone strikes. From newborn babies and young children to the elderly, no one is safe from US drones.
Five quilts were on display in the Community Building lobby, at our Peace and Economic Justice Action Conference, at Chris Hedges’ speech at the Bing, and at the Unitarian Universalist Church. Each square of the quilt represents a different life lost at the hands of a drone. The hundreds of patches represent a tiny minority of bodies who have been identified after a drone strike and some who have not been identified. It is important to remember that each of these squares represents an individual life that has been cut far too short.
The Quilt Project is a lasting reminder of our need for peace around the world. We are connected to individuals from around the world. Are we really so different from the individuals on these quilts? All of us have hopes, dreams, plans, family and friends; this is why we still struggle today.