Peace activist Joe Volk to lecture Nov. 18

MOUNT VERNON – Peace activist and lecturer Joe Volk will speak on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and removing troops from Iraq and Afghanistan at Cornell College on Wednesday, Nov. 18, at 2:45 p.m. in Hedges Conference Room.

His lecture, “Why War Will Fail in Afghanistan and Why We Need a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty,” is free and open to the public.

Volk is executive secretary for Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL), and has more than three decades of experience working for peace and social justice. He has lobbied Congress to support peaceful prevention of deadly conflict, nuclear disarmament, peace in Iraq, and many other issues.

Volk is past chair and current member of the Steering Committee of the U.S. Campaign to Ban Landmines (USCBL). He is a board member of Africa Action and The Justice Project (a veterans’ organization), and also serves on the Corporation Committee of Haverford College and on the Wilmington College Board of Trustees.

Prior to joining FCNL in 1990, Volk worked 18 years for the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and served as its National Secretary for Peace Education from 1982 to 1990.

Volk’s lecture is sponsored by the Cornell Democrats and the Cornell College Chaplain.