Reporting for Duty: My Urgency for Justice and Peace
Ebook
This memoir describes the things the author has done in his life to promote justice and peace in America's foreign and domestic policies. But it is more than a memoir; it also includes background for, and analysis of, the peace and justice issues involved. The author says: "I love my country deeply, and so I want it to live up to its promise of brotherhood, truth, and fairness, and to commit to being a peaceful neighbor among the community of nations." As detailed in the book, the author's life has been one adventure after another as he undertook actions for justice and peace--for example, when he participated in part of the civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965 and when he was in a group that was kidnapped by the Contras in Costa Rica in 1985. The book emphasizes that peace work doesn't stop with peace conferences or praying for peace. It is facing the hard truths of the issues and finding the most effective ways to make peace. His primary intent in writing the book is to encourage people everywhere to invest themselves in justice and peace initiatives in their own countries.
“I was delighted when Andrew Mills contacted me to say he was writing this book. He did not disappoint. Here is a memoir illuminating a conscience in action. He takes us to the iconic Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, and to a Contra stronghold down the Rio San Juan in Nicaragua—places where nonviolent practice in the very face of oppressive violence embodies what moral and political courage looks like.”
—Paul Magno, peace activist
“Reporting for Duty is a fascinating front row seat to some of the civil rights’ and peace movement’s greatest moments. Mills doesn’t simply write of his involvement, but provides detailed context for the activities of which he was a part from Selma to Managua, making this an important contribution to movement history. Mills also provides a balanced discussion of contemporary Nicaragua which is much needed. Mills’ commitment to service will inspire. Well done!”
—Tom Ricker, program director, Quixote Center
- Title: Reporting for Duty: My Urgency for Justice and Peace
- Author: Andrew Mills
- Publisher: Resource Publications
- Print Publication Date: 2022
- Logos Release Date: 2022
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781666758016, 9781666757996, 9781666758009, 1666758019, 1666757993, 1666758000
- Resource ID: LLS:9781666758016
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2023-01-14T21:36:43Z
Andrew Mills is a retired groundwater hydrologist/programmer. He has led and participated in several peace organizations in the United States, including the Davis Vietnam Peace Committee, the New Jersey Peace Mission and the mid-Atlantic region of Witness for Peace (WFPMA). He is a former coordinator and later appeals chair of WFPMA from 1994 to 2012. As a younger man, he served as a lay missionary to India for nine years under the United Church Board for World Ministries.