Elliott Adams was a paratrooper in the infantry serving in Viet
Nam, Japan, Korea, and Alaska. He has served his local community in a variety of
capacities such as: President of the School Board, Mayor, Committee Chair of BSA
Explorer Post 17, President of Rotary, Master of the Masonic Lodge.
Elliott left politics to become an activist. Attending untold numbers of
demonstrations, working at many levels, from stapling signs to doing logistics
and organizing work for United For Peace and Justice and War Resisters League,
School Of Americas Watch, Peace Has No Borders, Veterans For Peace and many
other organizations, at events across the country.
Elliott moved from being a soldier to a nonviolent warrior. He is Nonviolent
Training Coordinator for Veterans For Peace, is a nonviolence trainer for the
Fellowship Of Reconciliation and on their CCP Leadership Team. He has also done
nonviolence and social movement trainings for School Of Americas Watch,
Peacemakers of Schoharie, Student Environmental Action Coalition, War Resistors
League, and other groups.
He is now dedicating his life to stopping this war and stopping all war.
