Ken Hannaford-Ricardi
Ken Hannaford-Ricardi, a 57-year-old husband and father of two, is a member of Voices in the Wilderness and Worcester’s Catholic Worker community. Having traveled to Iraq twice in ‘98 and once in 2000, Ken has spent considerable amounts of time in Iraq among ordinary civilians. In his home state, Ken has committed numerous acts of civil resistance in confronting Raytheon, manufacturer of the Patriot Missile and a top war profiteer.
Ricardi has recently been working with Voices in the Wilderness on civil and legal actions involving thousands of dollars in fines imposed against VitW for travel and transfer of medicines and small amounts relief aid to Iraqi civilians for the last decade. The Department of Treasury and the Office of Foreign Assets Control continue to impose these fines and have yet to collect. Ken has worked with others at VitW to resist these fines and take legal action against them. Voices in the Wilderness continues to refuse payment of these fines, believing, “we do not need a license to perform the works of mercy.”