Reflections on Promoting Peace, and a New Food Co-op: An interview with Kwabi Amoah-Forson by Lucas Anderson
It was one of those chaotically magical spring days in Olympia when you can sense the season changing. A day full of warm, golden sunlight bursting through cream-colored cumulus clouds, poetically contrasted by dramatic downpouring hailstorms from pitch-black thunderheads. Arriving in the momentary calm of a storm’s aftermath, smiling with teeth bright as hailstones, while driving a blazing sky blue Mitsubishi Van, with the words “Peace Bus” painted on the side, was Kwabi Amoah-Forson. Kwabi (pronounced Kwobby) is a wonderful human being who created and organized the “Peace Bus” in Tacoma, which supports humanitarian and educational campaigns. His work serves many underserved people and youth in the urban areas of Tacoma and internationally…