Terry Messman
Biography
Terry Messman was a journalist, Christian peace activist, and organizer for unhoused people. His first anti-nuclear arrest followed an Easter Sunday protest at Malmstrom Air Force Base in 1979. A second Malmstrom action brought a six-month federal prison term. He later served 30 days after entering Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 1982 and six weeks in federal prison in 1985 for protesting United States policy in Central America. Messman co-founded the Spirit affinity group, organized with the American Friends Service Committee and the Oakland Union of the Homeless, and founded Street Spirit in 1995. He died on May 10, 2026.
Firsthand jail surrender and separate1983arrests
Messman's firsthand account provides the actual1981surrender date. The participant history and identified arrest-photo caption distinguish the earlier1982episode from Good Friday1983. Original blockade report, individual jail-service list and later leafletting arrest report distinguish the episodes. Original pages were visually reviewed. Existing portrait and1982/1985rows retained; scheduled release and transfer dates are not treated as actual individual discharge dates.
