Career
Kasmir was photographed on 21 October 1967 while taking part with several thousand anti-war activists who had marched to The Pentagon to protest against America’s involvement in Vietnam. Seventeen-year-old Kasmir was shown clasping a crysanthemum and gazing at bayonet-wielding soldiers. The photo was published world-wide and became a symbol of the flower power movement.
A similar image was taken the same day, by Bernie Boston, entitled Flower Power.
In London in February 2003, Riboud again photographed Kasmir protesting against the Iraq War where she carried a poster-size copy of the 1967 photograph. Kasmir became a massage therapist in 1986, graduating from the New York College of Health Professionals in Manhasset New York, at the.
January moved to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. And pursued a highly successful career as a medically trained massage therapist. She volunteered massage for the wheelchair tennis tournaments sponsored by the Professional Tennis Registry since the 1980"son
Over the years, January has dedicated many hours to volunteering her services.
Her earliest experiences were with the American Red Cross as a Candy Striper at a nursing home. She also volunteered her time through the Unitarian Church"s Youth Group, helping to clean up Scotland, Maryland, so they were able to receive normal trash pick up. In the 80"s she spearheaded an effort to massage the feet of the peace marchers as they arrived in Washington, District of Columbia after crossing America in the Great Peace March.
In 2010 January was honored in Spain by the peace group, Paz Ahora.
There was a full week of peace related activities. The final event was a dignified ceremony, wherein 3,000 people held lighted torches to form a human peace sign.
The effect was stunning. Currently, she is working on her autobiography with author, Ken Scott, whose best known book is Do The Birds Still Sing in Hell.
Kasmir is aspiring to return to school to become a Rabbi and head up her social organization, Mensches in the Trenches, dedicated to promoting service to the community.
