While a student at Grinnell College (Iowa) in 1961, Coyote was one of the organizers of a group of twelve students who traveled to Washington, D.C. during the Cuban Missile Crisis supporting U.S. President John F. Kennedy's "peace race".
While a student at Grinnell College (Iowa) in 1961, Coyote was one of the organizers of a group of twelve students known as The Grinnell Fourteen, credited by activist Tom Hayden with beginning thenstudent peace movement. They traveled to Washington, D.C., fasting for three days, President John F. Kennedy's "peace race".