WDIY’s Lehigh Valley Discourse interviewed Kathy Kelly, who spoke at LEPOCO’s Annual Dinner in March. The interview can be listened to, on their website, by following this link: http://wdiy.org/post/peace-activist-kathy-kelly-lv-discourse
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-nws-mlk-assassination-commemorations-20180403-story.html Bethlehem march, D.C. rally to mark half-century since Martin Luther King’s assassination A photo of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy touring riot-stricken Washington after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. stands on a easel in the same area today. King was murdered 50 years ago Wednesday. Many African-Americans say […]
In the Morning Call: March 9, 2018 http://enewspaper.mcall.com/infinity/article_share.aspx?guid=bff26228-9d12-4c81-83d6-246decb12adc ABOUT THE VALLEY She has said it for decades: Give peace a chance Kathy Kelly, shown addressing a rally, will be the keynote speaker at the annual Lepoco dinner March 17. She has spent at least four decades as a peace activist. […]
On Friday, February 9, a gathering of concerned LEPOCO members gathered in front of the PPL Arena, holding signs and distributing flyers, asking that the Olympic Truce be extended and to remind people to oppose war with North Korea. Click the image to the left, to view the flyer […]
“Why is U.S. backing flawed election in Honduras?” By Nancy Tate – Published in the Express Times, January 2, 2018 and on LehighValleylive.com, December 28, 2017. The year 2009 is deeply etched in my memory. My mother died in May, a long-time activist friend and my father-in-law, both died in […]
“Annual Pilgrimage an Enduring Plea for Peace,” By Mimi Lang, Dec. 7 2017 – Lehigh Valley Live and Express Times “War is not the answer” is a moral statement and also a serious observation of what doesn’t work. In this season of light, we find the U.S. engaged in war […]
Mimi Lang – Published in the Opinion Section of MCALL – April 3, 2017 Martin Luther King Jr. gave the address, “Beyond Vietnam — A Time to Break Silence,” to an overflow crowd at Riverside Church in New York City on April 4, 1967. Tuesday is the 50th anniversary of […]
By Jasmin Maurer, posted on Pace E Bene by Ryan Hall of Campaign Nonviolence LEPOCO held a dedication ceremony for our new peace pole (which was replacing an older peace pole that had been damaged). Eighty people were present for the ceremony, where we unveiled the pole and read the message of […]
Letter to the Editor by Debra Orben, LEPOCO member republished from The Morning Call I recently had the privilege of spending time with about 100 beautiful, kind and creative people in Allentown at the 27th year of Peace Camp. Some were between the ages of 5 and 14 and some […]
Any outsider who dropped in on LEPOCO’s 49th annual dinner last month would think peace advocates really know how to party. To paraphrase Emma Goldman (even if she didn’t really say it): “If I can’t party, I’m not joining your revolution!” Given the hard work that peace activists do, who […]
