My name is Michael Hodgson. I live in Lancaster, PA and have been a member of the phillyimc editorial collective for most of the past year (late winter '07-present). I was using lancaster-imc @ riseup.net as my main list email, and upeksha as my user name, but have recently decided to archive all my list emails to one gmail email, reserving my riseup email for personal communication. Riseup does not supply enough storage for all the lists I belong to. I would like to continue helping out with site admin.

Affiliations

Lancaster Pennsylvania IMC, Phillyimc, Prometheus Radio Project

Member Since

Feb 25, 2008

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Lancasater, PA, M15 Roundup

Lancaster, PA

On March 15, 2008, a few days before the Five Year Anniversary of the Iraq war, and the 4000th U.S. Soldier to die in combat, at least 700 people from all ages and backgrounds gathered in Binn's Park on N. Queen Street to hear recollections from veterans, inspirations from the parents of fallen soldiers and poets and pleas for peace from local religious leaders. Small processions called feeder marches added to the swelling crowd throughout the morning, including people from the local chapter of the Industrial Workers of the World, People of Faith, the Rainbow Rose Community, Youth and the Clowns for Peace.

The rally at Binn's Park was followed by a procession through downtown Lancaster and a Town Hall meeting at Southern Market. The demonstrations were sponsored by the Lancaster Coalition for Peace and Justice.

This is a photo/video essay roundup of the event. It was an important day for peace activists, and a great display of local civilian media—there were at least 30 community journalists brandishing digital cameras and camcorders and interviewing participants, which might account for why the mainstream media, including Fox News, actually stayed long enough to see the crowds.
Photo Galleries | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Videos | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Articles | 1 | 2 | 3 | Also this video from the 2006 Karl Rove protests at the Host in Lancaster.

 

 

Ms. Jana El Horr, a Fulbright Scholar (2005) from Lebanon, holds a bachelor's degree in Economic Development (2002) and a master's degree in Conflict Resolution (2005) from Eastern Mennonite University.  Currently, she is a doctoral candidate at the Institute for Conflict Analysis ...

March 15 Peace Demonstrations in Lancaster, PA

This is a photo essay of pictures taken during the M15 rally and peace march in Lancaster, PA on March 15, the 5 year Anniversary of the occupation of Iraq

A Rigged Game

According to an article in the Nation the abuses at Guantanamo Bay go beyond denial of basic rights and indefinite detention.

Massive Peace Rally in Lancaster - March 15

On March 15, 2008, an estimated 1,000 citizens will participate in demonstrations and rallies in Lancaster, PA advocating for non-violent resolutions to conflicts at home and abroad, and to show solidarity with the Iraqi people, who overwhelmingly, according to local independent surveys, want the U.S. led occupation to leave Iraq......

LANCASTER, PA – Lancaster County citizens, veterans, religious groups, scholars, civil rights advocates, and civic organizations will gather for a potentially record breaking peace rally on the Fifth Anniversary of the start of the Iraq ...