https://www.lvpnews.com/20230321/singer-activist-reggie-harris-addresses-gathering/ Published March 21. 2023 11:36AM BY STEVEN W. KRAFT – SPECIAL TO THE BETHLEHEM PRESS Singer and activist Reggie Harris, appearing at the LEPOCO AnnualGathering in Bethlehem, praised the organization for its 57-year history of struggle for peace and social justice, urged listeners to “step up and stand up” […]
The invasion of Ukraine by Russia must be stopped. The Lehigh-Pocono Committee of Concern (LEPOCO) envisions a world free from war, violence, and injustice. To that end, we oppose all wars. We are alarmed about the war in Ukraine – the brazenness of the Russian invasion, the mounting killings of […]
Posted on Lehigh Valley Live – Aug 06, 2021 A plea to eliminate nuclear weapons on the anniversary of Hiroshima bombing | Letter – lehighvalleylive.com Aug. 6 and 9 mark the days that the United States dropped nuclear weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki 76 years ago. Speculation abounds about the […]
Lehigh Valley Live – 07/29/2020 – Letter to the editor, by Nancy Tate Last week 93 members of the U.S. House of Representatives and 22 members of the U.S. Senate supported amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act that would have cut 10% of the funds for the Pentagon, designating those funds […]
For Nuclear Weapons Abolition; Resist & Reverse the Climate Crisis; for Social & Economic JusticeBy Monica McAghon & Susie Ravitz Due to the world-wide pandemic, The World Conference for Nuclear Weapons Abolition, Resist and Reverse the Climate Crisis, for Social and Economic Justice was live-streamed to well over 1,000 people […]
(COVID-19 and LEPOCO Annual Dinner Cancellation) Submitted by Mick Baylor, Margot Hillman, Dan Miller, Nancy Tate, members of the LEPOCO Steering Committee and Staff On the day (Thursday, March 12), when the Lehigh Valley community announced its first COVID-19 case, a committee of the Valley’s oldest secular peace and justice […]
In a recent interview with the Morning Call, Nancy Tate gives her unique perspective, as one of the Muhlenberg Five, on a new Bethlehem ordinance proposal. This proposal suggests a requirement for groups of protestors, numbering more than five, to apply and be approved to have a permit to do […]
Frida Berrigan was the featured speaker at the LEPOCO Annual Dinner on Saturday, March 23rd, 2019. The topic of her speech was “Nuclear Weapons Ruined My Life: They’re Probably Ruining Yours Too.” View her presentation at the dinner, below.
Yesterday, February 25, Jeff Vitelli and Stefan Rogers traveled to Princeton to be part of a peace vigil on the eve of the Korea peace talks in Vietnam. They joined others on a cold and windy day to witness for serious peace negotiations. Here’s a photo from their vigil. […]
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
