The father of Pfc. LaVena Johnson, John Johnson, was interviewed last Friday by Michel Martin, host of the NPR program Tell Me More. Also on hand was activist and retired Army Colonel Ann Wright. Soldier’s Family Challenges Army Suicide Report Tell Me More, August 11, 2008
August 2008
Coz Carson, one of the hosts of the Internet-based media station US Talk Network, recently interviewed John and Linda Johnson about their daughter, LaVena. Carson is a former program director at 1690 WVON – The Talk of Chicago, and has been a frequent contributor on CNN Newsroom and CNN Headline News. The link to the [...]
In the years since the death of Pfc. LaVena Johnson in Iraq and the beginning of the effort of her family to determine whether, as suspected, LaVena died as a result of sexual assault and murder, the most appalling revelation has been the emerging record of such crimes against women in the armed forces. Helen [...]
Danielle Vyas, an activist and the author of ModernMusings.com, first learned of the story of LaVena Johnson via Electronic Village and immediately set about spreading the word. She submitted the story to the Care2 network of activists and added it to stumble, and digg, casting for the widest audience possible. After learning of the original [...]
Regular readers of the official LaVena Johnson site will note marked changes in every on-screen aspect of the website, beginning with the name: Pfc. LaVena Johnson. Events have outstripped the original title, which was tied to the petition addressed to the two Armed Services Committees. With that petition closed and two others underway, the website’s [...]
As the story of LaVena Johnson makes itself more widely known, many people have registered their concern and outrage through political action, through letters to media sources, through writing and blogging and discussing the story with friends and family. For some, activism has taken the form of creative expression. Correspondent Luke Easter who publishes poetry [...]