My apologies to anyone who tried and failed to access the LaVena petition recently. The yearly membership at the site hosting the petition needed to be renewed. I’ve done that, and the petition is up and running with no problems. Again, apologies for any inconvenience.
Petitions
Following the most recent post on the LaVena petition, a correspondent asked for assurance that the names and information of signatories will not be used for other purposes. This is a potential concern that I should have allayed on the day that I launched this petition, and I apologize for not doing so. To make [...]
It has been some months since I last wrote on the effort to prompt a reinvestigation of the 2005 death in Iraq of Pfc. LaVena Johnson. Though not much has happened on an official level during that time, the Johnson family continues working to bring the story to the attention of the media and other [...]
The father of Pfc. LaVena Lynn Johnson, Dr. John Johnson of Florissant, Missouri. Dr. Johnson spoke in August 2007 at the Veterans for Peace speakout on sexual assault in the military outside the Robert A. Young Federal Building in downtown St. Louis. This was just one of many events and workshops comprising the 22nd annual [...]
The petition asking that the Senate and House Armed Services Committees compel the Army to investigate anew the death of Pfc. LaVena Johnson stands at just over 3500 names at the moment. It has taken some three months to reach this point. The petition to change the logo for the London 2012 Olympics passed 10,000 [...]
For anyone who missed my Friday interview regarding Pfc. LaVena Johnson on The Sloan Ranger Show, the audio archive is available via this link. Also: Charles Smith, president of the St. Louis chapter of Veterans for Peace, will talk about LaVena on Vet Net on St. Louis radio station KDHX-FM 88.1 tomorrow morning (March 12); [...]