Ava Lowery
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Ava Lowery is an American peace activist from Alabama who has created over 70 Flash
-based animations denouncing the Iraq War, former United States President George W. Bush
, policies of the Republican Party
and several individual Republican politicians. She has actively demonstrated against the war, and in support of soldiers.
Lowery is also the creator of the website Peace Takes Courage, and she and her work have received national media attention in 2005 and 2006, including interviews on Fox News. She is noted for her creation of an online animation, "WWJD" (which stands for "What Would Jesus Do?"). This flash-based animation displays photographs of wounded Iraqi children and suggests what we should do from a Christian angle over the song "Jesus Loves Me
."
Peace activist Cindy Sheehan
, founder of the Gold Star Families for Peace
, has praised Lowery and her work and wrote an article in support of her "new friend... (who) is also against the war and the Bush regime."
In July 2006 Lowery was awarded the BuzzFlash "Wings of Justice" award. She is also a person of interest in the blog world, and was a featured speaker at the 2006 YearlyKos
Convention. Ms. Lowery's appearance of the 2006 Kos Convention was described by Adam Cohen of the New York Times, who noted that "it shows that a 15-year-old with video software and Internet access can now create and disseminate a professional-quality political ad."
Lowery conceived and organized the "16 Candles for Soldiers" event. This rally in support of the troops and against the war was held on the steps of the Alabama state capital in Montgomery
on October 21, 2006.
Lowery and her activism were profiled at length in the 28 January 2007 edition of the Mobile Press-Register.
Lowery was a homeschooled student. She is currently a student of Film & Television at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.
Adobe Flash
Adobe Flash is a multimedia platform used to add animation, video, and interactivity to web pages. Flash is frequently used for advertisements, games and flash animations for broadcast...
-based animations denouncing the Iraq War, former United States President George W. Bush
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
, policies of the Republican Party
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
and several individual Republican politicians. She has actively demonstrated against the war, and in support of soldiers.
Lowery is also the creator of the website Peace Takes Courage, and she and her work have received national media attention in 2005 and 2006, including interviews on Fox News. She is noted for her creation of an online animation, "WWJD" (which stands for "What Would Jesus Do?"). This flash-based animation displays photographs of wounded Iraqi children and suggests what we should do from a Christian angle over the song "Jesus Loves Me
Jesus Loves Me
Jesus Loves Me is a Christian hymn set to words by Anna Bartlett Warner. The lyrics first appeared as a poem in the context of a novel called Say and Seal, written by Susan Warner and published in 1860. The tune was added in 1862 by William Batchelder Bradbury who found the text of "Jesus Loves Me"...
."
Peace activist Cindy Sheehan
Cindy Sheehan
Cindy Lee Miller Sheehan is an American anti-war activist whose son, U.S. Army Specialist Casey Sheehan, was killed by enemy action during the Iraq War. She attracted national and international media attention in August 2005 for her extended anti-war protest at a makeshift camp outside President...
, founder of the Gold Star Families for Peace
Gold Star Families for Peace
Gold Star Families for Peace is a United States-based organization founded in January 2005 by individuals who lost family members in the Iraq War, and are thus entitled to display a Gold Star. It is considered an offshoot of Military Families Speak Out...
, has praised Lowery and her work and wrote an article in support of her "new friend... (who) is also against the war and the Bush regime."
In July 2006 Lowery was awarded the BuzzFlash "Wings of Justice" award. She is also a person of interest in the blog world, and was a featured speaker at the 2006 YearlyKos
YearlyKos
Netroots Nation is a political convention for American progressive political activists, originally organized by readers and writers of Daily Kos, a liberal political blog. It was previously called YearlyKos...
Convention. Ms. Lowery's appearance of the 2006 Kos Convention was described by Adam Cohen of the New York Times, who noted that "it shows that a 15-year-old with video software and Internet access can now create and disseminate a professional-quality political ad."
Lowery conceived and organized the "16 Candles for Soldiers" event. This rally in support of the troops and against the war was held on the steps of the Alabama state capital in Montgomery
Montgomery, Alabama
Montgomery is the capital of the U.S. state of Alabama, and is the county seat of Montgomery County. It is located on the Alabama River southeast of the center of the state, in the Gulf Coastal Plain. As of the 2010 census, Montgomery had a population of 205,764 making it the second-largest city...
on October 21, 2006.
Lowery and her activism were profiled at length in the 28 January 2007 edition of the Mobile Press-Register.
Lowery was a homeschooled student. She is currently a student of Film & Television at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.
External links
- AvasArmy.com
- An article about Ava and Peace Takes Courage from Mother Jones magazine
- Ava Lowery South Florida City Link
- A conversation with Ava Lowery The Red Alert, May 2006
- 15-Year-Old Peace Activist Ava Lowery Talks with PDA Progressive Democrats of America
- Ava Lowery Knows Peace Takes Courage A Buzzflash Interview, July 13, 2006
- PeaceTakesCourage.com