LOLA will have a speaking session as well as a booth at the Students for Liberty Mid- Atlantic Regional Conference in Philadelphia, PA.

“Johnny and Jane got their Guns – and Never Came Home”

9/11 unleashed the dogs of war, and the impulse for endless war in the guise of the Global War on Terror. Not only has this war cost us  -- more than a trillion and counting – but it has expanded the federal government and given the Executive Office more power than ever. It has cost the lives of more than 5,725 American service members, and left tens of thousands sick, injured, suicidal and lost. A generation of Americans is feeding the war machine and yet our leaders cannot truly tell us why.

Daniel Lakemacher, a U.S Navy veteran who became a conscientious objector after working at the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, will share his insights.

Kelley Vlahos, freelance wirer and contributor to Antiwar.com, will talk about the media and politics driving perpetual war.

Allison Gibbs, president of the Ladies of Liberty Alliance (LOLA), will discuss howstudent activists can make a difference.

Speakers for this Session will include:

Treasurer- Kelley Vlahos
Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, a Washington, D.C.-based freelance writer, is a longtime political reporter for FoxNews.com and a contributing editor at The American Conservative. She is also a Washington correspondent for Homeland Security Today magazine.

Allison Gibbs: Allison is the founder and Executive Director of the Ladies of Liberty Alliance (LOLA). She did AIDS and DOD research for about 8 years of her life. She has been a protestor of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2002, engagin in and organizing worldwide protests against the US occupations within these countries. She is an advocate for the Non-Agression Principle and is devout in her convition.

                                                                                                                   
  Daniel Lakemacher: Daniel is the founder and creator of the website WarIsImmoral.com. Daniel is a concientious objector who served in the Navy and was stationed at Guantanamo Bay. He has made it his duty to awaken those inside and outside of the military of concientious objection and the inherent force of the government.