Leah Bolger was Board President of World BEYOND War from 2014 until March 2022. She is based in Oregon and California in the United States and in Ecuador.
Leah retired in 2000 from the U.S. Navy at the rank of Commander after twenty years of active duty service. Her career included duty stations in Iceland, Bermuda, Japan and Tunisia and in 1997, was chosen to be the Navy Military Fellow at the MIT Security Studies program. Leah received an MA in National Security and Strategic Affairs from the Naval War College in 1994. After retirement, she became very active in Veterans For Peace, including election as the first woman national president in 2012. Later that year, she was part of a 20-person delegation to Pakistan to meet with the victims of U.S. drones strikes. She is the creator and coordinator of the “Drones Quilt Project,” a traveling exhibit which serves to educate the public, and recognize the victims of U.S. combat drones. In 2013 she was selected to present the Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Memorial Peace Lecture at Oregon State University.
Find her on FaceBook and Twitter.
Videos:
Peace Conference Workshop
Activist vs. Super Committee
Articles:
Our Afghan War: Immoral, Illegal, Ineffective… and It Costs Too Much
From 1961 to Egypt today; Eisenhower’s warnings & advice hold true
CONTACT LEAH:
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War destroys solutions
Hello Leah,
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Let me know where to email an MP3.
Peace,
Hi Leah,
Thank you so much for your comments following the screening of Alice & Lincoln Day’s film: Scarred Lands & Wounded Lives / The Environmental Footprint of War at your conference.
I am supporting the Day’s efforts to have their PBS feature, five Shorts, and 18-film clips reach the largest, broadest audience possible.
Would it be possible for you to share these links with the World Beyond War network as a resource on your website? Or in a email update?
The Days, as you know, are making their documentary & related Shorts & Clips available to anyone & everyone for free. Someone commented after your conference screening that they were ‘ahead of their time’ when they made their feature. (It debut at The Environmental Film Festival in D.C in 2008.)
Fast-Forward to 2017 …
Public awareness and media attention on the environmental impact of war is still virtually non-existent despite both climate change & conflict-related loss of biodiversity and the massive refugee crisis worldwide making headlines virtually every day.
My prayer is that conferences like yours results in voters, policy makers and the global environmental & humanitarian communities connecting the dots between War, the Environment & Climate Change. And sparks an international paradigm shift in which nonviolent means of conflict resolution take the place of bloodshed.
Until then i’m reminded of this children’s rhyme
Around and around we go;
(Climate change creates Conflict. Conflict creates Climate Change. Climate change creates Conflict. Conflict creates Climate Change …)
Where it stops? Nobody knows
( …for sure; but some experts predict when climate reaches a global inferno)
Appreciate the work you guys are doing. Keep it up. It is essential.
Leah,
How can I contact you?
Leah, did you get my note on this site? I can’t tell. How can I contact you? David endorsed my new book. I would like you to do also.