Articles by Robin Lloyd

Robin and her son, Jesse

Visit to a Prison within a Prison

Robin Lloyd August 24, 2006 Robin Lloyd

Robin and her son, Jesse
Robin Lloyd, videographer, peace activist and chair of the Toward Freedom board, recently spent three months in prison for 'crossing the line' (committing civil disobedience) at the School of the Americas (renamed WHINSEC - Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation) ) at Fort Benning, Georgia. She says "the setting of the Danbury Prison Camp in rural Connecticut is beautiful, the food was OK, and meeting a lot of new people was enlightening, but encountering the prison-industrial complex up close and personal was awesomely upsetting.  

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Letter From Prison: Support the Independent Press!

Robin Lloyd June 6, 2006 Robin Lloyd

Dear Toward Freedom Friends:

If you've visited the website recently you know that I am writing you from a federal prison camp in Danbury, Connecticut. No, I did not abscond with TF funds, or get caught trafficking drugs. I'm here, along with 31 other protesters who self reported to federal prisons across the country on April 11, for trespassing at a military base in Colombus, Georgia, where the School of Americas is located; the school that trains Latin American soldiers in counterinsurgency and state terrorism.

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Women Lead the Way

Robin Lloyd September 1, 2005 Robin Lloyd

Raging Grannies sing out against torture.
Women are leading the anti-war movement right now. The grief and rage of Cindy Sheehan is spreading across America. Thousands of letters have flooded in to the Crawford Texas, Post Office, demanding that President Bush meet with Cindy. Over 1,600 candlelight vigils took place on Wednesday, August 17, and communities are setting up their own Camp Caseys, named after Cindy's son who died in Baghdad last year. Has the 'tipping point' finally arrived?

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Focusing on Vermont Prisons 6/02

Robin Lloyd June 23, 2005 Robin Lloyd

The need to share problems and solutions about Vermont’s criminal justice system became the inspiration for an all-day event, “It’s About ÔTime’: Bringing Justice to Vermont Prisons,” held on Feb. 16 at a public school in Burlington’s Old North End. The event exceeded expectations: At least 200 people took part, attending 12 workshops and afternoon plenary sessions that featured Vermont lawmakers and experts on citizen oversight. TF was a key sponsor. read more

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Hague Appeal Update – Women (2/00)

Robin Lloyd June 2, 2005 Robin Lloyd

Ten thousand peace activists, Nobel peace prize winners, and celebrities met for four days last May at a conference center at the Hague, Holland, with virtually no US – and skimpy international – coverage. A few blocks away, the boys with the big cameras clustered outside the gates of the International Court of Justice, where Yugoslavia was charging NATO with violations of international law.

After all, there was a war going on.

Every day, young people trooped down with banners, urging the media to provide some coverage. No luck. As a Hague Appeal staffer later explained, "Unless the story has action and can be explained in two seconds, they don’t want to cover it." read more