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{{Short description|American activist and filmmaker}}
Ava Lowery is a 16 year old student and ] from Alabama perhaps best known known for her online antiwar animations, and the reactions and controversy they generated.
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| birth_date = 1990
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| known_for = Peace Activism, Animations, 'WWJD'? , Documentary Filmmaker
| website = http://www.peacetakescourage.com
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'''Ava Lowery''' is an American peace activist and documentary filmmaker from Alabama who has created over 100 ]-based animations denouncing the ], former United States ], policies of the ] and several individual Republican politicians. She has actively demonstrated against the war, and in support of soldiers.<ref name="montgomery">Associated Press, {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927023731/http://www.wtvm.com/Global/story.asp?S=5573410&nav=8fap |date=2007-09-27 }} WTVM9, October 22, 2006</ref>
==PeaceTakesCourage.com and the WWJD Controversy==
Lowery is the creator of the website , which received media attention in 2006. She was the object of conservative criticism and is reported to have received anonymous death threats after her creation of an online work, . This flash-based animation displays photographs of wounded and bloodied Iraqi children while a child sings "]." ] wrote an article of support for her "new friend... (who) is disgusted with the war and with the Bush regime." In July of 2006 Lowery was awarded the ] "Wings of Justice" award.
She was also a topic of considerable debate in the blog world, and was a guest at the 2006 ] Convention.
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===Disputes over Alleged Threats===


Lowery is also the creator of the website , and she and her work have received national media attention in 2005 and 2006, including interviews on ]. She is noted for her creation of an online animation, (which stands for "What Would Jesus Do?").<ref name="blogbuzz">Ava Lowery interview - ] "BlogBuzz", Sunday, June 19, 2006</ref> This flash-based animation displays photographs of wounded Iraqi children and suggests what we should do from a Christian angle over the song "]."
The allegations concerning the death threats remain controversial. Emails given to reporters following the publication of WWJD, while vulgar, inappropriate, and culturally insensitive, are not specifically threatening. Documented death threats were made against Lowery in response to an earlier animation though.


Peace activist ], founder of the ], 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." <ref>Sheehan, Cindy, {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061121195449/http://www.gsfp.org/article.php?id=159 |date=2006-11-21 }}, Gold Star Families for Peace, April 25, 2006</ref>
In July 2006 Lowery was awarded the ] "Wings of Justice" award.<ref>'' {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070127164720/http://www.wingsofjustice.com/06/06/woj06026.html |date=2007-01-27 }}'', Wings of Justice, June 28, 2006</ref> She is also a person of interest in the blog world, and was a featured speaker at the 2006 ] Convention. Ms. Lowery's appearance of the 2006 Kos Convention was described by Adam Cohen of '']'', 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."<ref name="cohen">Cohen, Adam, '''', The New York Times, June 14, 2006</ref>

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 ] on October 21, 2006.<ref name="montgomery"/>

Lowery and her activism were profiled at length in the 28 January 2007 edition of the Mobile Press-Register.<ref>{{cite news |first=Roy |last=Hoffman |title=Waging Peace: Alabama teen's anti-war Web site creates pro-war furor |url=http://www.al.com/news/mobileregister/index.ssf?/base/news/1169979617152330.xml&coll=3&thispage=1 |publisher=Mobil Press Register |access-date = 2007-01-29 }}</ref>

In 2009 she completed a feature-length documentary profiling three veterans of the war in Iraq titled ''''. In 2013 she won Best Documentary Pitch and Best Doc in the Works at Fusion Film Festival in New York City for her short documentary film ''''.

Lowery was a ] student from grades 7 through 12.<ref>Brady, Jonann, ABC News Special Report, 30 August 2005</ref> She graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts with a degree in Film & Television and sociology in May 2013. She received a masters at Duke University.<ref>http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ava-lowrey/37/a17/370 {{Self-published source|date=June 2022}}</ref>


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<div><small> by Matthew Rothschild, Progressive, April 24, 2006 <br>

by Cindy Sheehan, Buzzflash.com, April 26, 2006 </small> </div>
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* from ''Mother Jones'' magazine
* South Florida City Link
* The Red Alert, May 2006
* Progressive Democrats of America
* A Buzzflash Interview, July 13, 2006
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American activist and filmmaker
Ava Lowery
BornEvelyn Ingrid Lowrey
1990
Mississippi
Known forPeace Activism, Animations, 'WWJD'? , Documentary Filmmaker
Websitehttp://www.peacetakescourage.com http://www.avalowrey.com

Ava Lowery is an American peace activist and documentary filmmaker from Alabama who has created over 100 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.

In 2009 she completed a feature-length documentary profiling three veterans of the war in Iraq titled FALLOUT: Coming Home from the War in Iraq. In 2013 she won Best Documentary Pitch and Best Doc in the Works at Fusion Film Festival in New York City for her short documentary film Fred: The Town Dog.

Lowery was a homeschooled student from grades 7 through 12. She graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts with a degree in Film & Television and sociology in May 2013. She received a masters at Duke University.

References

  1. ^ Associated Press, Pint-sized peace activist stages protest in Montgomery Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine WTVM9, October 22, 2006
  2. Ava Lowery interview - CNN "BlogBuzz", Sunday, June 19, 2006
  3. Sheehan, Cindy, Peace Takes Courage Archived 2006-11-21 at the Wayback Machine, Gold Star Families for Peace, April 25, 2006
  4. Ava Lowery Archived 2007-01-27 at the Wayback Machine, Wings of Justice, June 28, 2006
  5. Cohen, Adam, Could a 15-Year-Old With a Laptop Be the New Campaign Media Guru?, The New York Times, June 14, 2006
  6. Hoffman, Roy. "Waging Peace: Alabama teen's anti-war Web site creates pro-war furor". Mobil Press Register. Retrieved 2007-01-29.
  7. Brady, Jonann, What Does Back to School Mean for Homeschoolers ABC News Special Report, 30 August 2005
  8. http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ava-lowrey/37/a17/370

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