Joyce Hollyday

Released
Gender:Female
Race:White
Era:1980s
State:North Carolina
Support
Anti-War Anti-Imperialism
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Biography

Yale Divinity-trained associate editor of Sojourners magazine for 15 years and co-founder of Witness for Peace, the faith-based peace witness in Nicaraguan war zones. Spent multiple weekends in DC jail for protests against U.S. wars in Central America and the nuclear arms race. Author of "Then Shall Your Light Rise" and several other books.

Case

Charges: Federal trespass; unlawful entry; congregating (misdemeanor arrests, Pledge of Resistance anti-Contra protests, 1984–1990)
Sentence: Multiple Pledge of Resistance arrests, mostly cite-and-release; specific dates not consistently documented in open sources.
Convicted: Multiple misdemeanor charges, mostly dismissed

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