But seek first His kingdom, and all these things will be given to you as well

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Lenka Marečková was born on June 3, 1963. She was imprisoned twice for recitation of her own poems at an authors’ poetry reading in Písek in 1982. She was nineteen years old during her first prison term. Lenka was arrested several times on various occasions, and she initiated and participated in the publication of an independent ecological Bulletin and in 1988 she established the Independent Ecological Society. She signed the declaration of Charter 77 in 1984. She took part in activities of many independent movements, including the Independent Peace Association and especially the editorial committee of VONS (the Committee for the Defense of the Unjustly Prosecuted), which was meeting in her home for about three years. She assisted in publication of many samizdat works and she kept an archive of Information on Charter 77 in her home. In her profession she deals with the issues of prisons, criminal law and human rights. At present she collaborates with the Václav Havel Library and she focuses on spirituality.