Marched on two separate occasions - 1st was huge - I have no idea of the estimate of numbers of people, but marched right down 5th avenue looking forward & backward and saw nothing but a sea of people. I marched next to a Jamaican/Rasta style marching band, and ran into my 7th...
Took a bus early in the morning with my friend Jorge from NYC to Washington DC. Went with friends to all marches against the war in NYC. Still fume when I remember Bush saying that the vast sea of protesters marching in the streets ot the capital was nothing more than a focus...
My younger daughter and I were living in Santa Cruz, CA and my older daughter was attending UC Santa Barbara. On Feb. 15, 2003 my older daughter came up and the three of us and a number of their friends in two cars, went up to San Francisco and participated in the march,...
I joined the march downtown. This was the first time in my life I had attended a march for anything. I just couldn't believe that war was an answer to anything and had to speak up and show up....
My partner (no longer living) and I fashioned our signs and marched with 8,000 other people from the Roundhouse (state Capitol building) to the Plaza! My sign was dripping with red paint, a bit graphic and actually upset a tourist on the plaza. I felt all of us world wide were making a...
It was a small number, husband suffered from a break down from events related to 9/11 and by the time of this march the marriage had collapsed and I walked with my 7 year old son. The pain from having tried to go on with our lives as if the message brought to...
Not my story . . . rather my promo for the film: ANTI-WAR ACTIVISTS . . . Peace Makers . . . Lovers of Life . . . If you were one of the millions upon millions of individuals (and yes - there were that many people) who took to the streets to protest in...
At sunset we marched from a church to the Campbell - Speedway streets intersection. We did a candlelight vigil for peace. My 11 year-old son was with me. He's 24, now. We're still at war....
I was a volunteer with United for Peace and Justice, I spent days handing out flyers beforehand (and getting yelled at by people who said 'we want war!') and then the whole day I was selling buttons and hats etc in the street to make money for the organizers. After we ran out...
