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"Prospect For Peace" Numbers Swell |
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by Jim B
Email: jbuell (nospam) prairienet.org (unverified!) |
01 Feb 2003
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120 demonstrate against Iraq war at busy Champaign intersection |
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Organizers counted 120 activists holding signs and "shivering for peace" this afternoon, at the weekly Prospect for Peace observance north of I-74 in Champaign. The observance, at Prospect and Marketview Streets, has been a weekly event for almost a year. More than 80 people attended last week and the week before. Today's demonstrators included parents with children, high school and college students, senior citizens, and even a dog. Despite temperatures in the 30s and a chilly wind, participants were cheered by favorable responses from the vast majority of motorists traversing the city's busiest intersection. Two-finger peace signs, smiles, waves and honking horns outnumbered one-finger salutes and taunts by at least 25 to one, and many of the drivers and passengers accepted flyers from the demonstrators. The event continues each Saturday from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Prospect for Peace is sponsored by the local pro-peace group AWARE, which also holds a public meeting every Sunday from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Independent Media Center, 218 W. Main St., Urbana. More information is available at the group's website: www.anti-war.net. |
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See also:
http://www.anti-war.net
http://www.anti-war.net
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