New York State Marches for Peace

WALKING INTO A NEW FUTURE FOR THE PEACE/ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT?
Perhaps by joining the energies of the peace movement with those of
soldiers returning from Iraq who have become disillusioned with the war
as well as with their families who have been thoroughly stressed and
drained by the experience, we can begin to create a new and significant
power to counter [...]

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Established in the depths of the Cold War in 1950, Armed Forces Day has been used ever since by the professional officers corps and the weapons industry as an annual “celebration” of America’s military. This year, peace groups from across northern New York joined with the Different Drummer internet cafe to organize a 100 [...]

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I attended the event in Watertown on Saturday. I really liked the use of the projected images from the walk — that really made me feel like I was part of something big, even though I had not been able to be in the walk itself. The quality of those photos was very high, and [...]

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Commentary 21 May ‘08
By Roland Micklem
“Walking the Walk”

I didn’t want to go home. As the van swallowed the miles between Watertown and Weedsport, I could not have been more energized had I ingested a pound of caffeine. And this was a wholesome, healthy high, fueled by newly formed friendships and the shared experience of participating [...]

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I had a recent connection with the Peace Center in Buffalo about 6 months ago. That’s how I met Vicki Ross and it went from there. She mentioned this march going on and she asked for a little help, and it ended up with a month and a half of good work.
Vicki met up with [...]

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After arriving home  2 am Sunday morning and “decompressing,” I experienced a bit of a post “magnificent march” let-down for most of the day Sunday.
It’s Monday morning and I’ve been reflecting on the walk and all of the friends made along the way (my eyes well up as I remember). The most powerful thing [...]

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Friday Night, May 16
Friday was an amazing morning. We started out from Adams Center - started with a meeting about “Where do we go from here?” looking for ways to support the IVAW. We had a nonviolent training, and then sharing and appreciations, and we shared about the process of separating. Then we set up [...]

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It was quite a remarkable day.
As we were getting closer to Watertown and expecting a more hostile response, I found quite the opposite. A lot, a lot of people, 95%, responded to our waves and peace signs and honking with a thumbs up, a very positive, unbelievably positive attitude. I got the sense from [...]

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Ft. Drum Feeder Marches Meet Up in Pulaski
The three Feeder Marches - from Utica, Ithaca, and Rochester — met up in Pulaski, NY, Wednesday afternoon.
The Marchers met for an evening of sharing Walk highlights at St. Francis Farm, just outside Pulaski, where they were treated to a home-grown meal and overnight hospitality.
Several members of IVAW [...]

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National Reporting of NYS Marches for Peace
Cynthia Banas from Vernon, NY, who has been a support person for the Utica Feeder March,  called in to report that her local radio station WRVO made several announcements about the Marches for Peace during the past couple of days. She also reported that Monday night, close to midnight, [...]

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