Events

The weekly peace march, open to all, is led and organized by a 13 year old and has been going strong for a year.  We meet at SE Taylor and 35 street (Sunnyside Environmental School playground).  (Note: no peace march on Sunday February 24,2008 due to PeaceJam at OSU that weekend) 

In the words of the organizer: I am a politically active 13 years old, turning 14 February. I began organizing weekly peace marches protesting the Iraq war and have continued to organize them since January 28th 2007.   We have marched in the sun, in the pouring rain, in the wind and in hail.  Nothing will stop the us from telling every one we pass that there are people dying every day.  We have had up to 23 people on one march, and at least 300 honks.  Cars, fire trucks, buses and police cars have all honked (or sounded sirens) in support.

I have been trying to reach kids, like me, specifically because we need to make our voices heard.  We will inherit this country and the planet, along with its rich, and sometimes great, sometimes dreadful, history.  We can't let our international credibility be tarnished, dragged in the mud and ripped to shreds.  We need to stand up for our credibility, for our brave men and women in uniform shipped off to a country on the other side of the planet and for the Iraqi people who have been slaughtered in the name of "Democracy" and "Freedom."  If you would like to stand up and say "ENOUGH", if you would like to stand up for peace, then show up on Sundays.  We meet at 1:30 behind Sunnyside Environmental School, on 35th and Taylor.  The march goes on for about 45 minutes to an hour.