Women in Black, Baltimore

Part of an International Network for Peace. Women in Black, Baltimore joins with other women’s organizations worldwide to advocate for peace, justice, and an end to violence worldwide.

We Are Surrounded by Images of War and Violence.
We Present an Image of Peace.

REPORTS FROM ALICIA LUCKSTED

(1) In late November, the convention center was booked by two
gatherings on the same day: The TOW SHOW and A National Conference for Social Studies Teachers: this was the most positive response at the downtown vigil since the PeacePath! Quite a few suggested that WIB should have a booth at the convention and we are looking at that for next year. We had a chance
to meet and talk with a representative from the Justice Department's Land
Mine Monitoring section.

(2) Just a couple weeks ago, WIB downtown were joined on the corner by
lots of "orange" Ukrainians--those who favor the reforms of the opposition
party. Thanks to WIB, they did not need to obtain a permit and there
was no police presence. The WIB vigil and the "Orange" demonstration
went on side-by-side with no trouble at all.

(3) In mid-Nov I travelled to Copenhagen for work, and arranged ahead
of time to meet up with WIB there. Their WIB group is closely connected

to WILPF and has similar regular vigils as we do. While I was there
I attended their vigil held in combination with a protest against hostilities by the US in Iraq, across from the US embassy. Annalise (one of the organizers) also invited me to dinner. They all say hello!

 

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December 22, 2004