Bring a Pair of Shoes to Washington D.C. on Jan. 27

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WALK IN THEIR SHOES
Have you seen the devastating John Hopkins report revealing that over 655,000 Iraqis have died since our invasion and the polls show that the overwhelming majority of Iraqis want us to leave? Shoes, like the pair above representing the 3-year-old daughter of Hussein al Tarish, help people visualize unspeakable pain and suffering this war has inflicted on the Iraqi people.

The voters have spoken! The goal of 'Walk in Their Shoes' is to hold our leaders accountable for their pro-war policies--and we did! We showed the candidates who still support this war that they must see the consequence of their votes to go to war, to fund war, and 'stay the course'. There is still a lot of work to do, but we are doing it!

January 26th-Walk In Their Shoes In D.C.--6,500 Shoes!

WE NEED 6,550 PAIRS OF SHOES to build a "Walk in their Shoes" installation for J27 - Bring and offer shoes for January 27th March on the Congress. http://www.unitedforpeace.org. If we each bring just one pair we will have enough for this installation and others around the city. We especially need baby, toddler, young girls and boys shoes, and women's sandals and heels.
Label them if you can by attaching a tag that can tie to the shoes with a string. Then, write the name, age, and sex of an Iraqi victim on the tag. You can find names at http://www.iraqbodycount.org/names.php
On J27, bring your shoes to the rally and look for the drop off point on the north side of the Mall at 3rd and at 7th. Before J27 you can mail or drop shoes off at:
Al-Fishawy Cafe (aka The People's Media Center).
4132 Georgia Ave NW, 20011 (between Upshur & Taylor Streets),
METRO: Green line: Georgia/Petworth walk 3 blocks north on Georgia; BUS: #70/71/64 bus lines. Questions re drop off or mailing contact [e-mail]. Put "SHOES" in the subject line.
Thank you for bringing the “Walk in Their Shoes" action to your area. In mere days, many of our local groups were able to put out the call to gather shoes and create this powerful visual representing Iraqis who have died. The shoes were displayed outside Congressional offices, busy intersections, and at the World Series! One group of four courageous women visited dozens of small towns in the Sierras of California with their shoe exhibit, and refused to leave when police denied their constitutional right to demonstrate on the side of a public sidewalk numerous times.

Here’s what CODEPINK coordinators are saying about the Walk in Their Shoes actions:

Not only did we get an amazing amount of support from people in conservative rural areas, but it was moving to find out how much our being there meant to women who can feel very isolated in their peace activism.”—Marie Bravo, CODEPINK Lake Tahoe Area Coordinator

“Displaying the shoes made me feel connected with the spirit of these people who have been brutally killed. It’s hard not to be overwhelmed with sadness and misery, but we are the ones alive who can make the change and stop this. We need to be doing this every day all over the place.”—Sam Joi, CODEPINK Berkeley Coordinator

“This action crosses political borders. I had people who voted for Bush and believe we should ‘stay the course’ in Iraq coming up and talking with me during our shoe display action about how moved they were.”—Nancy Mancias, CODEPINK organizer

http://www.codepinkalert.org/article.php?list=type&type=176

[babylonsister]

1. Recommend. nt

[unhappycamper]

2. k&r #2

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. kick for a good cause

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4. Hey Proud2BeLib, when I posted this I didn't realize you'd already posted one...

But I suppose that doesn't matter as long as the word gets out, right? :pals:

[proud2BlibKansan]

5. Yes - the more the merrier

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