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Our Saturday, March 22 vigil to mark 5th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq was very successful. Our core group was joined by several other people supporting our cause;  many drivers gave us thumbs up or said thank you as they passed.  Our vigil was covered by ABC TV 40 WGGB on their 6:00 evening news.

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The film"Think Peace: Portrait of a 21st Century Movement" is now being shown Wednesdays at 9:00 p.m on our Waronoke Peace Action TV program on Cable Channel 15 in Westfield, the Westfield Community Programming Channel. It will be repeated on several Wednesdays in the same time slot, plus some late night repeats.
see details on future events page

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NEW Next Regular Monthly Meeting Thur. May 15 at 7:00 p.m.
see details on future events page

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Photo Report on Nov. 23 Black Friday visibility at Holyoke Crossing. (click here)

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Photo Report on Oct. 27 Boston Rally with WSC Students for Peace & Justice
(click here)

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Read our Memorial Day Letter to the Editor - published in both The Republican and the Westfield Evening News
(click here to read letter)

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Report on Sign Holding Visibility at Mass Pike Entrance held Friday May 25, 3-5 pm
Success! - lots of support (and heat and humidity) on the Friday of Memorial Day Weekend

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Report on Megan Bartlett, 9/11 first responder and organizer of Ground Zero for Peace, spoke at Westfield State College April 23, 2007
Powerful talk, good turnout!
Megan Bartlett (seen above with Afghan first responders) is featured in the film, "Worlds Apart", that was  shown on Waronoke Peace Action TV.

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A veteran's panel discussion at Westfield State College was held Wed. Feb 28, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
“THE VETERAN’S DILEMMA: COMING HOME”
 Photo report  click here

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Buddhist Peace Walkers Return to Westfield Tue, Feb. 20 - was facilitated again this year by the Waronoke Peace Action Group
To see photo report of last year's visit with a link to background information click here.
Photo report of this year's visit - click here.

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Photo report on Waronokers  participation in the "Vigil for the 3000" Jan. 2, 2007 when the U.S. military causality count reached 3000 click here

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Brief report on the Jan. 27, 2007 Visibility in support of the Washington  D.C. march to
End the war in Iraq, Bring all the troops home now! click here

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The West Springfield Citizens for Peace continue to hold peace vigils on the
1st and 3rd Tuesdays each month at 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. on the
West Springfield Green opposite the library.
Several Waronokers join with them when schedules permit

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DVD Lending Library
You may now borrow DVD's from our new lending library. (more on new Library Page)

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Our Letter to the Editor re: photo encouraging a girl with face paint TO PLAY WITH A  MACHINE GUN!   (Read the letter)

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We have permanently added to our LINKS Page a link to Connecticut Coalition For Peace and Justice (CCPJ) http://www.hopeoutloud.org/ . Thanks to Wayne Coste for reminding us that "Western Mass and CT are NOT two different worlds".  Mutual support of neighboring grassroots events and coalition building are what have, historically, empowered a well informed, energised, progressive minority to win the support of the typically less well informed (or misinformed) and too-often apathetic majority - to the benefit of us all.

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The Waronoke* Peace Action Group is an informal organization formed initially by individuals who came together on the green in downtown Westfield, Massachusetts to demonstrate their opposition to the Iraq war - even before it began. Together and individually, group members have continued
- to participate in sign-holding visibilities, candle-light vigils, and protest marches,
- to sponsor talks, films, and forums,
- to work on voter registration, education, and get-out-the-vote campaigns in the 2004 primary and November elections,
- to write letters to the editor and, in other ways,
- to work to bring an end to the death, destruction, and deficit that were the predictable product of this tragic war of choice and subsequent occupation.

*Waronoke (a variant of Woronoco) was the name given to the Westfield river valley region by its pre-colonial native residents; it is here that most of the members of our group presently reside. Not coincidentally, the spelling includes the words "WAR" and "NO".

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