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".