Reply #42: I just had avery nice talk with someone at Code Pink DC

[G_j]

I told her what we have been discussing and asked her if she knew of anything in the works. She said she didn't. She told me that there is a sort of perception out there that people are moving on and looking towards the 2004 election. But, she said her personal impression was that folks there in DC are feeling just the way we are and she connected the issues of the lies that were told to the present occupation of Iraq. She mentioned how people are still very concerned of the way we "moved on" from Afghanistan which is a total mess also.
I told her that I sensed in my own community a very strong desire to address these issues now and people are not talking about moving on.
I told her that us folks here at DU were thinking of trying to plan something ourselves since we are tired of waiting for someone else to do it. She said if we could pull it off she was sure people would come. However we talked about how much was involved and a month would probably be the minimum of time to really pull something off and even then taking into account permits etc. we could possibly end up in September which would put us fairly close to the ANSWER march. She gave me the number of the new DC rep for United4Peace in DC. I left a message and am hoping to hear back from her. My next step is try to get someone from ANSWER on the phone and discuss this whole thing with them. The woman at Code Pink was very supportive and I believe they would help us the best they could but are stretched very thin as their staff consists of only two people. Anyway that's it for now.It may help us to stay open to alternative ideas and stay creative in our thought. For instance could we pull off a "virtual march" such as moveon did? I had one fantasy that ANSWER would revise the message of their march. One can dream.. I hope I will have more news to post later. You folks rock! peace, G_j