D.C. Redux Part I: The March

D.C. Redux Part I: The March
Pacifism is a verb blog: 01-31-2007

"Protestors from groups as divergent as Veterans for Peace, American Friends Services Committee, Code PINK, and United Church of Christ filled the streets of Washington."

Grandmother sentenced to sweeping street in subfreezing weather as punishment for protesting

Grandmother sentenced to sweeping street in subfreezing weather as punishment for protesting
virgotext: 01-31-2007

"Diane Baker, a 60-year old hospice chaplain at United Church of Christ in Dallas, was one of 71 people arrested four months ago for crossing a police line to sit on the steps of a Senate office building during a protest in Washington. As punishment, she was sentenced to eight hours of street sweeping on Tuesday — in 20 degree weather."

UCC quite visible at anti-war rally in Washington

UCC quite visible at anti-war rally in Washington

United Church News (01-30-2007)

UCC members from across the denomination joined tens of thousands of anti-war demonstrators at a Jan. 27 rally in Washington, D.C. The protest, held on the Washington Mall, was one of the largest demonstrations to date against the U.S.-Iraq War.