[Peace-discuss] vigil by MoveOn same time as our vigil

[Robert Naiman]

I asked myself the same question as Carl did. But I've come around to
Karen's view.

As Karen says, more people will see something. And in the aggregate,
more people will participate in something. As of this morning, 9
people are signed up for the vigil in Champaign and 12 for the vigil
in Urbana, which seems like a respectable starting point, two days
out.

The "host" of the Champaign vigil has a brother in the military,
apparently. I will contact him today.

On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 10:00 AM, Karen Medina <kmedina at uiuc.edu> wrote:
> >Wouldn't one (larger) demo be better than three (smaller) ones?  Or not?
>
>  It would be best to be a united front, regardless of affiliations -- so we should contact the other vigils, just to encourage and say they are not alone.
>
>  Of course it would be best if the entire twin cities would be out in the streets condemning the occupation and in the churches working through the organizations that already exist to condemn the occupation.
>
>  But if all aren't all going to be demonstrating, then people should be able to see demonstrations where ever they pass on their way through their normal lives.
>
>  -karen medina