A creative performance for peace starting at 5:30 on the Ped Mall:
On April 30th, beginning at 5:30 pm, we will start tracing outlines of all of the US Soldiers that have died in Iraq since the war began.
Nyssa Koons, one of the organizers, says:
When we organized this event, we were doing so in hopes to raise awareness in the general community in a very direct, logical way. All of the silhouettes will be numbered, giving a very tangible feeling of the impact that this war is having as we go about living our sometimes disassociated lives. It's not placing any direct message in people's minds who run across it besides, this is the large number of people who have died in this war, it is real, even if some people have found ways of distracting themselves from it.
We haven't figured out the exact amount of space that it will take up, but probably all of the ped mall, and (roughly estimated) a six to eight block radius.
Check back later for coverage and pictures. (No more cheesy camera phone shots; I invested in an actual camera yesterday.)
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