City Newspaper Archives - 3/2008
IRAQ WAR: A window into five years of war
Published by Christine Carrie Fien on Mar 04, 2008
Five years into the Iraq War and you're...angry? Frustrated? Ashamed? The Storefront Anti-War Crisis Center on Monroe Avenue is creating a "street blog" until March 19 - the fifth anniversary of the start of the Iraq War - to exhibit those feelings. | Members of the public can fill out cards with their thoughts on the war and the cards will be posted in the center's window. As of late last week, more than 50 comments were on display. | "Some of it is pretty powerful. Some of it is pretty frank," says Polly Miller, who works at the center. "I think it's important to give people a voice." | Some of the comments are angry, Miller says, and others urge people to work to end the war. | "Who knew five years could be so very long and hard and painful," one comment reads. | The display has attracted a lot of attention, Miller says. | On the March 19 anniversary, the center will hold an open house from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. There will also be a 4:30 p.m. rally at the Liberty Pole, Miller says.
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"I think it's important to give people a voice." -Polly Miller. Photo by Joe Bell.
