3000 Too Many Protest - Campus Peace Action and UCF SDS
“3000 Too Many” protest in Orlando (Photo: Mychel Estevez)
Orlando, FL - January 18, 2007. On Thursday, January 18th, Campus Peace Action (CPA) and SDS partnered to hold a rally commemorating those who have died in the war against Iraq and calling for an end to the war. Held at the University of Central Florida, the rally was followed by a march to the Armed Forces Recruitment Center across the street from campus. Since the event took place so close to Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, CPA and SDS members took turns reading Dr. King’s stirring essay opposing the war in Vietnam. Several commentators remarked on the similarities between that period and today.
Names of some of the U.S military personnel who have fallen in the war were then read. Two mock coffins were carried by “pall bearers” to the front of the stage. One by one, members of the audience deposited into these coffins rolled up sheets of paper representing the diplomas soldiers might have earned had they been able to lead normal lives.
An estimated sixty-five of those at the rally participated in the march accompanying the two mock coffins across campus to the recruitment office. At the recruitment office, students sat in front of the doors for over and hour while recruiters locked themselves inside.
Original post by Jay Jurie and reposted by Radical Blogs
