top
East Bay
East Bay
Indybay
Indybay
Indybay
Regions
Indybay Regions North Coast Central Valley North Bay East Bay South Bay San Francisco Peninsula Santa Cruz IMC - Independent Media Center for the Monterey Bay Area North Coast Central Valley North Bay East Bay South Bay San Francisco Peninsula Santa Cruz IMC - Independent Media Center for the Monterey Bay Area California United States International Americas Haiti Iraq Palestine Afghanistan
Topics
Newswire
Features
From the Open-Publishing Calendar
From the Open-Publishing Newswire
Indybay Feature

"Honk for Peace" at Lake Merritt--now in its 4th year

by Daniel Borgström
The Lake Merritt peace walk, dating from 1991, began again in 2001, shortly after 9/11. The weekly demonstration is a Sunday afternoon event which helps to keep the antiwar movement visible in Oakland.
Lake Merritt Neighbors Organized for Peace (LMNOP)
TIME & PLACE
3 o'clock every Sunday; rain or shine, summer & winter, till the war's over
at the Colonnade, near Lakeshore Ave. & Highway 580
-----------------------------------------------------------------

THERE'S A LAKE near the edge of downtown Oakland, and for over three years now it's been the centerpiece of a weekly antiwar demonstration. Every Sunday afternoon a small group gathers at the northeast end of the lake, then sets out on a three-mile stroll around its perimeter.

The first time I attended was in March 2003, just a couple weeks before the war started. The meeting place was the "Colonnade," a tastefully designed structure which looks like something out of ancient Greece. It was almost three o'clock, and I got there as people were beginning to arrive.

THE ARTICLE CONTINUES AT
http://www.intergate.com/~daniel41/

Add Your Comments
We are 100% volunteer and depend on your participation to sustain our efforts!

Donate

$190.00 donated
in the past month

Get Involved

If you'd like to help with maintaining or developing the website, contact us.

Publish

Publish your stories and upcoming events on Indybay.

IMC Network