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Duluth, MN/Superior WI
About 20 people attended the Northland Anti-War Coalition's October Iraq Moratorium. We held a one hour vigil on the corner of a busy intersection near the University of MN-Duluth. We held signs for passing motorists, and handed out leaflets to pedestrians. A large group of students from UMD's Students for Peace group attended, as well as some students from the College of St. Scholastica, a number of older peace activists. It was a very spirited vigil, and the response we got from the public was overwhelmingly positive!
Hayward 
Hayward’s October Moratorium #14 event was slimmer than usual due to the Obama House party happening concurrently in a neighboring community, but we prevailed. Around 25 citizens and 2 dogs rallied and demonstrated on the busy corner in downtown Hayward.
Cars and trucks passed by waving, clapping and thanking us for standing up, with relatively few thumbs down. Several vigilers called in pledges to WOJB 88.9 FM, our local community radio station’s fall fund drive while others spoke live on the radio (right) via cell phone. Some yummy brownies were available and the Wiscokidd played sing-a-long tunes! Pamphlets for the Progressive Democrats of America circulated highlighting their “Healthcare not Warfare” platform, as well as Iraq Moratorium pamphlets to those who had not heard about the “Every Third Friday” events nationwide.
Janesville
Rock Valley Fellowship of Reconciliation Peace vigil. Approximatel;y 12 people today, with "stop the war" and "honk for peace" signs. It was raining and cold, so the group was smaller than usual. Lots of honks and only a few negative gestures.
Rice Lake
Just over 30 anti-war supporters gathered in Rice Lake Friday to observe Iraq Moratorium Day #14. We were very glad to see a crop of new young faces at our event, having been joined by several high schoolers from the area. Spirits were high, passing motorists were supportive with honks and thumbs up, and enthusiasm for expanding the event is growing. We're all looking forward to a larger event on November 21st!
Milwaukee
Our usual 3rd Friday rally and vigil was bolstered by an increased presence of University of Wis-Milwaukee students, who also marched to the Federal Building and back. It seems impossible, but the response from cars driving by during rush hour was even more enthusiastic than it has been.
Madison
As an Iraq Moratorium event today, we held a special statewide organizing meeting in Madison to make plans to bring and keep our National Guard troops home: those who are currently fighting in wars abroad – and those with plans for being deployed in 2009! We need our Guard here – to deal with floods, and tornados, and supporting human needs within our state and region and nation….not abroad fighting in wars. We are developing flyers and petitions for the November and December Moratorium vigils. Watch for them on the WNPJ website.
This is part of a national campaign, endorsed by Veterans for Peace and more. The following states have active campaigns which have already introduced or will soon introduce state legislation: Vermont, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, New York, our own Wisconsin and Oregon. A new "Bring the Guard Home" website will be up very soon, but in the meantime, go here for links to media releases, publicity fliers, articles and FAQs about the national campaign. And if you want to get involved in Wisconsin, contact Joy First at jsfirst@tds.net or 608-239-4327.
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