The following was submitted by Zada Riordan after attending the September 24 Peace Rally in Washington, D.C. to End the War in Iraq and Bring Our Troops Home, sponsored by United for Peace and Justice and  by A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism):

"Judi Lutz Woods, Kate McCallister and her two sons Casey and Duncan, Diane Clark, and Zada Riordan all rode the buses from Buffalo to participate in the Rally.  We were lucky to be from Buffalo as the New York City people and those from Philadelphia didn't make it because the Amtrak trains stopped running, and the Metro trains in D.C. were only running outbound not inbound.  Dawn Kyle from the Western New York Center for Peace and Justice deserves many thanks for her outstanding job as the leader of our group.  We did an age poll on our bus.  The average age for both men and women was 48.9.  The youngest male was 11, the youngest female was 15, the oldest male was 78, and two women were 72.

More than 300,000 protesters from every state and around the globe were there, being inspired by speeches and performances, deepening our commitment to end the war and to work toward ending poverty in the USA."

(A more detailed report by Zada Riordan will be published soon on this website and in the Winter 2006 issue of the CPJ Newsletter.)