"Eyes Wide Open" is the American Friends Service Committee's widely acclaimed exhibition on the human cost of the Iraq war and commemorates all the lives lost. The exhibit will visit Allegheny College in Meadville PA on February 24 and 25, Edinboro University on February 27, and Erie on February 28. Details can be found at http://www.afsc.org/eyes/ and http://www.erielead.org/event.  The exhibit includes a pair of boots honoring each U.S. military casualty; a field of shoes and a wall of remembrance to memorialize the Iraqis killed in the conflict; and a multimedia display exploring the history, cost and consequences of the war.

Lifelong peace activitist, Phyllis Rodin, travelled from Northampton, Massachusetts to speak to the CPJ of her experiences, which included working with farmworkers in the 1930s; witnessing the effects of nuclear war at Hiroshima after World War II; crossing the nation in 1986 to advocate for peace and nuclear disarmament; talking with Cindy Sheehan in 2005; and steadfastly demonstrating for her position.  Ms. Rodin noted that in her 92 years of life, there has not been a day without war or average people "affected by The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" because of the greed and misdeeds of those in power.   Her goal is to see future generations able to take advantage of all that a peaceful, just world has to offer.