Join the Army Men Project!

Leading into the 3rd anniversary of the start of the war against Iraq, March 19-20, Charleston Peace will be joining the Army Men Project. As stated on their website:

We’re spreading plastic Army Men around the country and around the globe as small, everyday reminders of the ongoing horrors of the war in Iraq and to serve as tools to foster dialogue, action and resistance to the war. Here in the United States we’re encouraged to forget about the war, to go on with our lives, to “go shopping.” But what if everywhere people went there were little plastic Army Men nudging them to remember that we’re waging war? At Home Depot, on the gas pump, in the 7-11, at the post office, on the hood of the car, in the public restroom, at the movie theatre, in the produce section of the grocery store … in your neighborhood …?

Help these little messengers appear everywhere— to be green plastic pin-pricks to the American conscience, to help create an environment in which it becomes increasingly difficult to ignore the war, the loss of life and the unending destruction. The war is not going away. We want people to realize that by doing nothing they contribute to a war that has cost the lives of almost 2,000 American soldiers and many, many thousands of Iraqi civilians.

Join the Army Men Project – spread the plastic everywhere!

In order to bring this to Charleston on a large scale, we need people to support the project. We're asking everyone to sponsor one gross (144) of army men for $3. We're ordering them on Feb. 1 in order to have them ready to be distributed 1 month prior to the anniversary. We're going to be attaching stickers saying "Bring Me Home" along with the Charleston Peace website to publicize our 3-year commemoration March 19. If you can sponsor a set of army men, or if you're intersted in distributing them once they're in, email info@charlestonpeace.net as soon as possible!