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March 26. 2008
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Students Walkout to Protest Iraq War
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spirited rally
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T he P ortland O bserver
As part of a nationwide day of
action to mark the fifth anniversary
of the start of the Iraq War. hun­
dreds of Portland high-school stu­
dents walked out of class last Thurs­
day. Students inarched through and
out of their schools before con­
verging in the North Park Blocks for
a spirited rally.
Holding signs that said "Honk
for Peace,” the crowd on both
sides of W est Burnside Street
screamed and chanted with every
passing vehicle. Police closed
down the crossw alks, citing traf­
fic concerns, and several students
were arrested for disobeying ac­
cess regulations.
The event’s festive atmosphere
also had plenty of attention toward
addressing student-specific con­
cerns about the war. "We lack leg­
islative representation, are targeted
for military recruitment, and experi­
ence the loss of resources that
comes from an inflating war bud­
get,” says Sarah Levy, an organizer
at Lincoln High School.
Many students were willing to
disrupt education for one day to
take a stand against five years of
Among, the hundreds in the North Park Blocks who walked out of classes last Thursday to protest five years o f the Iraq War are (from left) Samantha Mathews,
Stetson James II. Mallory McDonald and Ashley Boedeker of northeast Portland's Madison High School.
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mounting death tolls, emphasizing
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Madison High School sopho­
more Mallory McDonald had a spe­
says. “By walking out, students
not only take a stand against the
war, but also assert our own power
as a community determined to en­
act change.”
cial stake in peace with a cousin in
Iraq. "I hear about all these other
teenagers going in there, and it
makes me mad,” she says.
“Silence gives consent,” Levy
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