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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
the responsibility of each citizen to
respond.
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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