<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1141" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Feb 15: 7,500 (our figure; newspaper said 6,000) descended on the North Carolina capitol. Very diverse crowd. African American churches sent good sized delegations. </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Speakers included veterans, N.C. Labor Against the War, a state representative, key African American leaders, people of faith, students/youth, and reps from Latino, Arab-American and Asian-American advocacy organizations. In the background we had a great DJ from the local group Hip Hop Against the War. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>A march that stretched throughout the city went by the offices of Senator John Edwards, the Next Clinton, and loudly berated his pro-war, Bush-loving stance. People were VERY pumped up and left ready to act.</DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Several thousand also assembled for Feb 15 demonstrations in Asheville, Charlotte, and Wilmington. So all told, well over 10,000 marched in North Carolina. Pretty good for Jesse Helms territory.</DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Chris Kromm<BR>Director, Institute for Southern Studies</DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>MARCH ON RALEIGH -- FEB. 15<BR>World Says No To War<BR><A href="http://www.unitedforpeace.org">www.unitedforpeace.org</A></DIV></BODY></HTML>