Why black ribbons and armbands?
In U.S. society, black is the color of mourning. We wear the ribbons to remind ourselves, and our country, of the thousands of US troops and the hundreds of thousands of Iraqi men, women and children who have died needlessly in this fiasco. We wear them as well to remind ourselves that if we do not act to stop it, the deaths will keep on coming. And coming. * We’ve been holding a vigil on Sunday morning for years, and we don’t want to change the day. Fine, don’t change your vigil time. But as you have an organized group, consider doing something else on the Third Friday. You might hold an additional vigil. You might on Friday morning leaflet houses in the neighborhood where the vigil takes place, leaving a flier with a ribbon attached and calling on folks to attend the vigil. You might plan an educational event or film showing on Friday evening at which you could also promote your vigil. * What good does writing and calling my elected officials do? Isn’t that a great question. It clear
