]> http://iraqmortality.org/blog/49 en http://iraqmortality.org/evanston-illinois-five-days-of-mourning <p>The 100,000 Rings Action in Evanston, Illinois reminded people from the North Shore how devastating their support of the war is to the Iraqi people. We vigiled at Fountain Square in downtown Evanston, where auto and pedestrian traffic converges from three sides, so we reached thousands of people. We read names and rang the bell for five days from 4:00 to 7:00 and over 100 people were active participants--ringing the bell, reading the names, handing out explanatory flyers, holding pictures of mourning Iraqis, and fighting the wind with a large banner that said " Operation Iraqi Freedom, 100,000 dead! When will it ever end?" Six of the volunteers joined us on the spot after they saw what we were doing and several read or rang for three hours or more.</p> Sun, 13 Nov 2005 03:29:38 -0600