FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 13, 2005

The Olympia Movement for Justice and Peace
(360) 273-9800
nikki_mmiller@yahoo.com
http://www.omjp.org

OLYMPIA TO FT. LEWIS PEACE MARCH-A visible plea to end the occupation in 
Iraq and bring the troops home now

On Friday, September 23, 2005 members of the Olympia Movement for Justice 
and Peace (OMJP) and many other individuals will depart from Sylvester Park 
at 8:00 am on an 18 mile march ending in a rally at Ft. Lewis later in the 
day.  The rally will be held at Iafrati Park in Dupont off of I-5 exit 119 
at 6:00 pm.

The intent of the march is to confront the lies of the Bush administration 
regarding the war and occupation in Iraq while demonstrating support for the 
individual soldiers on the ground who have been victimized by the 
administration.  The call is to "Support the Troops by bringing them home". 
The U.S. military was not created to serve special interests but rather to 
ensure the safety of its citizenry.

We intend to walk in a peaceful and non-confrontational manner for 18 miles 
in order to be visible to many communities along the way and to show our 
commitment to take action against this immoral and illegal war.  The walk to 
Ft. Lewis aims to highlight both the suffering of the U.S. troops and their 
families as well as the Iraqi people resulting from this war.  We will rally 
at Ft. Lewis because it is an institution directly involved in carrying out 
the war.  We are not going to Ft. Lewis to blame the troops.  We are going 
to Ft. Lewis in a sincere attempt to dialog with the troops about the war, 
and to make public by our actions and words, that there is a growing 
anti-war movement that is sympathetic to both U.S. soldiers and the Iraqi 
people.  The anti-war movement understands their situation and wants to 
support U.S. soldiers by calling for their prompt return home to our country 
and to their families.

The Oly to Ft. Lewis peace march on Friday, September 23rd is part of an 
international weekend of actions against the war including a demonstration 
in Seattle on Saturday, September 24th and a Support the Truth teach-in that 
night at the Capital Theater in Olympia.  There will also be a very large 
demonstration in Washington, D.C.  You can find updates and more information 
about the Oly to Ft. Lewis march at www.olyblog.net (click on calendar day 
for the 23rd) or use contact nikki_mmiller@yahoo.com  Phone (360) 273-9800

Media can use contact cell phone on September 23, 2005 (during the march)
(360) 320-2873