LAGUNA WOODS
Wednesdays 4 to 5pm

WOMEN IN BLACK; LAGUNA WOODS

Women are invited to dress in black and to join in "A Silent Vigil for All Victims of War" every Wednesday from 4pm to 5pm, at the corner of El Toro Rd and Paseo De Valencia, Laguna Hills. E-mail us at wiblagunawoods@yahoo.com

HISTORY: Since 1976, Argentenian women, dressed in black, have walked silently in a central plaza every week to commemorate and mourn the thousands of their loved ones who "disappeared" during the military coup. These women were the inspiration for the international movement of Women in Black that originated in Jerusalem in 1988 -- and within a few years has spread to many other countries of the world.

CURRENT STATUS; Women in Black is now an international peace network of women of all denominations and nationalities who hold weekly vigils to protest war, violence and human -right abuses. The New York City group mourns 9/11, and at the same time opposes the US attack on Iraq.

STRUCTURE; Each group is an independent local organization, setting its
own policy and guidelines for a weekly vigil.

THE VIGILS ARE SILENT BECAUSE WORDS ARE INADEQUATE TO EXPRESS THE
TRAGEDY CAUSED BY WARS AND HATRED. BLACK IS WORN AS A SYMBOL OF SORROW
FORALL VICTIMS OF WAR, AND FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF PEOPLE, NATURE AND THE
FABRIC OF LIFE.

WORLDWIDE RECOGNITION; The global Women in Black network was awarded the Millennium Peace Prize sponsred by UNIFEM in 2001 and has been nomnated for the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize by the American Friends Service Committee.

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