This page last updated March 22, 2003 10:30 a.m.

Rockbridge Response to War on Iraq is a network of people in the Rockbridge County, Virginia area. Formed at a community meeting early in January 2003, we are active in many ways: letter writing, lobbying, vigils and demonstrations to oppose a war, as well as providing support to families of local servicemembers, humanitarian aid to Iraqi civilians, and facilitating discussion and study groups.

To put yourself on the list for a weekly e-mail update, call Nell Lancaster at 540-463-2394, email nlancaster@rockbridge.net, or write to Rockbridge Response to War on Iraq, 508 Poplar Hill Rd., Lexington, VA 24450.


Today

Health kits for Iraqi refugees, phone cards for troops

Collect materials for health kits and drop them off at the Lexington Presbyterian church office (120 S. Main St.) this week. Local volunteers will drive them to an American Friends Service Committee warehouse in High Point, NC next week. The AFSC will ship cargo containers filled with the kits to refugee centers in Jordan.

Help soldiers stay in touch with their families by contributing to Operation Uplink.

Recently
More than forty people participated in the vigil at the courthouse Thursday, making a powerful statement. Thanks to all who have helped show our community that opposition to the war springs from love of country and a determined hope for a better future.

On Sunday evening, March 16, 150 Rockbridge Response supporters participated in a worldwide wave of candlelight vigils for peace. The local observance took place at the First Baptist Church in Lexington, with a short program of peace songs and prayers of several faiths before the vigil.

candlelight vigil March 16 on North Main Street

Photo by Eli Fishpaw

What we can do -- a monthly calendar of events and actions.

Why war on Iraq is not in the U.S. national interest -- the case against war from a national security perspective.

A message from Rockbridge Response on keeping the lines of communication open in wartime.

Resources -- Local and national resources for information and action