CE: We are looking at two more Stryker deployments out of Fort Lewis within 2007. We have been working to solidify organizational structure and a regional network to facilitate better and more effective communication as well as create more effective actions.
Further information:
Port Militarization Resistance (PMR): The main group involved in organizing, two chapters exist, the first one in Olympia and the second in Tacoma. PMR was formed in Olympia in May 2006 during the two-week protest period of the deployment of the 5th Stryker Brigade. Formed at an OMJP meeting, it was a diverse group of people working on a campaign to end the use of Olympia’s municipal property for the occupation of Iraq. I have attached a campaign plan drafted in February 2007 by Olympians in preparation for the deployment of the 4th Brigade 2nd Division, which we believed was going through the Port of Olympia.
Olympia Movement for Justice and Peace (OMJP): A broad, socio-economic justice group formed during the First Gulf War that works on issues from health care to homelessness. Serves as a main hub of peace and justice organizing in Olympia. Many individual members were involved in the March 2007 port actions but OMJP was not directly responsible for the organizing. www.omjp.org Offers the most complete compendium of documents, photos, articles, etc., of both the May 2006 and March 2007 port protests.
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS): Includes chapters in Olympia and Tacoma. Tacoma SDS, a student group formed last year was the main group organizing out of Tacoma. Tacoma SDS was instrumental in securing meeting locations at the University of Puget Sound, outreach to the community, etc., during the March 2007 port protests. SDS Olympia and Tacoma are both multi-issue organization but have focused primarily on anti-war organizing with teach-ins and vigils. www.tacomasds.org
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