Where’s the Change: Postmortem

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We gathered on the corner of Texas Avenue and University Drive near the campus of Texas A&M, and held signs protesting the wars that the Obama Administration has continued in Iraq and Afghanistan. Throughout the protest we receive a surprising amount of support from those driving by, and received several dozen approving honks followed by hands holding up two fingers for peace.

There were those that showed their disapproval, but they were the minority by far. They also would shout that we should “get a job” or that we were “hippies,” and one told us to get out of their city and “go back to Austin.” Despite the rumors of a possible counter protest and military recruiters none appeared.

There was a mixture of people who joined the protest from several racial, ethnic, and age groups. Of the fifteen people who participated several of them where students, and a few where faculty members, and some where just community members.

This was the first step towards the reforming of the previously known Brazos Valley Coalition Against the War into the newly formed Brazos Valley Peace Watch. The new organization will be meeting again soon to plan another protest that may take place in March on the anniversary of the Iraq War.