On Wednesday, January 12, to Friday, January 14, 2005 local schools throughout the area host the Wheels of Justice Tour. The tour brings first hand witness accounts from Iraq and Palestine to challenge and educate Americans the repercussions of war and occupation both on people abroad and Americans at home.

Having seen and lived with war, terror and occupation in Iraq and Palestine, participants in the Wheels of Justice offer first-hand experience irrespective of partisan politics. Building upon the growing domestic and International movement against the war and occupation in Iraq and Palestine, the Wheels of Justice Tour provides education, outreach, nonviolence/action training, active resistance, and community-building all across the United States. For details on the tour, see http://justicewheels.org

As people of conscience working for peace, we advocate justice and human rights as the only real roadmap for peace at home and abroad. We call upon all parties involved to recognize and adhere to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and we call for nonviolent resistance to this violence of war, terror and occupation.

The tour is sponsored by Voices in the Wilderness, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition, and the Middle East Children's Alliance with support from affiliates of the International Solidarity Movement. This tour was endorsed and hosted by a number of organizations and began in mid-August 2003.