Day Three: Athens 11.11.07

Our time in Athens was interesting to say the least. We arrived on Saturday night--game night for UGA (what were we thinking??). We drove around in a state of shock at the sheer drunken debauchery, and pondered what our country would be like if people cared as much about ending the war as they do about football. We had some down time in Athens that we spent visiting with friends, getting some work done, and eating a delicious breakfast at The Grit.





We set up on campus at the University of Georgia in the Student Learning Center. Turnout was low but we did catch a lot of students as they passed through the rotunda space where the boots were set up. Eventually we realized that there were tons of students just upstairs from us at the coffee shop. In an act of guerilla activism, Tim and Witt temporarily took over the coffee shop, made a pitch for our exhibit, Witt played "Here's to the State of Things," some students were shocked, others excited at this out of the ordinary occurance, and then they made a quick getaway to escape campus security taking further action. We will hopefully have a video clip of this up soon!



Special thanks to Xavier for all of his work putting the event together and for hosting us and to members of the Athens Friends Meeting for their help with set up and break down.

Christina Repoley
American Friends Service Committee/ Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition

Photos by Sara Hopkins