Some of the participants in the Friday, November 18 action in Johnston County, North Carolina:

Jerry King is a housing developer in the central city of St. Louis. He is father of 6 and grandfather of 4. With his wife Marty, he volunteers at the Catholic Worker shelter. Jerry was a co-founder of the group Instead of War, which led the St. Louis area protests against the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Previously he was arrested for a non-violent demonstration at Scott Air Force Base in 1998 during the bombing of Baghdad.

Marty King is a retired reading teacher, mother, and grandma. She enjoys her time volunteering in the St. Louis city schools, and at the Catholic Worker House, a shelter for women and children.

Hedy Epstein credits her experience as a Nazi Holocaust survivor as the leading influence behind her efforts to promote human rights, social justice & peace. For Hedy, 81 yrs. old, "remembering is not enough."

Mark Chmiel teaches Social Justice in the Theology Department at Saint Louis University. He is a resident of Forest Park Southeast, and a member the Center for Theology and Social Analysis. He is faculty moderator of the student group, SLU Solidarity with Palestine, and he worked with the International Solidarity Movement in Israeli-occupied Gaza and West Bank in the fall and winter of 2003. He is the author of Elie Wiesel and the Politics of Moral Leadership (2001) and The Book of Mev (2005).

Stephanie Eriksen of Raleigh, NC, is a member of Code Pink. She is the mother of three children and wants to pass them a more peaceful world.

Kathy Kelly, of Chicago, IL, is co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence, a campaign to end the war against Iraq, the occupation, and end the Great War on Terror.

Josh McIntyre, of Raleigh, NC, is a member of Amnesty International, Group 213.

Jerry Surh, of Carrborro, NC, is a member of the North Carolina Green Party.

Bill Ramsey lived in High Point and Durham, NC. for 13 years prior to moving to St. Louis in 1980. He worked for the American Friends Serivce Committee for 21 years and presently coordinates the Human Rights Action Service and St. Louis Justice and Peace Shares. He is the father of five children and lives in an urban community in St. Louis.

Bernadette Rider O’Neill, is a co-founder of the Father Charlie Mulholland Catholic Worker in Garner, NC. She is a senior at Cardinal Gibbons High School in Raleigh.

Dianne Lee is a community college professor, wife, mother, and grandmother. A member of St. Cronan Catholic Church, Dianne lives her faith through commitment to non-violence and a recognition of the inherent dignity of all members of the human family.

Louise Lears is a Sister of Charity of Cincinnati and member of the Pastoral Team at St. Cronan Catholic Church in St. Louis, MO. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in medical ethics and the spirituality of nonviolence.

Patrick O’Neill is the co-founder of the Father Charlie Mulholland Catholic Worker House in Garner, NC. He is a peace activist, writer, and father of eight.

Debbie Biesack, of Fuquay Varina, NC, is the mother of 3 daughters and a member of the Father Charlie Mulholland Catholic Worker.

Andrew Wimmer, of St. Louis, MO, is a member of the Core Community of the Center for Theology and Social Analysis. He is the father of two sons and teaches social justice and peacemaking at St. Louis University.