“Think pink!”

This is the motto behind the liberal feminist activist group Code Pink, which spoke at a recent news conference at the Journalism Association of Community Colleges (JACC) conference in L.A. on April 1-3.

Code Pink was founded in October 2002 by Jodie Evans and three of her friends.

Evans said she and her friends sat around thinking of a way to speak out against the imminent threat of war, the loss of democratic civil liberties and the rapid slide toward economic and environmental disaster.

The meaning behind pink

“Pink,” Evans said. “This is what I said to my friends that day.”

With the uttering of that one word, Code Pink was born. The color pink is a clever spoof on President George Bush’s color-coded terrorist alert system; red, of course, indicating the highest level of alert.

“Red idicates fear, threat and entrapment, but pink makes people happy,” Evans said. “Pink represents a new day and makes us seem harmless.”

Code Pink uses pink to represent the group.

Speaking out on the war in Iraq

Code Pink is also advocating a social justice movement for the people of Iraq and the U.S. in which they oppose the war altogether.

“Code Pink supports life,” Evans said. “Bush has failed at his job and because of this we say ‘Bush you are fired.'”

More than 2.4 million jobs have been lost in Iraq and the country has suffered a severe lack of education.

“Eighty-five percent of the children in Iraq suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder,” Evans said.

Men can also wear pink

Evans said that although women founded Code Pink and the group is predominatly female, manyl men have joined the group.

For more information on Code Pink students may call (310) 827-3046.