Conchita's Round the Clock Vigil
Daily Express
Malaysia
Sunday, Sept. 19, 1993
From James Sarda
PENNSYLVANIA Avenue in Washington D.C. is home to two famous residents both located diagonally across from the other.
One is the most powerful men on earth-who exercises great influence from a secure and comfortable white-washed 1818 century mansion.
The other is a woman who braves the wind, rain, sun and snow in a lonely round-the-clock street vigil alerting people to the horrors of weapons and nuclear war.
What inspires this intelligent woman to stay there? Her answer is quick: "I am in pursuit of Peace and Justice", says Concepcion, "to make people aware, so that they wake up to the reality that weapons of mass destruction threaten the extinction of mankind. The people have to make the change. The governments do not represent the people, they represent the corporations. We have to start from scratch. If the people lead, the leaders will follow. That's when revolutions happen, when the people cannot tolerate anymore," she concluded., "The people are in despair, the economy is crumbling, the crime is worse than ever, and the bombers are everywhere."
"People just want to be heard'" Concepcion added;
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