A noisy and spirited group of about 500 people marched in downtown LA, with puppets, pots and pans and drums, a float for older people and people with disabilities, banners and placards in English and Spanish on 'Welfare Not Warfare'. The multiracial march led by the IWFHC brought together unwaged moms, grandmothers and small children, waged workers and trade unionists including the woman president of Utility Workers Union Local 132 and a contingent from the Homecare Workers Union, welfare and antiwar activists, lots of young people and a number of men. They protested against the Global Loan Sharks at Bank of America and against the theft of women's money at a Social Security office and the Welfare Department. An evening celebration was held for the 3rd year at Alexandria House, a transitional residence and house of hospitality for women and children.