On Inauguration Day, Tuesday January 20, 2009 the Berkeley based Ecumenical Peace Institute / Clergy And Laity Concerned (www.EPICALC.org) conducted a "Living Graveyard" to focus on the human cost of the Iraq War.

Each third Tuesday, 12:00 - 1:00, at the Oakland (California) Federal Building the weekly anti-war vigil is transformed into a “Living Graveyard.” Covered with white sheets, participants lie on the city sidewalk, far enough apart to allow for pedestrian and wheelchair traffic. This is legal street theater to make visible the reality of the deaths caused by the war.