Ardeth Platte, OP, a Dominican sister living in community at Baltimore's Jonah House, is originally from Grand Rapids, Mich. A former high school teacher, administrator and City Councilwoman, she has engaged in previous Plowshares actions.

Kathy Shields Boylan, a grandmother, is a mother of five children. She is a member of the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker in Washington, D.C. and has been involved in previous Plowshares actions.

Rev. Larry Morlan is a Roman Catholic priest in the diocese of Peoria, IL. He is a former member of the Davenport, Iowa Catholic Worker and a struggling resister. He also has previously been involved in a Plowshares action.

Carol Gilbert, OP, is a Dominican sister, formerly from Grand Rapids, Mich., but. currently a member of the Jonah House resistance community. She is a former school teacher, who has been involved in previous Plowshare activities.

Rev. Frank Cordaro is a Roman Catholic priest and pastor at Holy Trinity of southeast Warren County in Iowa. As a co-founder of the Catholic Worker house/community in Des Moines, Iowa in 1976, he has been an active worker for justice and peace for more than twenty years.