SOA Watch Encuentro and Lobby Days in Washington, DC

North and South, the People Say, Close the SOA! Donate

Tell Congress and the White House to Shut Down the SOA/WHINSEC! Converge on Washington, DC in February 2009 Make Your Voice Heard: Ensure True Change in Latin America Policy Join grassroots activists and organizers for a series of events calling for a new Latin America policy and opposing militarization. SOA Watch is working with other Latin America Solidarity and social justice groups on a series of events from February 15-17, 2009 to push the U.S. Congress and the White House to close the School of the Americas and to bring real change to U.S. Latin America policy. Schedule of Events Saturday, February 14 7pm Meet and Greet at the SOA Watch office Sunday, February 15 9am - 4:30pm SOA Watch Encuentro / Strategy Meeting dinner break 4:30pm - 6:00pm 6:00pm - 9:00pm Anti-Militarization Program organized in cooperation with the Latin America Solidarity Coalition (LASC) and the North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) Monday, February 16 9:00am - 11:00am Grassroots Lobby Training 1:00pm - 4:00pm Arts and Action Workshop Lobby Visits and Street Theater on Capitol Hill Tuesday, February 17 Lobbying on Capitol Hill Click Here to Register for the February 15-17 Events Thank you for signing the Petition to Barack Obama Our voices together can compel president Obama to act. Please pass the petition on to your friends and co-workers. Thank you! SOA Watch is circulating a petition to Barack Obama, urging him to issue an executive order to close the School of the Americas (SOA/WHINSEC). Click here to download petition forms - Click here to sign the petition online Educate and mobilize your community! Order the SOA Watch DVD Compilation and organize a film screening for your friends, neighbors and co-workers. Order Outreach palm cards: Spread the word about the SOA/ WHINSEC in your church, school, union local or meeting with the new SOA Watch Palm Card. The cards have basic information about the School of the Americas on one side and information about the Obama Petition and the February events in DC on the other. SOA Watch Palm Cards: Order the palm cards in packs of 120 for $6 including shipping and handling. Click here to order online or send a $6 check or cash to SOA Watch, PO Box 4566, Washington, DC 20017

100 Days Campaign To Close Guantanamo and End Torture Sunday, January 11, marks seven years of detention and torture at Guantanamo. SOA Watch is part of Witness against Torture, an effort to close of the detention camp and to end torture! Visit 100DaysCampaign.org for information on the upcoming events in DC and around the country! Are you planning on coming to Washington DC for the Presidential Inauguration?! We're continuing to collect signatures for the petition to Barack Obama to close the school by executive order and we're working hard to promote the President's Day weekend events in February with palm card distribution. If you will be in DC for the inauguration and are interested in passing out palm cards and/or working the crowds for petition signatures contact the DC office at (202) 234-3440 or info@soaw.org and we can mail you the resources. Join the SOA Watch staff in Washington, DC Check out the SOA Watch webpage for internship and job openings in the SOA Watch office in DC. We are currently seeking a full-time Communications Coordinator as well as an intern for a three to four-month period. Click here to read the job and internship descriptions. Cheryl Sommers, Odetta Holmes, Philip and Louise Baldwin Rieman PRESENTE! We are sorry to report that former Prisoner of Conscience Cheryl Sommers died yesterday.Cheryl was among the 37 people who were arrested at the Fort Benning military base in November of 2005 and was later sentenced in a federal court to three months in prison. Last month, three other SOA Watch supporters passed away: Odetta Holmes, was an American singer, actress, guitarist, songwriter, and a human rights activist, often referred to as "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement". Odetta died on December 2, 2008 from heart disease in New York City. SOA Watch activists Philip and Louise Baldwin Rieman were killed on December 26, 2008 in a car accident on their way to a family gathering in Indiana. They were co-pastors of the Northview Church of the Brethren in Indianapolis. May they rest in peace!

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