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Convergence of Hope and Resistance 2009
en español
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Organizers for
justice in the Americas have been gathering at the gates of Ft. Benning since 1990, and
as our demonstration against the SOA has evolved into one of the most vibrant
anti-militarization convergences in the United States, we continue to learn from one
another's stories, tactics, ideas, information, theater, friendships, trainings,
workshops, films, and more, see the schedule of events
below!
The SOA Watch Translation and Interpretation Working Group is providing simultaneous Spanish language interpretation through headsets, which will be available at no cost near the stage.
Note: The following abbreviations
signify different event spaces. Click on the links below to see where the spaces are
located in Columbus.
CC (Convention
Center, 801 Front Avenue)
HJ (Howard Johnson
Hotel, 1011 Veterans Parkway)
For a complete map of Columbus, Georgia click here
Schedule of Events
Monday-Wednesday
Puppet Building, warehouse
Thursday
Puppet Building, warehouse
7PM Former Prisoners and Probationers of Conscience Dinner, ***Change*** Locos Amigos Cantina Bar and Grill,
1030 Broadway, Columbus, GA, 31901
(706) 320-4520
7-11:30PM Atlanta Benefit Concert to Close the SOA, Eyedrum Gallery For more info,click here
Friday
8AM-12AM Tabler and Vendor Space, CC Riverside Lobby
9AM-11PM Event Registration Table: stop by to pick up your Vigil Program! Any weekend schedule changes will be posted at the event registration table. CC Lobby
9AM-8PM (PAL) Partnership America Latina: Silent Auction, CC Riverside Lobby
10-11:30AM Protest at the Stewart Detention Center (meet in front of the Convention Center at 8:15 AM to join the caravan led by a member of Georgia Detention Watch), Lumpkin, Georgia. For more information click here
9:30AM-12:30PM SOA Watch Nonviolence Training: An Introduction, CC 201 click here for description
9:30AM-12:30PM SOA Watch Nonviolence Training: Nonviolent Action Preparation, CC 207 click here for description
9:30AM-12:30PM SOA Watch Nonviolence Training: Building Effective Communication Skills, CC 208 click here for description
11AM-1PM Women's International League for Peace and Freedom screen: Beyond Rangoon and Prayer of Peace, CC 101
1-2:30PM Counter Military Recruitment Workshop: How students can organize against unfair military recruitment, CC 201
2-4PM Un Poquito de Tanta Verdad (A Little Bit of So Much Truth) Media Presentation, CC 101
2-5PM SOA Watch Nonviolence Training: An Introduction, CC 207 click here for description
2-5PM SOA Watch Nonviolence Training: Campaigning to Close the SOA, CC 208 click here for description
2-5PM SOA Watch Nonviolence Training: Nonviolent Action Preparation, CC 202 click here for description
2:30PM Puppetista Building and Rehearsal, warehouse
2:45-4PM The Dirty War in Argentina 30 Years Later: One Survivor's Day in Court, CC 201
3-5:45PM Colombia Teach-In (hosted by Witness for Peace), HJ Presidential Room
3:30PM Puppetista Drum Circle Rehearsal, warehouse
4-5:15PM The Struggle of the Mapuche People of Chile, CC 201
4-5:30PM *Torture, Justice and Accountability in Guatemala, HJ Carter Room
5-6PM US LEAP Presents: Preparing for the 2010 fight against the FTA, CC 207
5-7PM "A Call to Action:" a documentary by filmmaker Joseph C. Stillman on Iraq veteran Jimmy Massey, CC 101
5-10PM Photo exhibit by Linda Panetta featuring images from throughout Latin America, Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine with focus on immigration, displacement, and the human cost of war. www.opticalrealities.org. CC South Hall Lobby / entrance area of Ignatian Teach-In
5:30-6:30PM Slideshow by Linda Panetta featuring images from communities throughout Latin America. www.opticalrealities.org. CC South Hall Lobby / entrance area of Ignatian Teach-In
5:30-7PM Anti-Cuban Terrorists and Anti-Terrorist Cubans: the Luis Posada, the SOA, and the Cuban 5 Connection, CC 201
5:30-7:30PM Vietnam: American Holocust, Film and Discussion with Filmmaker: Clay Claiborne, CC 202
6-7PM Haiti: the SOA connection, the coup, occupation and political prisoners, CC 208
6-8PM Inclusive Catholic Liturgy, HJ Carter Room
6:15-8:15PM Pax Christi USA Presents: Iraq and Afghanistan: From Violence and War to Reconstruction and Reconciliation, HJ Presidential Room
6:30-8:30PM, Legal Observer Training, Days Inn
7-8PM Let Nicaragua Live, CC 207
7:30-9:30PM Film: The Jesuits: The Massacre at La UCA, CC 101
8-9:30PM Free Gaza March, CC 202
8-10PM Prison Reform & Harm Reduction in the "War on Drugs", CC 201
8-10PM Film: The Coca-Cola Case, CC 208
8:30-11:30PM C.H.A.N.G.E. An acoustic concert to Close the School of the Americas, HJ Presidential Room. For more info,click here
9-10:30PM New Decade, Same Story: Seven Bases and U.S. Intervention in Colombia, HJ Carter Room
9:30PM-12AM Direct Action Meeting, CC207
10 PM-12 AM Films From the Oaxacan Mutual Aid Multimedia Cooperative "ManoVuelta", CC 101
Saturday
7-9AM Presbyterian Breakfast with speaker: Rick Ufford-Chase, Holiday Inn North (Reservations required, $10 for a full breakfast buffet, contact Marilyn White at marwhite@igc.org)
8AM-11PM Event Registration Table: stop by to pick up your Vigil Program! Any schedule changes will be posted at the event registration table. CC Lobby
8-11:30AM Tabler and Vendor Space, CC Riverside Lobby
8-11AM Peacemaker and Guide Training, CC 202
8:15-8:45AM Slideshow by Linda Panetta featuring images from communities throughout Latin America. www.opticalrealities.org. CC South Hall Lobby / entrance area of Ignatian Teach-In
8:30-11AM *Labor Caucus (hosted by the UAW, USAS, US LEAP, AFSCME, AFL-CIO, and the USW), CC 212
9AM-7PM (PAL) Partnership America Latina: Silent Auction, CC Riverside Lobby
9:30-11AM *Morning Plenary:This year's Sunday Scenario has some changes! Join Venezuelan Ambassador, Bernardo Alvarez; Medea Benjamin; Demissie Abebe, torture survivor and director of TASSC; Simon Sedillo; Liz Deligio; Sr. Kathleen Desautels; Bill Quigley; Audrey Stewart; Pam Bowman; and Eric LeCompte! Start the day with great musicians and speakers and learn about SOAW's 2009 campaign as well as important weekend logistical, direct action, non-violence, and legislative information. All attendees are strongly encouraged to attend. CC Ballroom
10-11AM Kids Learn SOA Songs to Close the SOA, CC103
10-11AM Middle School Teach-In, CC104
2:30PM Puppetista Rehearsal, Ft. Benning Rd.
5PM-12AM Tabler and Vendor Space, CC Riverside Lobby
5PM Protest at Publix in Columbus, Georgia click here for more details!
5-6PM NETWORK (A Catholic Social Justice Lobby) gathering of members and friends, CC 205
5-6PM *Colombia's War on Farmers: Fensuagro's Fight for Food Sovereignty, CC 201
5-6:30PM Peace Brigades International presents: Somos de esta tierra: Afro-Colombian and campesino resistance to violence and land exploitation in Colombia, CC 202 click here for description
5-6:30PM Campaign to Stop Killer Coke, CC 212
5-6:30PM *TASSC International and the Campaign for Justice and Accountability, CC 211
5-6:30PM "Gaza: Steadfast" Multimedia Presentation with Photojournalist Skip Scheil, CC 208
5-6:30PM Unjust and Unwarranted: The Reality of Immigration Detention in Georgia, CC 213
5-7PM Student Organizing to Stop U.S. Intervention in Latin America: An Organizing Meeting Hosted by Students for a Democratic Society, HJ Presidential Room
5-7PM Feature Documentary Return to El Salvador World Premiere, CC Ballroom
5-8PM Maryknoll Gathering, CC104
5-11PM Photo exhibit by Linda Panetta featuring images from throughout Latin America, Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine with focus on immigration, displacement, and the human cost of war. www.opticalrealities.org. CC South Hall Lobby / entrance area of Ignatian Teach-In
5:30-6:30PM *Resisting Disappearance in "Peace Time" Guatemala,
CC 207
5:30-6:30PM Slideshow by Linda Panetta featuring images from communities throughout Latin America. www.opticalrealities.org. CC South Hall Lobby / entrance area of Ignatian Teach-In
5:30-7:30PM Christian Peacemaker Teams Gathering, HJ Carter Room
6-7:15 PM Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution: 3 Views from Within: Lisa Sullivan, Maia Rodriguez, Charlie Hardy, CC 103
6:30-8PM RCWP Workshop, CC 205
6:30-8PM Nightwind: Theater of the Oppressed with Hector Aristizabal,
CC 211
7:00-7:45PM Update from the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and the Student Farmworker Alliance, CC 201
7-8PM *Preventing the Next SOA: Confronting the Private Military Companies Blackwater, Triple Canopy, and DynCorp in Latin America, CC 207
7-8:30PM Countering Military Recruitment in the Public Schools, CC 202
7-8:30PM Migration Workshop (Hosted by Witness for Peace), CC 213
7-9PM SOA Watch Legislative Training, CC 212
7-9 PM No To U.S. Bases in Colombia! Close the SOA! Hosted by Fight Back! Newspaper, HJ Presidential Room
7-9PM Veterans For Peace Gathering and Sharing, CC 208
7:15-8:30 PM The Coup in Honduras and the Role of the SOA (Bertha Oliva, Tom Loudon, Lisa Sullivan), CC 103
7:45-9:30PM Victor Toro, Nieves Aires, and Mario Venegas CC 201
8-9:30PM Guatemala’s Human Rights Defenders: The Criminalization of Protest, HJ Carter Room
8-10PM Job, Intern, Volunteer, and Religious Vocations Fair (Hosted by SOA Watch), CC Ballroom A
8-11PM H.O.P.E. An eclectic cabaret to Close the School of the Americas, CC Ballroom. For more info,click here
8:30-9:30PM ROY BOURGEOIS and LISA SULLIVAN Report on Partnership America Latina (PAL) / followed by LIVE AUCTION, CC 104
8:30-10:30PM Low Risk, Non-Federal Arrest Action Meeting, CC 103
8:30-10:30PM Direct Action Meeting, CC 207
8:45-9:45PM Presentation of Sustainable Harvest International's Mission: providing farming families in Central America with the training and tools to overcome poverty while restoring our planet's tropical forests, CC 211
9-10:30PM Film: Breaking the Silence: Torture Survivors Speak Out, CC 202
9-10:30PM Latin America's Debt Crisis: a Story of Economic Violence, CC 213
9-10:30PM Film: Franz Jagerstatter: A Man of Conscience, CC 205
9-11 PM Film: Our Disappeared, CC 212
9:30-11PM Women's Ordination Matters: Gender, The Gospel, and Global Justice, CC 208
9:30-11:30PM Film: The Coca-Cola Case, HJ Presidential Room
9:30PM-12AM Death Threats: The Politics of Displacement and Community Self Determination, CC 201
10:30PM-12AM
*Short Films from Honduras & Costa Rica / Documentales cortos de Honduras y Costa Rica, CC 205 for more info click here
10:30PM-12AM Spokescouncil Meeting: All Affinity Groups should send at least one representative, CC103
Sunday
7-9AM Peace Action Wisconsin Reflection Service, HJ Presidential Room
7:30-8:30AM Sinsinawa Dominican Sunday Reflection, HJ Carter Room
Veterans for Peace and friends will gather at 7:15am the Days Inn (3170 Victory Drive) to march together to the gates of Ft. Benning, Georgia. Join them!
8:00AM-2PM Memorial Service, Solemn Funeral Procession and Puppetistas, Ft. Benning Rd.
2PM Stage Breakdown. Volunteers needed, meet at the stage! Ft. Benning Rd.
Monday
8:15AM-12PM SOA Watch Mailing Party! Volunteers needed! Come support the movement in our most important mailing of the year!, HJ Presidential Room
* Denotes that an SOAW interpreter will be available to translate Spanish to English/English to Spanish
Please note that the rooms above are subject to some change!
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