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SOA Watch Council Information
Regions and Regional Representatives
At the 2004 annual SOA Watch Strategy Meeting, local SOA Watch groups around the country were divided into twelve regions. In the following months, local groups met and chose people to represent their region's voice on the "SOA Watch Council," the new national decision-making body for SOA Watch.
SOA Watch Council Meeting, February 2006:
Back row, L to R: Jill Flores (South), Vennessa Pustek (Northwest), Theresa Cameranesi (West), Cile Beatty (West), Deirdre MacDermott (Northeast), Pam Bowman (staff), Hendrik Voss (staff), Carmen Rivera (staff), Palmer Legare (New England), Liz Deligio (Great Lakes), Richard Boren (Southwest), Wayne Wittman (Vets for Peace); Front row, L to R: Randal Pfleger (Southeast), Christy Pardew (staff), Brendan McCrann (Rockies), Eric LeCompte (staff); Not pictured: Mike Pasquale & Audrey Stewart (New York), Art Roche (Midwest), Ken Hayes (South), Morgan Roddy (Great Lakes), Edith Wilson (MidAtlantic), Linda Panetta (Northeast), Sr. Marge Clark (LCWR)
This group held their first conference call on June 5th, 2004 and their first face-to-face meeting September 17-19 in Chicago, Illinois. Since then, they have continued to meet in person two times per year and by conference call as needed.
To read the minutes of past Council meetings, see "Council Meeting Minutes" on the right sidebar of this page.
Below you'll find listed the twelve regions, the states that make up those regions, and the regional representative for each region. (We are currently working to place Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands in a region, based on input from SOA Watch organizers in those locations.)
Great Lakes
Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky
Katie Varatta: katievaratta(at)yahoo(dot)com
For more regional information, visit www.icpj.net and the 8th Day Center for Justice.
MidAtlantic
DC, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Western Pennsylvania
Midwest
Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota, Oklahoma
New England
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Vermont, Maine
Palmer Legare: palmerlegare(at)yahoo(dot)com
New York
Andy Kafel: akafe(at)earthlink(dot)net
Northeast
Central and Eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey
Deirdre MacDermott:
deirdre(at)whitedog(dot)com and 215-601-4805
For more regional information, check out www.SOAWNE.org
Northwest
Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Alaska
Greg Speltz: SGregmare(at)aol(dot)com
Rockies
Colorado, Wyoming, Utah
South
Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas
Southeast
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee
Gray Newman: dibloc(at)aol(dot)com
Pedro Jesus Romero-Menendez: soawcouncilfla(at)gmail(dot)com
Southwest
Arizona, New Mexico
West
California, Nevada, Hawai'i, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Marianas
Theresa Cameranesi: tmcameranesi(at)earthlink(dot)net
P.O. Box 320055, San Francisco, CA 94132
415-876-1455 (home) and 415-312-0312 (cell)
Margaret Johnson: mjohnson(dot)soawsla(at)gmail(dot)com
Additional members of the Council include:
Demissie Abebe, representing the Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition International.
Wayne Wittman, representing the Veterans for Peace. Wayne's email is waynewittman(at)msn(dot)com.
One representative from the DC office
One representative from the Columbus office
Click HERE to read the orientation packet for new council members.
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