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Action Center For Justice
David Dixon
BringThemOnHome@yahoo.com 704-554-1016
Dedicated to abolishing racism, sexism, homophobia, war, poverty, oppression & building a world of justice & equality through social activism. Sponsors demonstrations, forums, public speakers, leafleting/canvassing and more. Linking with local, national, and international struggles to achieve these goals of peace with justice for humanity.
All Walks
Sam Nagoor
close_the_soa@yahoo.com 72-473-2499
Getting folks together from all walks to walk together to close the soa! Join us for our bus trip, or call on us to speak at your group!
world youth peace organization
abel obiagwu chibuike
abelworldyouthpeace@yahoo.com +2347038939536
AK
Sitka
Don Muller
donmuller@msn.com
c/o Old Harbor Brooks
201 Lincoln Street
Sitka, AK 99835
AL
Episcopal Peace Fellowship of Alabama
Rev'd Deacon Steve Shanks
srshanks@wwisp.com 205-664-2526
AZ
Phoenix SOA Watch
Jessica Tartaro
SOWatchPhoenix@gmail.com (480)993-5562
Phoenix SOA Watch began in April of 2007 in an effort to organize Phoenix area activists committed to ending torture. In coalition with several other local activist groups, we are focusing our efforts on community education as well as contact with our representatives to urge their sponsorship of HR 1707.
Tucson SOA Watch
Ken Kennon
kkennonaz@cox.net 520-745-5803
CA
Nikki Duda
npduda@usfca.edu
Direct Action Task Force Against Torture!
Janet Louise Wilsom
supportanactivist@redshift.com
Bringing attention to the use of and need to end torture through various means.
Grandmothers for Peace International
Lorraine Krofchok Director
lorraine@krofchok.com
Goal: a better, safer world for the future...
Mendocino County
Jerry Cox
gerkatcox@aol.com
Oakland/Berkeley SOAWatch
Bob Nixon
robertnixon@mindspring.com 510-533-3120
Peace and Justice for All
Judy Rosselli
jrosselli@aol.com 858 453-0341
I'm one person going from San Diego and want to connect with others from this city. Maybe we could meet in Columbus or when we return and keep some action going.
Peninsula
Laetitia Bordes
lbordes@jps.net
Sacramento
Janice Freeman
janice@compudigital.com
Sacred Heart Prep
Jeff Mezzocchi
jmezzocchi@shschools.org
A Catholic High School in the San Francisco Bay Area with a curriculum focused on justice and Catholic Social Teaching
Saint Mary's College of California
Gary Adler
gadler@stmarys-ca.edu
students, faculty, and staff from Saint Mary's college
San Francisco
Judy Liteky
JLiteky@aol.com
San Jose SOA Watch
Larry Lauro
llauro@bcp.org
Santa Rosa
Alice Waco
awaco@sbcglobal.net
SOA Watch Los Angeles
Patricia Contreras
soawla@earthlink.net
SOA Watch West
David Mezzera
SOAW-West@att.net
SOAW Contra Costa
Natalie Russell
russell1626@juno.com 925-934-0759
SOAW-Placer County
Denise Sewart Denise Johnston
dsewart@surewest.net (916) 300-0482
It is our goal to help build a just society through advocacy by effecting social change to remedy injustices existing in our local, global and environmental communities.
SOAWatch - East Bay
Bob Nixon
robertnixon@mindspring.com 510-533-3120
University of San Francisco SOA Watch
Jen Herrera
jlherrera@usfca.edu
Veternas For Peace Chapter 56
Gordon Soderberg
gordonsoderberg@mac.com
Canada
Mark Cunningham
clouds_and_smiles@yahoo.ca
a group of students from Mount Saint Vincent University and also members from the HRM area
Canada - British Colombia
Bud Godderis
250-365-5077
SOAW Toronto/London
Pascal Murphy
always.choose.peace@gmail.com 416 619 0650
SOAW Toronto: Student Christian Movement of Canada
National Office
info@scmcanada.org 416 463-4312
SOAW Western Ontario (Kitchener, London, Stratford)
Dwyer Sullivan
teamwork@golden.net
Central Arkansas
Hendrix College Against Torture
G Cooper
coopergd@hendrix.edu
Three social activists from Hendrix College are looking for contacts in the central Arkansas region. Groups willing to caravan and find public places for lodging would be great!
CO
Boulder -- Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center
Sabrina Sideris
sabrina.sideris@colorado.edu
Mahatma Gandhi Center for Peace & Nonviolence
Dr. MaryAnn Roldan
maryannr@gmail.com
Promoting peace and nonviolence in the schools and community. Have developed a xeriscape peace garden for community use for reflection and meditation; contains labyrinth, amphitheather, artistically designed circular bench. Peace vigils held annually.
Pikes Peak Justice and Peace Commission
Peter Haney
director@ppjpc.org (719) 632-6189
CT
Veterans for Peace
Walt Hrozenchik
walthroz@hotmail.com 203.438-2529
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FL
Coalition of Concerned Patriots (CoCP)
Don Thompson
janedonjuan@juno.com (941)739-7103
Florida Coalition for Peace & Justice
Bob Tancig
bob@fcpj.org 352-214-1778
The Florida Coalition for Peace & Justice has been working for the last 22 years to support the peacemaker community in Florida.
Florida Gulf Coast Progressive Alliance
Angela Cisneros
acisner@eagle.fgcu.edu 239-293-0251
Gainesville
Barb Howe
barbhowe@ufl.edu
Miami SOA Watch
Patrick McCann
unityact2@aol.com
Sarasota
Russ & Dixie Mahan
rdmahan@webtv.net
SOA Watch: South Florida
Raymond Del Papa
mrrratpp@aol.com 754-423-0051
We are newly forming in the tri-county area to work with other activist organizations to raise awareness of the SOA in South Florida. We will be holding speaking engagments, showing films and organizing local actions. Our first action in support of SOA Watch, this fall, will center around the U.S. Southern Command in Doral, FL.
South Floridians Against the SOA
Jim Sanders
jimsanders954@yahoo.com 954-770-7769 (cell)
St. Petersburg -- St. Pete for Peace
Chris Ernesto
info@stpeteforpeace.org
Students United for Peace and Justice
Sarah Stinard-Kiel
sws04@fsu.edu 321-274- 2176
Tallahassee -- Veterans for Peace / Vietnam Veterans Against the War
tombaxter@talstar.com 850-893-7390
Venice Peace Caolition
Glenn Rogers
eglennrogers@aol.com 941 488 8805
Our group is small, but we will have a SOAW poster at our table on World Peace Day 12-31-06 plus distribution of "Bring the Vigil Home" flyers. Also we are featuring "SOA for "Dummies" at our April 2006 meeting.
Wage Peace, Inc.
David Henderson
904-246-6097
Community Based peace organization in Northeast Florida. About 50 members with an e-mail list of supporters of several hundred.
GA
Koinonia
Volunteer Coordinator
volunteer@koinoniapartners.org 229 924 0391
We are an intentional Christian community about one hour away from the SOA. We have been vigiling at Ft. Benning for decades. We can often provide shelter (floor space, some guest housing) for people on their way to the event. Some groups like to congregate here beforehand or afterwards. We are a peace-loving community and welcome visits at other times too.
Savannah Fellowship of Reconciliation
martie kaufman
g8paz@earthlink.net
savannah f.o.r. meets second tuesday of month at sentient bean, on park st. @ s. end of forsyth park. 6:30 p.m.
GA
Latinas Unidas
jgarcia@agnesscott.edu speralta@agnesscott.edu
Latinas Unidas is an organization of Agnes Scott College focused in the importance of allowing others to become aware of Latin American cultures. We are a sisterhood of dedicated women who have embraced the meaning of being a woman of color, a woman of race, a woman of culture, a woman of love and Latin beauty.
IA
Dubuque SOA Watch
Gwen Hennessey
glhennessey@hotmail.com (563) 583-9786
IL
Call To action
Mauro Pineda
mauro@cta-usa.org 773-404-0004
Catholic group working for Church reform and social justice
IL SOA Watch
Megan Kennedy-Farrell
mkennedy@crln.org
Illinois SOA Watch
Kathleen Desautels
kathleend8@gmail.com (773) 235-6202
Based at the 8th Day Center for Justice, (312) 641-5151
LaGrange Area
Ed Osowski
emosowski@att.net 708-352-2998
Lewis Group
Martha E Villegas
villegma@lewisu.edu
Plowshares
plowshares-cabinet@wheatonplowshares.org
SWB
Altagracia Corniel
acorniel@knox.edu
Will County SOA Watch
Sandy Costa
scosta@stfrancis.edu 815-723-3957
We are a loose configuration of University of St. Francis folks and Universalist Unitarians and our friends!
IN
Bloomington
Charity Ryerson
charitystarrus@yahoo.com
Dorothy Day House for Peace and Justice
Amber Thomas
athomas@marian.edu
We are a house on the Marian College that strives to uphold peace and justice within the college community. We make others aware of what's happening.
Manchester College Peace Studies Institute
Sarah Hall
srhall@manchester.edu
Our program seeks to educate students on issues of social justice and human rights. We send a group of interested students and faculty each year to the SOA vigil in Georgia.
KS
Bethel College Students for Social Change
ssc@bethelks.edu
Peace and Social Justice Center of Southcentral Kansas
Horace Santry
staff@wichitapeace.org 316-263-5886
Salina People for Peace
Janie and Martin St'ates (Stein Bates)
martinbikes@cox.net
KY
Berea College
Danielle Capillo
heal@berea.edu
We are a social and environmental justice student-run organization. We work on various projects thru out the year but travel to Fort Benning to increase the numbers at the vigil in solidarity with those that have died at the hands of SOA graduates.
Highland Heights -- Students Together Against Racism
Brandon Hill
Anubis4life@hotmail.com
Students Together Against Racism is an anti-racist organization who strives not only to understand the effects of racism, but also to become proactive about ending racism on an institutional level.
LA
Contemplatives In Action
Geoffrey Hennies
geoffrey@contemplativesinaction.org 504-891-8483
Contemplatives in Action is a ministry rooted in a faith that does justice.
We are an intentional community that believes in a God whose mercy and compassion compel us to be women and men for others in imitation of Christ.
We value responsible and strategic ministry as we contemplate God’s presence in today’s New Orleans.
We provide hospitality and relief to those affected by Hurricane Katrina, both the storm and the flooding.
We help to create a space for rest, prayer, and a thoughtful response to our current situation.
Polytrix@ killradio.org
johanna iraheta
chepelotuda82@yahoo.com 323-6663016
contacting anyone who is going to the vigil from Los Angeles, Ca.
MA
American Friends Service Committee--Western Massachusetts Office
Douglas Rinnick
afsc@crocker.com 413-584-8975
MD
Howard County Friends of Latin America
Leslie Salgado
cuba_is_hope@comcast.net 410-381-4899
We are a grassroots organization that promotes awareness, activism, and social responsibility in the United States for more just relationships with Latin America.
Mexico
Tijuana peace group
Jesse Thomas
jthomas006@yahoo.com 46-26-77-73
We are working on distribution of flyers to the cars that cross the borders in the morning. This is a fantastic opportunity to get the words out!
MI
Adrian Dominican Sisters
Sister Durstyne Farnan, OP
dfarnan@adriandominicans.org
Adrian Dominican Sisters and Students from various colleges attend annually the SOA.
Ann Arbor area -- Council for Peace and Justice (ICPJ)
Chuck Warpehoski
info@icpj.net 734-663-1870
Council for Peace and Justice (ICPJ)
730 Tappan
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
http://www.icpj.net
Detroit -- UDM University Ministry
Justice Minister
ministry@udmercy.edu
University students, professors, JV's, and assorted Jesuits.
Holland -- Hope College Students for Peace and Justice
AnnMarie Carlson
annmarie.carlson@hope.edu
White Lake Peace Team
Anne Pawli
apawli@gtlakes.com 231-893-3418
Please update my email address on your site. All other information about the Peace Team remains the same. Thanks
MN
Minnesota SOA Watch
Tom Bottolene & Pepperwolf & Nils Dybvig
mnsoaw@circlevision.org 612-701-6963 or Nils at: 612-822-6653
MnSOAWatch meets monthly on the first Monday of the month at 6 pm at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 2730 E 31st St, Minneapolis. For more information about local events and images of actions and to sign up for monthly email updates check out the web site: http://www.mnsoaw.org
Twin Ports SOA Watch
Joel Kilgour, (218) 722-2490
Jay or MaryB Newcomb, (218) 724-6141
soawtwinports@riseup.net
Twin Ports (Duluth, MN and Superior, WI) SOA Watch meets the first Tuesday of every month at 7pm; educational vigil on the first Sunday of every month at 2pm. Contact us for details.
MO
Colombia Support Network of Kansas City
info@csnkc.org
We are simply one of many chapters throughout the USA. Our national headquarters is in Madison, Wisconsin, but we have a presence on their website.
We utilize the following 5 guiding principles:
1. Peace with social justice in Colombia.
2. A negotiated solution to the 45 year conflict.
3. Strengthing civil society.
4. Non-alignment with any armed group.
5. Help to strengthen US democracy itself.
St. louis Inter-Faith Committee on Latin America
Staff
ifcla@ifcla.net 314-721-2977
The St. louis Inter-Faith Committee on Latin America (IFCLA) is a non-profit organization that is committed to standing in solidarity with thte poor of Latin America.
We sponsor a bus annually to Ft. Benning. IFCLA, founded in 1982, is currently working to: foster a sense of community both locally and across international borders that bridges gaps between cultures and faith traditions; advocate for human rights and for change in structures that create poverty and violence in Latin America and around the world; educate people about Latin Ameirca, and about the U.S. policies that are destructive to Latin Americans; and provide material aid and other support to the poor and marginalized of Latin America.
MS
United Students Against Sweatshops @ USM
Zach Wilborn
zachary.wilborn@usm.edu 601-408-4697
We're a group of student activists on campus of the University of Southern Mississippi focused mainly on anti-sweatshop campaigns. USAS people from USM have been attending the rally and vigil in Ft. Benning for a few years now to protest the human rights violations of oppressive governments that wish to maintain domination over those incorrectly viewed as powerless by some.
MT
Taking Action for Peaceful Solutions (TAPS)
Mary Kay Craig
marykaycraig@bresnan.net 406-723-3851
TAPS - Taking Action for Peaceful Solutions is the Butte affiliate of the Montana Peace Seekers Network. Some years we have about 20 Montanans at the November vigil and have had a Montanan cross the line (Thanks, Summer!). Some of of us are from religious communities or associates of religious communities, some are of mainline Christian faiths, and still others are secular humanists. We're all in solidarity with the people oppressed by SOA graduates. We'll be there this November. Be in touch and you, too, can get your picture taken at Fort Benning behind the banner, "Montanans say... Close the SOA!"
NC
Chapel Hill Peace First
Wes Hare
jhhare@earthlink.com 919-929-3316
Raleigh / Central North Carolina
Phyllis Lisle
(919) 559-4404
SOAW - EASTERN N.C.
Laura Marks
RISEUPRESIST@yahoo.com
New group forming to cover local region/area.
Feb 2008 Teach-ins,films and workshops will be done to prepare for NOV 2008 CONVERGENCE ON THE SCHOOL OF THE AMERICA'S/WHINSEC...WE WILL STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THOUSANDS TO SAY CLOSE THE SOA.
This about section will be updated in Jan 2008 !!!
SOAW_AFFINITY_4_EASTERN_NC
Laura Marks
RISEUPRESIST@yahoo.com
New Group
Working AFFINITY group will have workshoppes,design presentations for various groups, have film/movie nights /days...Work within community to CLOSE THE SCHOOL OF THE AMERICA'S.....Group will be organizing Transportation for NOV 2008 CONVERGENCE ...
Warren Wilson College Peace and Justice Crew
Cody Goss
socialjustice@warren-wilson.edu
NE
Omaha
Dick Weithoner
dickwomaha@aol.com
Omaha community and Creighton University
Maria Teresa Gaston
mtgaston@creighton.edu
New England
Providence College Amnesty Int'l
Kerry Bergin
kbergin1@gmail.com
Greetings! We are a student group working on a SOA educational campaign at our college. We are planning our trip to GA for the 2008 vigil. Please contact us before mid-october if you would like to collaborate with our group and rideshare. Peace!
NH
American Friends Service Committee New Hampshire
Nicki Gaines
ngaines@afsc.org
NM
SOAW-Albuquerque
Judy Bierbaum Keith Bierbaum
j_sbierbaum56@msn.com 505-268-1040
NY
Amnesty International at Ithaca College
amnestyithaca@gmail.com
Ithaca College's AI Chapter promotes participation in the SOA Vigil, and has sent a small delegation the past few years, with intentions of continuing to do so in the future until the Vigil is no longer needed and the SOA is shut down.
Binghamton SOA Watch
Jack Gilroy
jgilroy1@stny.rr.com 607-748-8105
Very active SOA Watch group who organize buses to Ft. Benning, lobby Congress and have had members imprisoned for protesting the SOA.
Interested folks from the area are invited to be on our group email list for updates, events, meetings.
Buffalo Area
Marie Kullman
mariekullman@hotmail.com 716-832-6135
Buffalo State Students for Peace
Joshua Coppings
PeaceJusticeResolution@yahoo.com 716 878 3888 Peace Office
BSC Students for Peace is a campus organization working with youth & students, student orgs and community groups to benefit & grow in a positive social direction.
Ithaca College Catholic Community
Lee Imbriano
limbriano@ithaca.edu 516 680-3151
Ithaca/Central New York -- Committee on US-Latin American Relations
cuslar@cornell.edu 607-255-7293
Long Island -- Students for Peace & Humanity
Students for Peace & Humanity is a group that aims to bring awareness of crisis
in humanity. Efforts in this group focus on creating a unique blend
of activism and volunteerism.
Long Island SOA Watch
Mara Bard
The group includes eastern and western Long Island. We share a website with the NYC group.
New Jewel Movement
Enoch Yisrael
EYisrael93@hotmail.com 1(718)919-1874
Yes this is a reminder about the November protest vigil at Fort Benning Georgia of the School of the Americas in which the brother would truly like to attend.
New Jewel Movement
Enoch Yisrael
EYisrael93@hotmail.com 1(347)438-5953
Yes this is the brother from here in the capitalistic city of New York who would like to attend the protest at the gates of the Babylon School of the Americas military institution with some comrades going down south. Backwards never forwards never!
New York City SOA Watch
Andy Kafel
akafe@earthlink.net 201-792-3459
NYC SOA Watch holds monthly meetings, organizes local events and provides transportation to the annual Vigil.
PeaceWork
peaceworkncc@yahoo.com
SOA 'Wick Watch
Braeden Lentz
LentzB@Hartwick.Edu
'Wick Watch is the Hartwick College student group dedicated to close the SOA and end militarization and oppressive policy in Latin America & worldwide
Syracuse -- School of the Americas Abolitionists
Michael Pasquale
mpasqual@twcny.rr.com 315-446-2720 or 315-254-0732
Nonviolence trainers, workshops on media and legal issues. Contact us if we can be of support to groups in NYS.
Michael Pasquale (Mike is a member of the SOAW Council and on the Personnel committee)
Troy (Upstate/Capital Region) -- Rosa House Peace Community / Troy Catholic Worker
Geralyn McDowell
rosahousenotes@yahoo.com (518) 272-1468
2251 Old 6th Avenue (visiting)
PO Box 1511 (mailing)
Troy, NY 12181
fax: same #, please call ahead.
We offer nonviolence workshops, media support and educational resources.
Wells College
OH
Akron Area
330-535-2787
Fax: 330-535-9040
Athens-OU SOA Watch
Joy Huntley
huntleyj@ohio.edu 740-594-3185
Cleveland -- InterReligious Task Force on Central America
Monica Schafer
irtf@igc.org 216-961-0003
3606 Bridge Ave.,
Cleveland, OH 44113
Columbus
Mary Hershberger
mhershbe@capital.edu (614)442-5915
Columbus (with Ohio Working Group on Latin America)
Vince Ramos
vramos@core.com (614) 235-1883
Dayton
John & Paula Ewers
ewers@donet.com (937) 278-5446
Dayton -- University of Dayton
Mary Niebler
937-229-2012
Dayton Area
DaytonPOR@aol.com 937-276-4077
Dayton area -- Antioch College
Brendan Morrice
740-975-1047
There's a group of students organizing teach-ins about the FTAA/SOA and a trip to the protests in Miami and Georgia in November. We're trying to reach out to other groups and local citizens in order to collaborate on the upcoming protests.
Delaware
Rachel Shively
rdshivel@hotmail.com
We're here to hopefully provide information to the curious and build an awareness about SOA.
Lima Area
Marge Eilerman
meilermanosf@yahoo.com 330-659-3423
Sister Marge Eilerman, OSF
3753 Everett Road
Richfield, OH 44286
Mahoning Valley Pax Christi
Terry and Vicki Vicars
vtvicars@sbcglobal.netq 330-783-912
Oberlin Peace Activists League
OPAL, Oberlin's largest peace and justice group, works on a variety of issues, including closing the SOA/WHISC.
Oberlin Students in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (OSSGUA)
Marian Schlotterbeck
Marian.Schlotterbeck@oberlin.edu
OSSGUA works on a variety of Latin American solidarity issues and co-organizes the SOA trip with many groups, including OPAL. After 2004, Anne Misak should be contacted.
Toledo
Chester Chambers
chestervc@accesstoledo.com 419-242-0159
University of Dayton
Meagan Doty
dotymeae@notes.udayton.edu
University of Dayton
Mike Heller
hellermt@notes.udayton.edu (513)-257-1703
OR
Colombia Support Network
Wesley Hill
csn.pdx@gmail.com
Latin America Solidarity Committee
Scott Miksch
ciscap@efn.org
LASC was known as CISCAP from our founding in 1982 until December 2007.
Portland SOA Watch
Ann Huntwork
ann@solh-salaam.com (503) 281-4970
Beth Poteet
E-mail - wfpnw@witnessforpeace.org
Phone - (503) 287-7847
PA
Huntingdon -- Juniata College PAX-O (Peace Organization)
pax-o@juniata.edu
PAX-O is a group committed to raising the awareness of the campus and local community on issues dealing with Peace, Social, and Global Justice, with a specific interest in closing the SOA/WHISC.
Lancaster Coalition for Peace and Justice
Rob Seitz
robseitz@riseup.net 717-397-3758
Pax Christi Greensburg
Bernie Survil
Fr.Survil@EmbraceAllOfLife.us 724-850-1616
We're three people active as a local Pax Christi group that has formed to promote participation in the Nov 2005 gathering and to recruit Penna. Congressmen to co-sponsor HR 1217
Philadelphia SOA Watch / NE
info@soawne.org
Contact Linda Panetta, 215-473-2162, or Deirdre MacDermott, deirdre@whitedog.com, 215-601-4805. The staff of SOA Watch/NE is available to offer nonviolence trainings, to help groups establish new Watch offices, to co-coordinate events, to bring speakers to your area... and much more - give us a call and check out the photos on our website!
Western PA Coalition to Close the SOA
Michael Drohan
drohanmichael@yahoo.com 412.271.8414
RI
Rhode Island SOA Watch
Alex Gould
alexandergould@yahoo.com (401) 272-6724
We are a broad coalition planning a local demonstration, educational events, and transportation to Georgia in November. Join us!
SC
Charleston -- MobilizeSC
Kate Reutter
ecofriend00@hotmail.com
Charleston Peace
Anna Shockley
anna@charlestonpeace.net 843-257-2556
Rock Hill
Rev. Risher Brabham
SD, IA, MN Tri-state Region
Sam Lopez
sam.lopez_64@yahoo.com 712.473.2499
We are not really an organization, just a few folks who are committed to spreading the word about the SOA/WHINSEC training facility.
We travel to Ft Benning each year, taking others with and spreading the word.
We have workshops throughout the year to educate to eliminate the SOA, we instigate letter writing campaigns, and engage candidates on the issues of Latin America, it's history, and how the SOA has contributed to the so called 'immigration problem' in the US.
We are also working on reaching out to the Latino community in the Tri-State region.
Come join us - and help us name our group!!!
TN
Knoxville Area Committee on Central America (KACOCA)
SWascom@aol.com
Mid-South Peace and Justice Center
Jacob Flowers
jacob@midsouthpeace.org
Organizing rides to SOA.
SOA Watch Nashville
Don Beisswinger
615-269-7980
SOAW Nashville is coordinated through the Nashville Peace and Justice Center.
Summertown -- PeaceRoots Alliance
Elizabeth Barger
loveliz77@yahoo.com 931-964-2119
We seek to create a peaceful, just, and sustainable world for future generations by emphasizing our common humanity, promoting nonviolence, and working to remove the root causes of war. The SOA at Ft. Benning is a terrorist organization using our tax money to spread terror in our hemisphere. We can close it down.
TX
Dallas
Stephen Betzen
sbetzen@faircoffee.com
No War San Marcos
Jill Flores
jillflores@centurytel.net 512 392-0837
Working to end all war and to practice alternatives to violence, exploitation and greed! A diverse group of activists. SOAW lobbying and vigil is one of our many actvities. Join Us!
Saint Mary's University
Bro. Brian Halderman
bhalderman@stmarytx.edu
Organizing a student group to attend the vigil
SOAW Austin
Scott Brown
soaw_austin@yahoo.com (512) 626-6176
SOAW Austin assembles a standard charter bus each year taking around 50 participants from all over Texas to the rally and vigil at Ft. Benning. We present information about the SOA, US foreign policy and the SOAW to university and church groups around the state. We host survivor Carlos Mauricio each year for his final appearances before the November event at Ft. Benning.
UT
Salt Lake General Membership Branch of the Industrial Workers of the World (Wobblies)
tr_wobbly@yahoo.com (801) 485-1969
PO Box 520835
Salt Lake City, Utah 84152-0835
VA
Harrisonburg SOA Watch
Peter
shigmagism@yahoo.com
Contact Peter for information about efforts to close the School of the Americas/Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, in the Harrisonburg area.
Richmond
Annette Cousins
annettecousins@hotmail.com
TideWater/Hampton Roads -- School of The Assassins Watch TideWater Affinity Group (SOAWTVA)
Cathleen Rhodes
cathleen@visi.net
VT
Vermont School of the Americas Watch
Palmer Legare
palmerlegare@yahoo.com 802-426-3783
We are a coalition of groups and individuals in Vermont, working to expose and close the SOA. We're looking to collaborate with others on a stae and regional level to plan events throughout the year. Contact us for more info.
WA
Peace and Justice Action leaque of Spokane
pjals@qwest.net 15098387870
The Handful of Salt is published six times a year of the Peace and Justice Action Leaque of Spokane. It's name caomes from Mahandas Gandhi's salt tax protest in india, a successful, nonviolent, grassroots action that created significant social change against overwhelming resource advantages.
WI
Farmer to Farmer
Craig Adams
cadams@wcap.org 715-265-4516
Farmer to Farmer is organized to build mutual friendship and cultural understanding among rural people so that we might better understand and accompany each other in our common struggles. We seek to promote peace within ourselves, within our community and across international boundaries. We envision agriculture that is sustainable and respectful of the earth, and one that remains in the hands of the people who live on and work the land. We support grassroots agricultural projects that are democratically initiated and managed. Always, our decisions about a project will be guided by the respect that characterizes the relationship between friends. As an organization we affirm the sacredness of the earth and shall work for and respect the rights of all people and cultures to self-determination
Madison Area and UW-Madison
Jeanette Karon
608-239-6302
Milwaukee
Kate Fontanazza (for travel by bus)
(414) 933-2472
Milwaukee and SE WI
Joyce Ellwanger
jellwang@execpc.com (414) 933-6157
Northland College Roots for Change
Max Metz
max5823@hotmail.com 847-308-2299
The Northland College group "Roots for Change" is an activist group comprised of students, faculty, and community members alike. Northland sends 30 students to the protest in Georgia every year and is always looking for assistance and diversity with the group.
NUKEWATCH
JOHN LaFORGE
nukewatch@lakeland.ws
Saying No to nuclear madness since 1979
SOAW-Madison
soaw_madison@yahoogroups.com
Our group was formed in 2004 through the collaberation of Edgewood College and UW students, along with the help of many other Madison community members with the goal of closing the School of Americas, or WHISC. Please email regarding your interest or any questions. We are always looking to expand our membership.
SOAW/Peace Action WI
Joyce Ellwanger
joyce.ellwanger@gmail.com 414-933-6157
Madison area call JoLynn at 262-424-6272
Lv: Thursday evening from Fond du Lac, Milwaukee, Madison-2 nights at Quality Inn downtown Columbus, hot breakfast, 4/room_bus Full cost: @205, students and subsidized cost: $175. Return after Sunday vigil arriving Monday a.m.
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