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CC (Convention Center, 801 Front Avenue)

QI (Quality Inn, 1325 Veterans Parkway)

Warehouse (Puppetista Warehouse, 1353 23rd Street)

*STARRED WORKSHOPS ARE BILINGUAL*

Monday - Thursday

All day: Puppet Building, Warehouse

Friday

9am-11pm: Event Registration Table. Stop by to pick up your vigil program! Any weekend schedule changes will be posted at this table; CC Lobby.

9am-11pm: Silent Auction hosted by the SOA Watch Latin America Office, CC Lobby.

9am-11pm: Tabling and Vendor Space, CC North Hall.

10am-1pm: 5TH ANNUAL RALLY FOR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS AT THE STEWART DETENTION CENTER. Meet at the Convention Center at 8:30am and find a ride to Lumpkin, Georgia; organized by Alterna Community and Georgia Detention Watch.

2-5pm: Non-Violence Training 101, CC 207; presented by SOA Watch Direct Action Working Group.

2-5pm: Peacemakers Training, CC 210; presented by SOA Watch Peacemakers Working Group.

2:30-4pm: Demanding Accountability: 3 Films on U.S.-Sponsored Torture, CC Center Hall; presented by National Religious Campaign against Torture. *

3-5:30pm: Colombia Teach-In, CC Sycamore Room; presented by Witness for Peace. *

3pm: Rehearsal at Puppetista Building, Warehouse.

3:30pm: Drum-Circle Rehearsal, Puppetista Warehouse.

4:30-6pm: Research Skills on SOA and U.S. Militarism, CC 201; presented by SOA Watch Research Working Group and the U.S. Fellowship of Reconciliation. *

4:30-6pm: Film showing of "Harvest of Hope", with filmmaker Kevin Pina, CC Center Hall; presented by Haiti Action Committee.

5:30-7pm: Christian  Peacemakers Teams Gathering, CC 207; presented by Christian Peacemaker Teams.

6 -7 pm: Legal Observer Training, CC 206; presented by SOA Watch Legal Collective.

6-8pm: Enduring Hope: 500 Years of Prophetic Resistance to Military Empire CC Sycamore Room; presented by Pax Christi U.S.A. (click here for more details)

6:30-8pm: Honduras: Statewide Repression and Popular Resistance featuring Dr. Luther Castillo from Honduras, CC 201; presented by Honduras Solidarity Network. *

6:30-8pm: Immigration Workshop: Life as an Immigrant, Inside and Out of a For-Profit Detention Center, CC 207; presented by Witness for Peace. *

6:30-8pm: We Are Not Worth More; They Are Not Worth Less, with S. Brian Willson, CC Center Hall; presented by Frank Dorrel. *

7:30-9:30pm: Direct Action Meet-Up: All Risk Levels, CC 207; presented by SOA Watch Direct Action Working Group.

7:30-9pm: The War on Drugs, Up Close and Personal, CC 206; presented by the November Coalition.

8:30-10pm: Ground the Drones – A Reading of a Play by the Creech 14, CC Center Hall; presented by Jack Gilroy.

8:30-11pm: DREAMS OF PEACE BENEFIT CONCERT, CC Sycamore Room.

9:30-11pm: Survivors’ Journeys: Torture, Human Trafficking and Unjust Detention (with film), CC 206; presented by TASSC International.

9:30-10:30pm: Women of Peace Convergence Preparatory Meet-Up, CC 207; presented by Women of Peace Convergence.

Saturday

8am-11pm: Event Registration Table. Stop by to pick up your vigil program! Any weekend schedule changes will be posted at this table; CC Lobby.

8am-11pm: Tabling and Vendor Space, CC North Hall.

8:30-11am: Labor Caucus, CC 205; hosted by the UAW, USAS, US LEAP, AFSCME, AFL-CIO, & USW. *

9-10:30am: SOA WATCH 2011 MORNING PLENARY. Start the day with great musicians and speakers and learn about SOA Watch’s 2011 campaign! Everyone is encouraged to attend for important weekend logistical, direct action, non-violence and legislative information; CC Sycamore Room.*

9-10am: LGBT Caucus, CC 208; hosted by Southerners on New Ground (S.O.N.G.). *

9-11pm: Silent Auction, CC Lobby; hosted by the SOA Watch Latin America Office.

9:30-11:30am: 12th Annual Peace Pilgrimage to Close the SOA, and A Walk for Immigrant Justice. Join the Peace Walk at the Columbus Civic Center (intersection of Veterans Blvd. and Victory Dr.) to walk the final 4.5 miles of a 100-mile pilgrimage; organized by Nipponzan Myohoji (Buddhist order) and Alterna Community.

10-11am: Kids Learn SOA Songs to Close the SOA, CC 104; presented by SOA Watch Families Working Group.

10-11am: Middle School Teach-In, CC 103; presented by SOA Watch Families Working Group.

11:30am-4pm: RALLY AT THE GATES OF FORT BENNING, Ft Benning Road.

For details of speakers and music from the stage, click here!

2 pm: Puppestista Rehearsal, Ft. Benning Road.

5-6:30pm: Indigenous Strategies for Hood Liberation, CC 103; presented by Simón Sedillo.

5-6:30pm: El Refugio: A House of Hospitality and Resistance Outside an Immigration Detention Center, CC 104; presented by Alterna Community. *

5-7pm: Legislative Training, CC 201; presented by SOA Watch Legislative Working Group.

5-6:30pm: El Salvador Teach-In, CC 205; presented by Christy Ayala. *

5-6:30pm: Is Peace in Colombia Possible--and What Can the U.S. Do to Support It? CC207; presented by the Alliance for Global Justice. *

5-6:30pm: Student/Youth Caucus, CC 208; presented by the SOA Watch Student/Youth Caucus. *

5-7pm: Maryknoll Gathering, CC 210 presented by Maryknoll Lay Missioners.

5-6:30pm: Beyond Protest, from Argentina to the USA: Organizing for Political Power (with film “The Take”), CC211; presented by the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism.

5-6:30pm: The Coalition of Immokalee Workers: Fighting for Fair Food, CC212; presented by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and the Student-Farmworker Alliance. *

5-6:30pm: Fighting Back against Juan Crow: Immigrant Rights in Georgia, CC213; presented by the Georgia Undocumented Youth Alliance and the Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights. *

5-6:30pm: The History of Military Repression in Haiti, and Update on the Grassroots Democracy Movement, CC Sycamore Room; presented by the Haiti Action Committee.

5:45-6:45pm: Interfaith Service, CC North Hall.

6-7pm: Film “The Demarest Factor – U.S. Military Mapping of Indigenous Communities in Oaxaca, Mexico”, CC 103; presented by Simón Sedillo. *

7-8:30pm: Film “Somos una América”, CC 101; see the new SOA Watch documentary! *

7-8:30pm: Presbyterian Gathering: Building the Peace Church with Rick Ufford-Chase, CC 104; presented by the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship. *

7-8:30pm: What’s Happening on Capitol Hill? CC 201; presented by NETWORK.

7-9pm: Inclusive Catholic Eucharist, CC 205; presented by the Progressive Catholic Coalition.

7-8:30pm: SOA Gallery, Poems by Roberto Sosa, CC 207; presented by Joanne Engelbert. *

7-8:30pm: Ministry of Irritation: Taking it to the Vatican, CC 208; presented by the Women’s Ordination Conference/RCWP.

7-8:30pm: Film “Granito - How to Nail a Dictator”, CC 211; presented by Mara Bard.

7-8:30pm: Demilitarizing Your Campus, CC212; presented by the American Friends Service Committee.

7-8:30pm: Veterans for Peace Gathering and Sharing, CC 213; presented by Veterans for Peace.

7-8:30pm: PANEL DISCUSSION: SOMOS UNA AMÉRICA! CONNECTING OUR STRUGGLES ACROSS THE HEMISPHERE, CC Sycamore Room. This panel discussion will bring together leaders from the Americas to talk in more detail about their struggles, and how we are all connected, from Haiti to Honduras to Georgia. Karina Macias will be moderating this open discussion. *

7:30-9pm: The Gaza Flotilla – Citizens Challenging Israeli and U.S. Policies, CC 103; presented by U.S. to Gaza.

8:30-9:30pm: Report back on the Movement and Live Auction with Fr. Roy Bourgeois and Lisa Sullivan, CC 210.

8:30-11pm: CANTA MI PUEBLO: A BENEFIT CONCERT TO CLOSE THE SOA, CC North Hall.

9-10:30pm: Film ¨Somos una América¨, CC 101; see the new SOA Watch documentary! *

9-10:30pm: U.S.’s Illegal, Immoral Foreign Policy:  Blockade of Cuba and the Cuban Five Political Prisoners, CC 104; presented by Stansfield Smith.

9-10:30pm: RESISTING MILITARIZATION: From Colombia to Mexico, CC 201; presented by the U.S. Fellowship of Reconciliation. *

9-10:30pm: FBI Repression from Latin America to Your Front Door, CC 207; presented by the Committee to Stop FBI Repression. *

9-10:30pm: Working in Your Faith Community, CC 208; presented by Latin American Issues Group. *

9-10:30pm: Screening of "Pink Smoke over the Vatican", CC 211; presented by the Women’s Ordination Conference/RCWP. *

9-10:30pm: Venezuela: Democracy in the 21st Century, CC 212; presented by Charlie Hardy. *

9-10:30pm: Campaign to Stop Killer Coke: Fighting Power with Power, CC 213; presented by the Killer Coke Campaign. *

9-10:30pm: The Biblical Call to Live Jubilee! and Resolving the International Debt Crisis to End War and Conflict, CC Sycamore Room B & D; presented by Jubilee U.S.A. *

9-10:30pm: Protests at NATO/G8 Summit and the RNC: Demand Money for Human Needs Not War! CC Sycamore Room A & C; Presented by the Coalition Against NATO/G8 and Poverty Agenda

9:30-11pm: Defending the Right to Peace in Costa Rica with guest speakers Carol Marujo and Roberto Zamora, CC 103; presented by Nicole Sault. *

9:30-11pm: Ground the Drones! Resisting Sanitized Remote Control Death, CC 205; presented by United against Drones and Voices for Creative Nonviolence.

10-11pm: Direct Action: All Risk Levels, CC 210.

Sunday

7:45am: Veterans for Peace March leaving from the Columbus Inn (formerly the Days Inn) and heading to Ft. Benning Road.

8:45am-2pm: MEMORIAL SERVICE, SOLEMN FUNERAL PROCESSION AND PUPPETISTAS, Ft. Benning Road.11am: Puppestista Rehearsal, Ft. Benning Road.

For details of speakers and music from the stage, click here!

2:00pm: Dismantling of stage. We need volunteers! Please come to the stage! Ft. Benning Road.

Monday

8:15am-12pm: SOA Watch Mailing Party! We need volunteers! Come and support our movement in its most important mailing of the year! To be held at the Quality Inn.