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Take a Stand for Justice and Self-Determination
November 19-21, Fort Benning,
Georgia:
Vigil and Convergence to Shut Down the SOA and to
Change U.S. Foreign Policy
 Make
your travel plans now and mobilize your community
to join the November Vigil. In just one month,
thousands of social justice activists from Latin-
and North America will gather at the gates of Fort
Benning, Georgia.
In 31 days, join leaders from the resistance
against the illegitimate U.S.-supported government
in Honduras; Padre Jesus Alberto Franco, a
renowned leader from Colombia, risking his life
working with Afro-Colombian, indigenous and
mixed-race farmers in resistance; Bishop Thomas
Gumbleton, auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese
of Detroit; Marie Dennis, director of the
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns and
Co-President of Pax Christi International; United
Auto Worker president Bob King; Rebel
Diaz from the Bronx; the puppetistas, musicians
and many other beautiful people.
 Schedule of Events
The November 19-21 vigil weekend includes a massive
rally at the gates of Fort Benning, benefit
concerts, workshops, a solemn funeral procession to
commemorate the victims of SOA terror, nonviolent
direct action, teach-ins, film screenings,
nonviolence trainings and more. A one-day organizers
conference on anti-militarization is taking place on
November 18.
Click here for the schedule
of events.
Get the Word Out!
Mobilize your community! Print out the vigil
poster and hang it up in student unions,
coffee shops and bookstores, post the info about the
vigil on your facebook
page, on blogs and other social networks. Mobilize
your union,
student group, or faith community. Download the Organizing
Packet for more suggestions and information.
Hotels
and Travel
Click
here for a list of hotels
and campgrounds in and around Columbus,
Georgia.
For information about driving directions, airports
and bus travel information, visit the Travel
Information page. The rideboard is also
available online: you can post if you are looking
for a ride or in case you are driving yourself
with extra seats in your car or if your group is
organizing a bus or a van, you can post that you have
a ride to offer.
The repression continues so the resistance can't
stop! The reach of the SOA continues to
expand. In the past 16 months, SOA graduates
orchestrated coups in two countries, Honduras and
Ecuador. While the people of Ecuador were able to
defend their democracy, the blood of martyrs
continues to flow in Honduras. It has become
increasingly necessary to expand our SOA Watch
movement to all of the Americas. When we are
gathered at the gates of Fort Benning in Georgia,
sister vigils against violence and militarization
are going to take place at the same time in
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, the Dominican
Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Venezuela and
elsewhere.
See you at the gates of Fort Benning, Georgia!
SOA Watch
202-234-3440
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