Please Join With Us on What Will Be An Historic Day in Los Angeles
Saturday, January 12th ~ 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM
PRESENTE
A Vigil with Father Roy Bourgeois
To Close the School of the Americas
ABRIENDO LAS MEMORIA - HEALING THE WOUNDS
Los Angeles State Historic Park
1245 N. Spring Street, Los Angeles 90012
Goldline Stops next to Park - Four blocks North of Union Station
- Where Alameda Street meets Spring Street
11:00 AM - 1:30 PM: The Program, including speakers and singers.
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM: The Solemn Procession March. People will carry
crosses with the names of those killed by graduates of the SOA.
Everyone chants PRESENTE after each name is sung from the stage.
2:30 PM to 4:00 PM: Return to Life Celebration with Music, Puppetistas,
Drum Circle & Dancing.
DIRECTIONS: Los Angeles State Historic Park, located at 1245 N. Spring
Street, LA 90012. The Park is about 4 to 5 blocks north of Union
Station. The best way to get there is to take Alameda north, past Union
Station. It runs right into the park on Spring Street, on the left
(about a half a mile). The Goldline stops right next to the park.
HYPERLINK
"http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=1245+N.+Spring+Street,+Los+Angeles+
90012&ie=UTF8&ll=34.066579,-118.233576&spn=0.007999,0.01545&z=16&iwloc=a
ddr&om=1" \nMap and directions HYPERLINK
"http://www.metro.net/default.asp"; \nPublic Transportation
Speakers
Father Roy Bourgeois, Martin Sheen, Cindy Sheehan, Blase Bonpane,
Eisha Mason, Fernando Suarez del Solar, Don White, Lucia Munoz,
Ana Deutch, Patricia Contreras, Josh Harris, Jim Lafferty,
Hector Aristizabal, Maria Guardado, Mario Avila & Frankie Flores
Music
Holly Near, El Salvador's Hip Hop Marmota Fu, Ross Altman,
Musicantica,
Maria Armoudian, Will B, Dennis Davis, Angela Roa, Carlos Jimenez,
Fidel Sanchez,
& The Cuauhtemoc Azteca Dancers
Join Us in Re-creating the Annual Vigil to Close the
School of the Americas, located at Fort Benning, Georgia.
Solemn Procession March ~ Return to Life Celebration ~ Music,
Puppetistas, Drum Circles & More
Hosted by
School of the Americas Watch Los Angeles & Program For Torture Victims
Please Watch this Fantastic New 4-Minute Video
"Twelve Days: Close the School of the Americas Down"
HYPERLINK
"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x626AnWgxYQ"http://www.youtube.com/watch
?v=x626AnWgxYQ
Sponsored by:
Sacred Heart High School, Palisadians For Peace, Catholic Worker's
Los Angeles,
CISPES, Office of the Americas, Whittier Peace & Justice Coalition,
ANSWER,
American Friends Service Committee, ImaginAction, ADDICTED To WAR
Endorsed by:
Veterans For Peace LA, International Action Center (IAC), CODE PINK,
No More Victims,
Coalition Against Militarism In Our Schools (CAMS), Camp Casey Peace
Institute,
Global Voices For Justice, World Can't Wait-Drive Out The Bush Regime,
Gold Star Families for Peace, Progressive Democrats of Los Angeles,
Earthworks Films, Topanga Peace Alliance, Association of Raza Educator,
Los Angeles National Impeachment Center (LANIC), Axis of Justice
KPFK 90.7 FM Radio
HYPERLINK "http://www.kpfk.org/"KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles
Is The Media Sponsor
And
Big Thanks to KTLK 1150 AM Radio for Promoting this Event.
More Information Call
Frank Dorrel: 310-838-8131 or Hector Aristizabal: 626-221-7710
TABLING: Bring your own table. Get there by 10:00 AM or earlier to set
it up. We are asking for $50 or more, if you are selling items. $25 if
you are information only table. The money will go to pay for the large
expenses we have.
PARKING: There is a very large dirt area just outside the park that we
will use for parking. This area can hold hundreds of cars. We will have
volunteers in this lot directing traffic. There is also a lot of street
parking in the area
School of the Americas Watch
HYPERLINK "http://www.soaw.org"www.soaw.org | 202-234-3440
About SOA Watch
SOA Watch is an independent organization that seeks to close the US Army
School the Americas, under whatever name it is called, through vigils &
fasts, demonstrations & nonviolent protest, as well as media and
legislative work.
On November 16, 1989, six Jesuit priests, their co-worker and her
teenage daughter were massacred in El Salvador.
A U.S. Congressional Task Force reported that those responsible were
trained at the U.S. Army School of the Americas (SOA) at Ft. Benning,
Georgia.
In 1990 SOA Watch began in a tiny apartment outside the main gate of Ft.
Benning. While starting with a small group, SOA Watch quickly drew upon
the knowledge and experience of many in the U.S. who had worked with the
people of Latin America in the 1970's and 80's.
Today, the SOA Watch movement is a large, diverse, grassroots movement
rooted in solidarity with the people of Latin America. The goal of SOA
Watch is to close the SOA and to change U.S. foreign policy in Latin
America by educating the public, lobbying Congress and participating in
creative, nonviolent resistance. The Pentagon has responded to the
growing movement and Congress' near closure of the SOA with a PR
campaign to give the SOA a new image. In an attempt to disassociate the
school with its horrific past, the SOA was renamed the Western
Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation in January 2001.
Mission Statement
SOA Watch is a nonviolent grassroots movement that works to stand in
solidarity with the people of Latin America, to close the SOA/WHINSEC
and to change oppressive U.S. foreign policy that the SOA represents. We
are grateful to our sisters & brothers throughout Latin America for
their inspiration & the invitation to join them in their struggle for
economic and social justice.
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