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§Quit Torture Teach-In & Vigil, aka CAMP BOLIO 2007, Nov. 16-18
Quit Torture Teach-In & Vigil, aka CAMP BOLIO 2007, Nov. 16-18
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/11/02/18457816.php Noon Friday Nov. 16 to 5 pm Sunday Nov. 18
Join us to call for closure of the School of the Americas and an end to torture as we gather at Camp Bolio again in solidarity with the vigil outside Ft. Benning Georgia. Attend all three days, or just part of the time. You're welcome to drop in for coffee and conversation anytime. Contact: 643-2705 or 277-0949 Schedule Protesters on site at Ft. Benning, Georgia, will be calling us with live updates on the SOA Watch protest throughout the weekend Friday, November 16 12 noon Opening of Camp Bolio On-going vigil and demonstration 3pm Mishka Chudilowsky – Peace Crane workshop 4:30 Joyce Vandevere, "Getting to Yes; The Effort Toward Consensus" 5-7pm Monterey Peace and Justice Center Social gathering and candlelight vigil to include ribbon cutting and groundbreaking for Monthly Camp Bolio Coffee House Music: Rhythm and Rouge 7:30pm The Pleasant Revolution Bicycle Music Tour, featuring the Ginger Ninjas and SHAKE YOUR PEACE 9:00 (approx.) Film: "The Torture Question" followed by discussion Ongoing coffee house, information table Saturday, November 17 Ongoing vigil and demonstration 9:45am Live hook-up with John Waller at Fort Benning, Georgia, protest ( SOA Watch ). Many of the Camp Bolio activists have become acquainted with John Waller through his work with Pastors for Peace and their Caravan to Cuba work which delivers medical aid to Cuba to be distributed through the churches 10am Reverend Greg Ward – Monterey Peninsula Unitarian Universalist Church. He has lead youth groups on three trips to School of the Americas protests. He will share his thoughts and experiences with us for 30 min with a time for Q and A. 11am Bill Monning – “International Law and U.S. Law Prohibit Torture” with a focus on Geneva Conventions and Conventions against torture, and how the use of torture constitutes a war crime. Professor Monning is a member of the National Lawyers Guild and a professor of International Negotiation and Conflict Resolution at MIIS. http://www.billmonning.com , http://www.billmonning.org and http://www.nlg.org 12pm History of torture of "The Other," religious origins 1 pm Sound Out -- music by our very own local singing group 2 pm Phil Butler, Ph.D. – A former U.S. Navy pilot shot down in Vietnam and held almost 8 years as a Prisoner of War. Phil is an outstanding motivational speaker. He will share his personal experiences of torture as a POW, with an analysis of the moral and legal issues for our nation. 3pm Sue Hubbard – an informal group discussion on the stages a protest movement goes through and what activities are appropriate at each stage. Patterned after a Bill Moyer workshop. 3:30 Michael Wheatley – folksongs with guitar 4pm Music: Nancy Raven, folksinger and guitarist 7pm Drumming session with Jean Moritz (with 15 drums) 8pm Film: "Ghosts of Abu Ghraib" and/or "The Road to Guantanamo" Ongoing Coffee House, singing, information Sunday, November 18 Ongoing vigil and demonstration 10am Alicia Jrapko – Co-coordinator of the International Committee to Free the Cuban 5 11am David Henderson, Ph.D. – Associate Professor at the Navel Postgraduate School. “The Economics of War” Talk and Q&A Noon "Your Voice Counts Here," Free Speech corner (open mic?) sign up with Hanan Shawar 1pm Friends/Quaker silent Meeting for Worship – all welcome! Led by Monterey Peninsula Society of Friends pro-tem clerk 2pm Macgregor Eddy – "Your Civic Duty to Stop Torture" followed by discussion 2:30 Karen Araujo – more games for children followed by “How Can I Keep from Singing?” 3pm Helene Constant -- Stories for Grownups 3-5pm Peace Coalition Steering Committee meeting (only for designated representatives of PCMC member organizations) 3:30pm Film – HOPE and reading some of the hopes and wishes from the Imagine Peace Tree 3-5pm Final Coffee House, vigil, demonstration Gathering to celebrate our time together CAMP BOLIO ONGOING EVENTS Display of crosses representing US soldiers killed in Iraq Display of Walk in Their Shoes representing Iraqi civilians killed A chance to write a note and/or record yourself telling GW what you personally think of him and his policies on torture and stick it to him Information table Give away pocket sized constitutions Graveyard mourning the death of the Bill of Rights and Habeas Corpus Detention cell Orange jump suits Anti war and peace songs Origami Peace Crane strings Imagine Peace Tree – make a wish, write it down, tie it around a branch on the wish tree until the branches are covered with wishes. Arm bands Films – Ghosts of Abu Ghraib, The Road to Guantanamo, The Torture Question | |||||||||||||||