Nov.18-20 Highlights and Schedule of Events

Update from Fort Benning, Georgia
November 17, 2005

Nov. 18-20 Highlights and Full Schedule of Events

1) SOA Watch Benefit Concerts
2) What you need to cross the line
3) Full Schedule of Events
4) Latin America Solidarity Coalition (LASC) Get-Together

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SOA WATCH BENEFIT CONCERTS IN COLUMBUS, GEORGIA

With the movement gearing up for a vote to close the SOA next year in
Congress, mobilizing efforts are intensifying and our message is being
carried farther and louder, with more enthusiasm! But with such amazing
growth comes some amazing financial increases. One way you can help to
defray some of the costs for the November Vigil is to attend a Friday or
Saturday night benefit concert here in Columbus, Georgia. Both concerts
will feature many of the incredible musicians performing on the stage
during this weekend's rallies. Help continue the work of SOA Watch AND
listen to some great music!

Friday night, November 18
Howard Johnson Presidential Room, 1011 Veterans Parkway
9:30 pm - midnight

Saturday night, November 19
Columbus Convention Center Ballroom, 801 Front Avenue
9:30 pm - midnight

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WHAT YOU NEED TO CROSS THE LINE

Pictures of abuse at the hands U.S. personnel and recent reports about
secret CIA detention facilities have catapulted the controversial School
of the Americas back into the public spotlight. This weekend, thousands
will converge on Fort Benning to call for the closure of the SOA and for a
change in U.S. foreign policy. This year's gathering will culminate on
Sunday, November 20 with a symbolic funeral procession to the gates of the
military base. Many will negotiate a barbed-wire fence to enter the base
in an act of nonviolent direct action.

If you are planning to cross the line on Sunday, please click on the
following link for more info and plan to attend the Direct Action Meeting
on Saturday, November 19 at 8 pm in the Columbus Convention Center.

http://www.soaw.org/new/article.php?id=845

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FULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Over the years, the Vigil to Close the SOA at the gates of Fort Benning,
Georgia has grown into a massive people power convergence with many
important side events taking place throughout the weekend.

Please note that abbreviations following event names signify event
locations: CC (Convention Center, 801 Front Ave), HJ (Howard Johnson
Hotel, 1011 Veterans Parkway), and DI (Days Inn, 3170 Victory Drive).

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH:

9am-5pm Nonviolence training CC 208
9am-12pm Nonviolence Training CC 101
12-1:30pm Haiti: the International Community's Dictatorship CC 207 1-4pm
Nonviolence Training CC 101
1:30-4pm Peacemaker Trainings CC 201
1:30-3:30pm Ending Impunity in Argentina with Patricia Isasa CC 211
3:30-6:30pm Colombia Teach-In HJ Pres
4:30-6pm Film: The Revolution will not be Televised CC 211
5-7pm Workshop: Strategic Organizing CC 205
6-8 pm Progressive Catholic Coalition Liturgy HJ Carter
6-9pm Nonviolence Training CC 101
6-8pm Workshop with Representatives of SINALTRAINAL CC 207
6:15-8:15pm Ignation Family Teach-In for Justice Tent
6:30-9:30pm From Violence to Wholeness, nonviolence trainings. CC 208
7-9pm Human Rights Accompaniment in Colombia CC 211
7-9:15pm Pax Christi: A Remembrance of the Four Churchwomen HJ Pres
7:30-10pm Peacemaker Trainings CC 201
7:30-9pm Film: Hidden in Plain Sight CC 205
8-10 pm Legal Observer Training DI
9-11pm Direct Action Meeting: All Civil Disobedience participants should
come to coordinate actions and join affinity groups. Supporters Welcome.
CC 207 8:30-9:30pm Puppetistas present: When the Levee Breaks HJ Carter
9:30pm Benefit Concert HJ Pres


SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH:

7:30-8:30am Presbyterian Breakfast Holiday Inn North
8:30am-11am Witness for Peace Open House HJ Pres
9am-12pm Ignation Family Teach-In for Justice Tent
9-10am Sing Along for children: "Close the SOA" songs CC 104
9-11am Morning Plenary: All participants are asked to attend to receive
crucial Legal, Direct Action, and Legislative information. CC Ballroom BC
10-11am Teach-in for Middle School Children CC 211
9-11am Labor Caucus CC 205
11am-12pm Tom Melville Book Signing CC 103

11:00am-5pm Rally at the Gates of Fort Benning

4:30-5:30pm Stop the Merchants of Death, sponsored by the War Resisters
League CC 213 4:30-5:30pm Iraq Veterans Gathering CC 208
4:30-6:30pm GI Rights Training CC 205
4:30-6:30pm SOA and NUKES: Two Tools of US Domination, Two Movements for
Justice, sponsored by the Nevada Desert Experience CC 211 5-7pm Workshop
with Representatives of SINALTRAINAL CC 207
5-7pm Venezuela Update followed by an open group discussion, sponsored by
the Venezuela Information Office CC 103 5-6:30pm Student Caucus CC
Ballroom A
5-8pm Maryknoll Gathering CC 104
5:30-6:30pm Christian Peacemaker Teams Gathering CC 208
5:40-6:40pm Carolinas Witness for Peace - SOAW Gathering HJ Carter
5:45-7:15pm SOA Watch Legislative Training I CC 212
6-8pm The International Law Enforcement Academy CC 201
6:30-7:30pm Torture Survivors' Speak Out CC Ballroom BC
6:30pm Progressive Catholic Mass: All are welcome! DI
7-8pm Counter-Recruitment Strategy Meeting CC Ballroom A
6-7:30pm Coalition of Immokalee Workers Update. CC 213
7-9pm Jesuit Mass Tent
7-8:30pm Church of the Brethren Gathering HJ Pres
7-9pm People of Color Caucus (for People of Color only) CC 205
7-9pm Undoing Imperialism Within CC 103
7-9pm Veterans for Peace Gathering HJ
7:30-8:30pm Presentation by Argentine Labor Activists CC 207
7:45-9:15pm SOA Watch Legislative Training II CC 212
8-9pm Our Movements United: We Can Win! CC Ballroom BC
8-9:30pm Update from the St. Patrick's Four. DI
8-9:30pm Fundraising Reception CC 211
8-9:30pm Direct Action Meeting: All Civil Disobedience participants should
come to coordinate actions and join affinity groups. Supporters Welcome.
CC 213 8:15-9:30pm Film: Hidden in Plain Sight CC 201
9-10pm Catholic Worker Gathering CC 208
9:30-10:30pm Spokescouncil Meeting CC 213
9:30pm Benefit Concert CC Ballroom


SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20TH:

8:30am-4pm Memorial Service and Solemn Funeral Procession, followed by
Nonviolent Direct Action, Puppets and Festival of Resistance.

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LATIN AMERICA SOLIDARITY COALITION (LASC) GET-TOGETHER

Latin America Solidarity Coalition Get-Together
in Columbus, Georgia*

Friday, November 18, 2005, 7pm
Fort Benning Road, Southgate Building 22 (Stage Hospitality Suite)

You are invited to an informal get-together of activists from various
Latin America Solidarity Coalition groups on Friday evening in Columbus,
Georgia. We'll have pizza and beer to fuel community building and talk
shop in a relaxed setting on the day before the rally to close the School
of the Americas and to change oppressive U.S. foreign policy.