Help Raise Funds to Send Folks to SOA

This month of November, from the 19th-21st, more than 20 folks from the Madison Campus Community will caravan down to Fort Benning, Georgia to join thousands from around the world in an annual vigil and protest. The reason for this annual vigil is to show resistance and opposition to The School of the Americas (SOA) and the innumerable injustices that have been direct results of this combat training school for Latin American soldiers.

The SOA, renamed the “Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation” in 2001 was initially established in Panama in 1946. It was kicked out of that country in 1984 under the terms of the Panama Canal Treaty. Former Panamanian President, Jorge Illueca, stated that the School of the Americas was the “biggest base for destabilization in Latin America.”

The SOA, frequently dubbed the “School of Assassins,” has left a trail of blood and suffering in every country where its graduates have returned.

Over its 59 years, the SOA has trained over 60,000 Latin American soldiers in counterinsurgency techniques, sniper training, commando and psychological warfare, military intelligence and interrogation tactics. These graduates have consistently used their skills to wage a war against their own people. Among those targeted by SOA graduates are educators, union organizers, religious workers, student leaders, and others who work for the rights of the poor. Hundreds of thousands of Latin Americans have been tortured, raped, assassinated, “disappeared,” massacred, and forced into refugee by those trained at the School of Assassins.

We have been raising money for our transportation and lodging. PLEASE help us make this trip posssible for the folks from the Madison Campus Community!

How you can help us make this trip a reality:

1. We are selling lovely hand made Earrings for $10!
Ask the person who gave you this flyer about purchasing some.

2. We are hosting a SHOW/PARTY/FUNDRAISER
When: Saturday November 13th from 8pm-2am
Where: Fiesta 38 located at 604 South Park Street.
Price: Tickets are $10
*BUT, if you buy them NOW from the person who gave you this flyer you can get them for $7!

3. If you do not like or want to purchase earrings and you cannot make it to the party this Saturday we are also accepting donations!

Any way you can help is appreciated.
Thanks so much!

Find out more: http://www.soaw.org/