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Mintpress News
March 16, 2018
In her 2007 junket and her subsequent trips to Venezuela as an intern for the human rights organization, School of the Americas Watch, Anaya found herself enthralled with citizens' media — its reimagining of the Fourth Estate as a kind of bulletin board for revolution, and of the journalist as a public servant,Ãâà...
ThinkProgress
March 1, 2018
Dr. Maha Hilal is co-director of Justice for Muslims Collective, an organizer with Witness Against Torture, and a council member of School of the Americas Watch. Darakshan Raja is co-director of Justice for Muslims Collective, and is a board member of South Asians Leading Together and the board ofÃâà...
The Ithacan
February 16, 2018
The protest was organized by School of the Americas Watch in Arizona, a nonviolent movement that strives to end U.S. militarization, particularly in Latin America. Both students said they used their grants to pay for travel expenses. Mulvey said he is interested in indigenous activism and how indigenousÃâà...
National Catholic Reporter
February 12, 2018
Marcia Lee attends a School of the Americas Watch event with Franciscans, including Capuchins. (Courtesy of Marcia Lee). There is no such thing as a typical day's work for people who coordinate the justice, peace and ecology ministries of male religious orders. "It is difficult to create a 'day in the life,'Ãâà...
National Catholic Reporter
December 21, 2017
Tucson, Ariz. — Two weekends before Thanksgiving, I traveled to Arizona to participate in the School of the Americas Watch protests. SOA Watch organized protests at Fort Benning, Georgia, for 20 years. Two years ago, it moved its focus to the border wall in Arizona. CEL-holy-week.jpg. Download theÃâà...
National Catholic Reporter
November 14, 2017
Editor's note: Welcome to NCR's Justice Action Bulletin, where every Tuesday we bring you the latest news on active nonviolence in the service of peace and justice. Do you have news you would like to share? Contact Maria Benevento at mbenevento@ncronline.org.
Nogales International
November 13, 2017
A weekend of events in Ambos Nogales and Southern Arizona that included vigils, concerts, workshops and the protest march, the second annual Border Encuentro is the re-imagining of longstanding School of the Americas Watch protests in Fort Benning, Ga., with organizers calling for an end to U.S.Ãâà...
WRBL
November 8, 2017
WRBL Staff - COLUMBUS, Ga. -- For the first time ever in nearly 30 years, the School of the Americas Watch annual protest, will not happen this year. According to our media partner The Ledger-Enquirer, organizers missed the permit deadline to hold what would have been the 27th year for the vigil.
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
November 7, 2017
For the first time in the history of the annual School of the Americas Watch protest at Stone Gate in Columbus, organizers have missed the permit deadline to hold what would have been the 27th year for the vigil. Columbus Police Lt. Herman Miles said a permit requesting the closure of Fort Benning RoadÃâà...
Nogales International
November 6, 2017
The march, part of a three-day “Border Encuentro” hosted by School of the Americas Watch in Ambos Nogales, will be led by the group Veterans for Peace, who plan to protest, among other things, U.S. immigration policy that has led to the deportation of veterans who served the country honorably, leadersÃâà...
