Rally to Close the School of the Americas (WHINSEC)
And Support New Prisoners of Conscience!

Sunday, February 27, 2005, 2-5 pm
St. Gertrude’s Social Hall
(Lower level of the gymnasium)
1401 W. Granville, Chicago
(Southwest corner of Granville and Glenwood. On-street parking is available. OR take the Red Line and get off at Granville)

Music by Voices
Vicios de Papá
(one of Chicago’s hot, young Latino bands)
and the Mariachis Amables
(including Peter Buttitta, Maura and John Neafsey,
Jim Manzardo and Jim Szmurlo)
Light refreshments will be served
$5-$10 suggested donation (no one will be turned away)

Meet . . .
Come meet two of the 14 friends and human rights activists who were arrested last November for crossing onto the U.S. army base at Ft. Benning, GA where the School of the Americas/WHINSEC is located. Each was sentenced at trial to 3 months in prison:

Liz Deligio, Director of Ministry at Misericordia and Catholic Theological Seminary student.

Ron Durham, St. Francis Catholic Worker.

Their courageous acts of resistance call the U.S. government to end its policy of training foreign soldiers and to close the SOA's doors forever!

Support them with your presence at the February
rally as they wait to hear when they will serve their time.

Also hear from . . .
Hector Sepulveda, Colombian journalist and NGO worker, political asylee in Chicago. His life was permanently threatened by paramilitary groups because of his reports and statements defending human rights and social justice in Colombia. Colombia has sent more soldiers to be trained at the School of the Americas/WHINSEC) than any other Latin American Country.

Kathy Long and Dick Heidkamp, recently returned from a delegation to Colombia. Listen as Kathy and Dick speak about the people they have met; people who are struggling to survive in a land where poverty, displacement, environmental destruction and death are a way of life, fueled by U.S. policies and interests.

Erica Spilde, Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America. Erica will provide the latest information on the NEW bill to close the School of the Americas/WHINSEC and tell us what WE CAN DO to ensure its passage!