Seattle FOR Program meeting on School of Americas Watch, Zoom

Sun March 20, 6:30 pm, online

Seattle Fellowship of Reconciliation program meeting

“School of the America Watch:
Confronting Militarism and Building Peace”

Kate Speltz and Candice Camargo with School of the Americas Watch (SOA Watch) will speak about current actions and upcoming activities that SOA Watch is undertaking in solidarity with communities across the Americas in their struggles for justice. Our conversation will focus on our work in the borderlands, in Central America (particularly Honduras), and in Colombia

School of the Americas Watch (SOA Watch) is a nonviolent grassroots movement working to close the SOA / WHINSEC and similar centers that train military, law enforcement and border patrol. We strive to expose, denounce, and end US militarization, oppressive US policies and other forms of state violence in the Americas.  We act in solidarity with organizations and movements working for justice and peace throughout the Americas.

COVID has affected how we all do our work, but it hasn’t slowed SOA Watch down.  In 2021 SOA Watch hosted a documentary film festival in collaboration with frontline communities across the Americas defending land and water rights; sent a member of the staff collective to support Honduran movements during their presidential elections; continued to confront the use of civilian targeted warfare by US Border patrol; and organized many virtual gatherings, including our annual conference and vigil.

Join us to hear what is next!

Kate Speltz lives in Seattle where she is with School of the Americas Watch (SOAW) Puget Sound. Kate is honored to be part of the movement and to serve on the national council of SOA Watch.

Candice Camargo is a member of the SOA Watch staff collective, currently based in California.  Candice has spent more than a dozen years supporting and accompanying nonviolent grassroots movements demanding social and environmental justice in the Americas. Prior to joining the SOA Watch staff collective she was the Executive Director of FOR Peace Presence and worked with Witness for Peace in Colombia.

SOAW formed over 40 years ago to protest U.S. military training of Latin American soldiers and militias at the School of the Americas (SOA) at Fort Benning, Georgia.  Many SOA graduates went on to commit acts of torture and murder.  An annual event was held near the SOA for many years.  More recently, demonstrations were held at the southern border of the US to protest US immigration policy and mistreatment of asylum seekers.

info 206-789-5565 or https://wwfor.org/calendar/

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