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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Following is from Chico Peace and Justice about the School
of Americas in Ft. Benning, GA and the planned protest in Nov. (Yearly
happening). If you would like the attachments,(flyers and Holly Near Song)
please let me know. I didn't want to send attachments to folks who aren't
interested. Thanks, Diana</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Hello all,<BR><BR>I have forwarded you the following message
and<BR>attachment in hopes that you will help get the word<BR>out about the
movement to get 1000 Grandmother's (and<BR>other people as well) to cross the
line at the next<BR>School of the Americas protest.<BR><BR>Feel free to contact
myself or Caathy (contact info<BR>below) with any questions.<BR><BR>Many thanks
for all that you do,<BR><BR>Devlin Donnelly<BR>Assistant/Interim
Coordinator<BR>Chico Peace & Justice Center<BR>(530) 893-9078<BR><A
href="http://www.chico-peace.org">www.chico-peace.org</A><BR><BR>--- Catherine
Webster<BR><<A
href="mailto:athousandgrandmothers@yahoo.com">athousandgrandmothers@yahoo.com</A>>
wrote:<BR><BR>> Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 16:50:02 -0700 (PDT)<BR>> From:
Catherine Webster<BR>> <<A
href="mailto:athousandgrandmothers@yahoo.com">athousandgrandmothers@yahoo.com</A>><BR>>
Subject: 1000 G's info for Devlin<BR>> To: <A
href="mailto:chico-peace@sbcglobal.net">chico-peace@sbcglobal.net</A><BR>>
<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> LOOKING FOR 1000
GRANDMOTHERS TO CROSS THE LINE <BR>> November 17-19,
2006<BR>> At the School of the Americas/WHISC, Ft.
Benning,<BR>> GA<BR>> Most of you know that the School of the
Americas<BR>> at Fort Benning, Georgia, is the place where Latin<BR>>
American soldiers are trained by the U.S. military<BR>> in tactics that have
resulted in assassination,<BR>> kidnapping, torture, and repression of their
own<BR>> people. Graduates of the SOA (also known as<BR>> WHISCÑWestern
Hemisphere Institute for Security<BR>> Cooperation) have been responsible for
the murder of<BR>> Archbishop Oscar Romero and six Jesuits, their<BR>>
housekeeper, and her daughter, the massacre of the<BR>> entire village of El
Mozote in El Salvador, and<BR>> countless other acts of violence in Central
America.<BR>> Currently, the largest group of trainees is coming<BR>> from
Colombia, which is rapidly becoming the next El<BR>> Salvador. The SOA
represents all that we wish to<BR>> fight against and change in our nation.
It goes<BR>> against everything we, as women, want for our<BR>> families
and our world. <BR>> <BR>> My name is Cathy
Webster. I live in Chico,<BR>> California. Last November, one of the founders
of<BR>> our local Peace & Justice Center, Helen Kinnee, died<BR>> at
age 91 after a long life of working for peace. At<BR>> her memorial service,
one of our young peace<BR>> activists sang Holly Near's song, "A
Thousand<BR>> Grandmothers." I was so inspired by this song, and<BR>> by
the arrest that same month of another local<BR>> grandmother, Dorothy Parker,
at School of the<BR>> Americas, that an idea came to me: What if 1000<BR>>
grandmothers from around America and the world were<BR>> to take this song as
their rallying cry and march<BR>> onto the grounds of the School of the
Americas this<BR>> coming November with SOAWatch risking arrest in an<BR>>
effort to shut down this training school for<BR>>
terrorism?<BR>> <BR>> This summer HR1217, an
amendment to a bill that<BR>> would cut Defense spending for the school and
thus<BR>> effectively shut it down, was refused attachment to<BR>> the
Foreign Operations Appropriations bill, even<BR>> though eight other
attachments were accepted. But<BR>> the effort to effect the closing of the
school<BR>> continues unabated (see <A
href="http://www.soawatch.org">http://www.soawatch.org</A> ).
<BR>> <BR>> Attached are two sheets that can
be printed as a<BR>> front side and a back side handout to be
reproduced<BR>> and circulated. <BR>>
<BR>> Please respond to <A
href="mailto:athousandgrandmothers@yahoo.com">athousandgrandmothers@yahoo.com</A><BR>>
with your interest, ideas, and comments. If not us,<BR>> who? If not now,
when? Grandmothers are rallying<BR>> around the country to stand up for
peace; let's do<BR>> the same at the SOA.<BR>>
<BR>> Paz, Cathy Webster<BR>>
<BR>> Website developing: <A
href="http://www.1000grandmothers.net">www.1000grandmothers.net</A> <BR>>
Check it out!<BR>> <BR>> PS. If
risking arrest and imprisonment is not for<BR>> you right now, your soulforce
and presence at Ft.<BR>> Benning, November 17-19 is still
needed!<BR>> <BR><BR>CHICO PEACE & JUSTICE CENTER<BR>526
Broadway<BR>Chico, CA 95928<BR>530.893.9078<BR><A
href="http://www.chico-peace.org">www.chico-peace.org</A></DIV></BODY></HTML>