Text Box: School of the Americas (SOA)

Text Box: SOA Prisoners of Conscience Appreciation Letters PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE, who “crossed the line” at the School of the Americas  (WHINSEC), Fort Benning (Columbus) Georgia, November 19, 2006, witnessed by 22,000 fellow protesters. Their photos, biographies, and moving court statements can be found at www.soaw.org.  For over fifty years the SOA has taught counter-insurgency, counter-intelligence, commando tactics, psychological warfare, and at times torture to the furtherance of United States foreign policy and business interests. The first has already served 71 days. The others begin their sentences either March 21 or April 17. CHRISTINE M. BUSCH-NEMA #92944-020 FMC CARSWELL, FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER P.O. BOX 27137, FORT WORTH, TX 76127 April 17  2 months   ARTHUR D. COLEMAN #92949-020 MCC CHICAGO, METROPOLITAN CORRECTIONAL CENTER, 71 WEST VAN BUREN STREET CHICAGO, IL 60605               April 17  2 months   VALERIE A. FILLENWARTH #92956-020 FCI DANBURY, FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION ROUTE 37, DANBURY, CT 06811. April 17  3 months 10 days   PHILIP E. GATES #92947-020 MDC LOS ANGELES, METROPOLITAN DETENTION CENTER, P.O. BOX 1500, LOS ANGELES, CA 90053             March 21  2 months   ALICE E. GERARD #92095-020 FCI DANBURY, FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION ROUTE 37, DANBURY, CT 06811.  Mar. 21  6 mon.   JOSHUA C. HARRIS #92946-020 CI TAFT, CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, P.O. BOX 7001 TAFT, CA 93268                        March 21  2 months   MELISSA S. HELMAN #92952-020 FCI PEKIN, SATELLITE CAMP, P.O. BOX 5000 PEKIN, IL 61555                      March 21    2 months   MARTINA E. LEFORCE #92951-020 FDC PHILADELPHIA, FEDERAL DETENTION CENTER, P.O. BOX 562, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106            April 17  2 months   JULIENNE OLDFIELD #92954-020 FDC PHILADELPHIA,FEDERAL DETENTION CENTER, P.O. BOX 562, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106 April 17  3 months   SHEILA T. SALMON #92953-020 FCI TALLAHASSEE, FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, 501 CAPITAL CIRCLE, NE TALLAHASSEE, FL 32301     Apr. 17, 3 mo. 10 days   NATHAN W SLATER #92950-020 FCI ASHLAND, SATELLITE CAMP, P.O. BOX 6000 ASHLAND, KY 41105                    April 17  2 months   MICHAEL E. VOSBURG-CASEY #92955-020 FCI JESUP, FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION FEDERAL SATELLITE LOW, 2680 301 SOUTH , JESUP, GA 31599                  April 17  3 months 10 days   GRAYMON WARD #92945-020 VANCE COUNTY JAIL, 516 BRECKENRIDE ST. HENDERSON, NC 27536               March 21  1 month   WEBSTER, CATHERINE X-4310736 SLFRAM19, RIO COSUMNES CORRECTIONAL CENTER, 12450 BRUCEVILLE ROAD, ELK GROVE, CA 95757      Mar. 21  2 months   Prison witness is vital to the suppression of the SOA. One recalls the witness of Gandhi, Dorothy Day, and Martin Luther King. “They are in there for us; we are out here for them.” Seeing their sacrifice, we do whatever we can.  Write your representatives to suspend training and investigate SOA/WHINSEC. Talking points can be found at www.soaw.org. The prisoners would appreciate letters. 

   
 SOA = School of the Americas

Do you know what the School of Americas is?  Located at Fort Benning in 
Columbus, Georgia for over fifty years the SOA has taught counter-insurgency, 
counter-intelligence, commando tactics, psychological warfare, and at times 
torture to the furtherance of United States foreign policy and business interests. 
This process is immoral and anathema to the existence of God in the world.