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Dear SOA Watch activist,Below is an updated contact list for the SOA Watch

movement. Please use this list as a resource for your work and for plugging in

to new ways of working with others to close the SOA/ WHINSEC. Together we will

shut down the SOA and create the world we know is possible!Below you’ll find the

following info:1. National Office Contact Information -- Staff Information2.

Regional Representatives – SOA Watch Council3. Working Groups4. SOA Watch Update

newsletter5. SOA Watch listservs=============================================1.

NATIONAL OFFICE CONTACT INFORMATIONSchool of the Americas WatchPO Box

4566Washington, DC 20017Telephone: 202-234-3440Fax: 202-636-4505Email:

info: http://www.soaw.orgSOA WATCH STAFF INFORMATIONFather Roy

Bourgeois – Georgia OfficePam Bowman – Legislative Coordinator –

pbowman(at)soaw.orgEric LeCompte – Events and Outreach Coordinator —

elecompte(at)soaw.orgSarah Mertz – Program Associate – smertz(at)soaw.orgChristy

Pardew -

Communications Coordinator – cpardew(at)soaw.orgJohn Stith – Operations

Coordinator – jstith(at)soaw.org=============================================2.

REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES – SOA WATCH COUNCILThe SOA Watch Council is the

national major policy decision-making body for SOA Watch. The council consists

of regional representatives who are chosen by local groups to represent their

region on the national level; a staff representative from each SOA Watch office

(DC and Georgia); and representatives of partner organizations.Find information

about local groups organizing in your area here:

http://www.soaw.org/new/groups.phpBelow you'll find listed the twelve regions

and the regional representative for each region:GREAT LAKES (Minnesota,

Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana)Kathy Long: 312-641-5151,

klong(at)claret.orgMID-ATLANTIC (DC, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Western

Pennsylvania)Edith Wilson: 412-371-9722, edith.wilson3(at)verizon.netMIDWEST

(Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska,

Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota, Oklahoma)Art Roche: 563-556-1699,

rocheart3(at)msn.comNEW ENGLAND (Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire,

Connecticut, Vermont, Maine)Christine LaVallee: 508-410-7257,

peachlavee(at)NEW YORKAudrey Stewart: 607-277-8962,

astewart122(at)Mike Pasquale: 315-446-2720,

pasquamp(at)lemoyne.eduNORTHEAST (Central and Eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware,

New Jersey)Elena DiGiovanna: paraelena(at)netzero.comDeirdre MacDermott:

215-601-4805, deirdre(at)whitedog.comLinda Panetta: 215-473-2162NORTHWEST

(Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Alaska)Vennessa Pustek:

vpustek(at)comcast.netROCKIES (Colorado, Wyoming, Utah)We are still looking for

SOA Watch activists to convene the Rockies regional network. For more

information, please contact the SOA Watch office.SOUTH (Alabama, Arkansas,

Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas)Ken Hayes: surfersanta(at)SOUTHEAST

(North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee)jon hunt:

828-263-8746,

jon(at)riseup.netSOUTHWEST (Arizona, New Mexico)The southwest region is looking

for candidates for their regional seat. Please contact the SOA Watch office for

more info.WEST (California, Nevada, Hawai'i, American Samoa, Guam, and the

Northern Marianas)David Mezzera: 707-552-2900, SOAW-West(at)att.net* If your

state, commonwealth or territory is not yet included in a region, contact John

Stith, jstith(at)soaw.org, to get

involved.=============================================3. SOA WATCH WORKING

GROUPSWorking groups are composed of individuals who dedicate their time to work

on a specific area of the SOA Watch vision. As a grassroots movement, the power

is in the people involved! Consider joining one or more of the following working

groups:ANTI-OPPRESSION WORKING GROUPWhile working to end US support for

oppressive regimes through the SOA/WHINSEC, we are committed to ensuring that

SOA Watch also prioritizes work against perpetuating oppression in our own

organizing. Contact Kristine

at kristinew22(at).DEVELOPMENT WORKING GROUPThe Development Working

Group is looking for folks who have interest in doing short term fundraising and

planning long term development to be part of a working group to meet

periodically and help out at events as able. Contact Kim Porter at

kimporter40(at).LEGAL COLLECTIVE WORKING GROUPThe Legal Collective is a

group of activists, lawyers, law students and paralegals who offer legal

trainings and support during the November vigils and subsequent trials. Contact

Audrey at astewart122(at).LEGISLATIVE WORKING GROUPWe include

representatives of various local SOA groups throughout the country, members of

the SOA Watch Council, and the Legislative Coordinator staff person from the DC

office. We make decisions by consensus about the overall legislative strategy of

the movement incorporating feedback and participation from the SOA Watch Council

as well as from the DC staff. Contact Pam at pbowman(at)soaw.org.LOGISTICS

WORKING GROUPThis group handles various construction and supply projects at the

November Vigil.Contact John Stith at jstith(at)soaw.org.MEDIA WORKING GROUPWe

work to spread the word about the SOA/ WHINSEC and the movement to close it down

via the mainstream and alternative media and to empower more folks in this

grassroots movement to do the same. We set up and staff a media office for the

November vigil, and we work year round to craft press releases and messaging for

SOA Watch. Contact Christy Pardew at cpardew(at)soaw.org.RESEARCH WORKING

GROUPWe have a vision of growing into an international network of scholars,

students, academics and researchers working together to add fuel to the

legislative, media and public education fires to close the School and to stop

torture. If you thirst for knowledge and are interested doing research we can

use to shut the SOA/ WHINSEC, email Chad at

maxfarrand(at)hotmail.com.PUPPET/STREET THEATER WORKING GROUPThe Puppet/Street

Theater working group

is a dynamic group that comes together to create puppets and a street theater

piece for the November Vigil. Contact Jake Weinstein at 203-562-1471.SPANISH

LANGUAGE MEDIA WORKING GROUPThis newly formed, ongoing working group works to

outreach to Spanish-language media across the Americas. Contact Christy Pardew

at cpardew(at)soaw.org.STAGE AND PROGRAM WORKING GROUPWe create the programs

used at the November Vigil and coordinate music and musicians for all trainings

and caucuses. Contact Christy Pardew at cpardew(at)soaw.org.TABLING WORKING

GROUPThis group organizes the tables at the November Vigil. Contact John Stith

at jstith(at)soaw.org.TRANSLATION & INTERPRETATION WORKING GROUPThe translation

and interpretation working group is an on-going working group of SOA Watch. In

addition to providing interpretation at the November vigil in Ft. Benning, we

also provide translation services throughout the year, from press releases to

web pages and more. Contact Christy Pardew at

cpardew(at)soaw.org.GRUPO DE TRABAJO DE TRADUCCIÓN Y INTERPRETACIÓN:Traducimos

documentos y interpretamos para las vigilias en Ft. Benning los noviembres y en

eventos todo el año. Contáctese con Christy Pardew a

cpardew(a)soaw.org.CONSTITUENCY GROUP CAUCUSES:LABOR CAUCUS: Organized labor in

North America has played a crucial role in the struggle to close the SOA. Local

and national unions have passed resolutions for the closure of the SOA and

sponsored educational events around the issue. Contact Rebecca at

Rkanner(at)uaw.net.STUDENT/YOUTH CAUCUS: The Student/Youth Caucus seeks to

further organize the collective strength of students working to close the SOA.

Contact Sarah at

smertz(at)soaw.org.=============================================4. GET THE SOA

WATCH UPDATE NEWSLETTER!The newsletter is published three times a year with the

most exciting and recent happenings within the SOA Watch Movement. Sign up to

receive the SOA Watch newsletter by sending us your mailing address at

info(at)soaw.org or PO Box 4566, Washington, DC 20017 or by calling us at

202-234-3440.=============================================5. SOA WATCH

LISTSERVS-*- The SOA Watch office in DC sends out about two emails a month with

updates on the movement to close the SOA/ WHINSEC, urgent actions, new research,

news stories, Congressional updates and more! This announcement-only listserv is

vital to keeping up with current information on the campaign to close the SOA/

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