MAJOR VICTORY: 100 Reps Sign on to CLOSE the SOA!

[Guest guest]

Despite the Bush Administration's attempts to increase

excessive Pentagon

spending while ignoring human rights and social programs in

Latin America

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-------->> SOA WATCH HAS SCORED A MAJOR POLITICAL VICTORY!

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WE HAVE SURPASSED 100 COSPONSORS ON OUR LEGISLATION TO

CLOSE THE SOA!

 

Your efforts and the efforts of others in the SOA Watch

movement

nationwide resulted in reaching a milestone: 100

cosponsors are signed on

to Rep. McGovern's new bill, HR 1217, to suspend operations

at the SOA/

WHINSEC! After only a few weeks of intensive lobbying,

organized call-ins

to the offices of your representatives and letter writing

campaigns, SOA

Watch is building momentum towards a vote on HR 1217 in

this 109th

Congress.

 

With an approaching vote on this vital human rights

legislation we need

YOU to ACT NOW. Be a part of the victory to close the SOA/

WHINSEC.

Please do the following right away:

 

1] CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE! Each phone call a

representative receives

directly impacts whether he or she will cosponsor HR 1217

AND vote to

suspend operations at the SOA/ WHINSEC. Please Call the

Capitol

Switchboard (202-224-3121) and ask for the foreign policy

legislative

assistant of your representative (to find who your rep is

visit

http://www.house.gov/writerep/) and deliver the following

message:

 

" I am calling Congressman/woman ________ to remind him/her

that Rep. Jim

McGovern has introduced HR 1217, The Latin America Military

Training

Review Act of 2005, which would suspend and investigate the

School of the

Americas, which now uses the acronym WHINSEC. I urge the

member to contact

Rep. McGovern's office to become a cosponsor of this bill.

This would be

one very concrete step to support human rights and promote

peace and

justice for the people of Latin America. "

 

--To determine if your representative is a current

supporter of HR 1217 so

that you can call and thank them visit the bottom of the

" Legislative

Action " page at http://www.soaw.org/new/article.php?id=96.

 

2] SCHEDULE A MEETING DURING THE MAY/JUNE DISTRICT WORK

PERIOD! Schedule

a meeting today for your group at the district office in

your area during

the next District Work Period, May 31 - June 3, when your

representative

is home. For more information, call the SOA Watch DC

office

(202-234-3440) or check out tips on our website at

http://www.soaw.org/new/article.php?id=456.

 

3] FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY, COWORKERS

AND

COMMUNITIES! Spread the word about the importance of

closing the SOA/

WHINSEC with everyone who will listen and encourage them to

contact their

own representative and urge their support of HR 1217.

Forward this email

to everyone in your address book and encourage them to do

the same!

 

Thanks for helping to create the world we know is possible!

 

Christy, Emily, Pam, Roy, John, Sarah and Eric

 

 

 

 

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