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8th October 2016, 15:27
Oct 6-10 SOA Watch Convergence at the Border
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The SOA Watch Convergence at the Border is just a week away! We hope that you are able to join the October 7-10 vigils, protests and workshops, that are taking place at the Eloy Detention Center, in Tucson, and in Nogales, Arizona/ Sonora at the border wall. See the schedule of events (http://www.solidarityweb.com/lists/lt.php?id=Lh8GAAwNGQtRB0hXD1QBAw) below and visit the convergence webpage for detailed information: http://SOAW.org/border
It is important that we have a strong showing of activists from throughout the U.S. and Mexico in the lead-up to the November elections. We are going to take a stand for justice, and we are going to change the culture of militarism, as we demand a fundamental change in US policies that goes beyond elections. Come out and amplify the demands of the convergence:
- An end to the destructive U.S. military, economic, and political interventions in the Americas.
- De-militarization of the borders. We need to build bridges with our neighbors, not walls.
- The dismantling of the racist and sexist systems that steal from, criminalize, and kill migrants, refugees, natives, gender non-conforming people, communities of color, and others throughout the hemisphere.
- Respect, dignity, justice and self-determination for all communities, especially the poor and most vulnerable
- No more profits over people! Private military, prison, oil, mining, and other corporations should not determine our future or that of the earth, the people should.
https://org.salsalabs.com/o/727/images/SOAW_Nogales.jpg
For the full schedule of October 7-10 events, visit http://www.soaw.org/border/weekend-program/#schedule
Featured speakers and musicians at the bi-national rally and the vigil at the US/Mexico border wall: http://www.soaw.org/border/speakers-and-musicians/
Workshops on Saturday, October 8 in Nogales, Arizona, USA: http://www.soaw.org/border/workshops-in-nogales-arizona/
Workshops on Saturday, October 8 in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico: http://www.soaw.org/border/workshops-3/
People of Color Space Program on Saturday, October 8 in Tucson, Arizona. Registration/RSVP form, to donate, accommodations & transportation, and more information: http://www.soaw.org/border/frentex/
Know Your Rights and Realities With Border Patrol and other law enforcement officers: http://www.soaw.org/border/2016/09/29/know-your-rights-and-realities/
NEW - Information on Camping at Avalon Gardens http://www.soaw.org/border/2016/10/01/camping-at-avalon-gardens/
Support the #ConvergenceAtTheBorder with a donation: http://SOAW.org/donation
See you at the Border!
SOA Watch
_________________________________________
Schedule of Events
++ Denotes event in which one does not have to traverse a Border Patrol Checkpoint to attend
Friday, October 7
9:15am Exhibition of Ten Quilts Memorialize Lives Lost by Migrants Crossing the Desert in the Tucson Sector. This event will take place in the Tucson and Catalina Rooms of the University of Arizona’s Student Union (1303 E. University Blvd., Tucson, Arizona)++
5pm - 7:30pm - Vigil and rally at the Eloy Immigrant Detention Center, and Opening of the Convergence Weekend, Welcome, and Know Your Rights Information (1705 E Hanna Rd, Eloy , AZ, 85131)++
Welcome and Peńa Celebration in Nogales, Mexico, 6:00pm-8pm at the Art Museum (Av. Adolfo Lopez Mateos No. 120, Nogales 84000, Mexico)
7pm - 11pm - Concert in Tucson, Arizona at Club Congress, a benefit for No More Deaths. For all that are interested, including People of Color Space participants, and those unable to travel past the Border Patrol checkpoint to Nogales (7pm-11pm, Club Congress, 311 E Congress St, Tucson, AZ)++
Saturday, October 8
8:30am - 9:30am Veteran-led march in Nogales (Sonora/Arizona) kick off on the U.S. side: Hotel Americana, 639 N Grand Ave, Nogales, AZ 85621 kick off on the Mexico side: Plaza Ochoa, Nogales, Son., Mexico
9:45am - 11:45am - Rally at the border wall in Nogales, Sonora / Arizona with speakers and musiciansfrom across the Americas featured speakers will include Michael McPherson of Veterans for Peace; Hector Barajas, the founder of Deported Veterans Support House in Tijuana, Mexico; Shena Gutierrez, from the Border Patrol Victims Network, Mexico, human rights activist and Green Party vice presidential candidate Ajamu Baraka; Isabel Garcia from the Coalicion de Derechos Humanos, Indigenous Community Defender Nestora Salgado; Maudí Tzy from the Alliance to Break the Silence and End Impunity from Guatemala, SOA Watch Field Organizer Maria Luisa Rosal and Father Roy Bourgeois, SOA Watch founder Live music performances by Pablo Peregrina, Emmas Revolution, Colleen Kattau, Olmeca, the Peace Poets, Natalia Serna La Muna, Son Jarocho musicians, and the SOA Watch Musicians Collective
TUCSON - 9 AM - 8 PM - People of Color Space & Youth of Color Space Workshops, Break-Out Groups, and Plenary addressing mutual solidarity, racial and gender justice. For more information on thePOCS workshops, please click here. If you are planning on attending the 10/8 POC Space in Tucson, please fill out this Registration/RSVP form. (9am-8pm, Dunbar African American Culture Center, 325 W 2nd St. Tucson, AZ 85705)++
Workshops at Hotel Americana (639 N Grand Ave, Nogales, AZ 85621) in Nogales, Arizona (United States), 1:15pm-7:50pm
Workshops in Nogales, Sonora (Escuela Primaria Abelardo L. Rodriguez, Fenochio 23, Fundó Legal, Nogales, Mexico), 1:15pm-7:50pm
Nosh & Reflection: A lunch gathering for Jewish activists and allies
Anniversary Vigil for José Antonio Elena Rodríguez in Nogales, Sonora: starting with a march at 4 pmfrom the Plaza de las Palomas in Nogales, Sonora to the site where Jose Antonio was killed and a 5 pm mass with the Nogales Bishop, inauguration of the installation of a painting of Jose Antonio, followed by a cultural/musical event
Interfaith Ceremony at the border wall & candlelight vigil, 6:30pm-8:00pm
Cross-border concert at the Mexico/U.S. border wall, 8:00pm-10:30pm with Charlie King, Colleen Kattau, the Peace Poets, emma's revolution, Natalia Serna La Muna, Olmeca, Pablo Peregrina, and Son Jarocho
Sunday, October 9
9am - 1:30pm - ˇNo Más! No More! & Presentes, musicians, protest, and art at the border wall We will commemorate those whose lives were lost as a result of state violence. Speakers will include Shannon Rivers, a member of the Akimel O'odham tribe; Padre Prisciliano Peraza, coordinator of CCAMYN in Altar, Sonora; Carlotta of People Helping People from Arivaca; Hector Aristizabal, Colombian human rights activist and torture survivor; Mariela Nájera Romero and Uriel Gamaliel Guzmán, Las Patronas; Marleny Reyes Castillo, Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH), Maria Guadalupe Guereca Betancourt and Araceli; Carlos Garcia, Puente; Frier Tomás González Castillo coordinator of La 72, Hogar Refugio para Personas migrantes y refugiadas, en Tenosique, Tabasco; George Paz Martin, peace and justice and climate activist and educator; and there will be musical performances by Francisco Herrera, Natalia Serna La Muna, Gabino Palomares and others
TUCSON - Informal gathering/continuation of work from previous day's POC Space for those that cannot or choose not to travel to Nogales (time & location TBA)++
Monday, October 10
Vigil for José Antonio Elena Rodríguez (time & location TBA)
10am Block Party - Indigenous People Day 2016 at the Global Justice Center in Tucson, Arizona (225 E 25th St., Tucson, AZ 85713). Neoglyphix, Barrio Mindz, live art, dancers, and music in Resistance + Respect.++
If you are still around in the morning on Tuesday, October 11, you can join our friends from the Nuclear Resister from7am – 8:30am for a rally at the Davis Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson (Craycroft Road Entrance at Golf Links)
Featured speakers and musicians at the #ConvergenceAtTheBorder:
http://www.soaw.org/border/speakers-and-musicians/
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Please Share Widely
The SOA Watch Convergence at the Border is just a week away! We hope that you are able to join the October 7-10 vigils, protests and workshops, that are taking place at the Eloy Detention Center, in Tucson, and in Nogales, Arizona/ Sonora at the border wall. See the schedule of events (http://www.solidarityweb.com/lists/lt.php?id=Lh8GAAwNGQtRB0hXD1QBAw) below and visit the convergence webpage for detailed information: http://SOAW.org/border
It is important that we have a strong showing of activists from throughout the U.S. and Mexico in the lead-up to the November elections. We are going to take a stand for justice, and we are going to change the culture of militarism, as we demand a fundamental change in US policies that goes beyond elections. Come out and amplify the demands of the convergence:
- An end to the destructive U.S. military, economic, and political interventions in the Americas.
- De-militarization of the borders. We need to build bridges with our neighbors, not walls.
- The dismantling of the racist and sexist systems that steal from, criminalize, and kill migrants, refugees, natives, gender non-conforming people, communities of color, and others throughout the hemisphere.
- Respect, dignity, justice and self-determination for all communities, especially the poor and most vulnerable
- No more profits over people! Private military, prison, oil, mining, and other corporations should not determine our future or that of the earth, the people should.
https://org.salsalabs.com/o/727/images/SOAW_Nogales.jpg
For the full schedule of October 7-10 events, visit http://www.soaw.org/border/weekend-program/#schedule
Featured speakers and musicians at the bi-national rally and the vigil at the US/Mexico border wall: http://www.soaw.org/border/speakers-and-musicians/
Workshops on Saturday, October 8 in Nogales, Arizona, USA: http://www.soaw.org/border/workshops-in-nogales-arizona/
Workshops on Saturday, October 8 in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico: http://www.soaw.org/border/workshops-3/
People of Color Space Program on Saturday, October 8 in Tucson, Arizona. Registration/RSVP form, to donate, accommodations & transportation, and more information: http://www.soaw.org/border/frentex/
Know Your Rights and Realities With Border Patrol and other law enforcement officers: http://www.soaw.org/border/2016/09/29/know-your-rights-and-realities/
NEW - Information on Camping at Avalon Gardens http://www.soaw.org/border/2016/10/01/camping-at-avalon-gardens/
Support the #ConvergenceAtTheBorder with a donation: http://SOAW.org/donation
See you at the Border!
SOA Watch
_________________________________________
Schedule of Events
++ Denotes event in which one does not have to traverse a Border Patrol Checkpoint to attend
Friday, October 7
9:15am Exhibition of Ten Quilts Memorialize Lives Lost by Migrants Crossing the Desert in the Tucson Sector. This event will take place in the Tucson and Catalina Rooms of the University of Arizona’s Student Union (1303 E. University Blvd., Tucson, Arizona)++
5pm - 7:30pm - Vigil and rally at the Eloy Immigrant Detention Center, and Opening of the Convergence Weekend, Welcome, and Know Your Rights Information (1705 E Hanna Rd, Eloy , AZ, 85131)++
Welcome and Peńa Celebration in Nogales, Mexico, 6:00pm-8pm at the Art Museum (Av. Adolfo Lopez Mateos No. 120, Nogales 84000, Mexico)
7pm - 11pm - Concert in Tucson, Arizona at Club Congress, a benefit for No More Deaths. For all that are interested, including People of Color Space participants, and those unable to travel past the Border Patrol checkpoint to Nogales (7pm-11pm, Club Congress, 311 E Congress St, Tucson, AZ)++
Saturday, October 8
8:30am - 9:30am Veteran-led march in Nogales (Sonora/Arizona) kick off on the U.S. side: Hotel Americana, 639 N Grand Ave, Nogales, AZ 85621 kick off on the Mexico side: Plaza Ochoa, Nogales, Son., Mexico
9:45am - 11:45am - Rally at the border wall in Nogales, Sonora / Arizona with speakers and musiciansfrom across the Americas featured speakers will include Michael McPherson of Veterans for Peace; Hector Barajas, the founder of Deported Veterans Support House in Tijuana, Mexico; Shena Gutierrez, from the Border Patrol Victims Network, Mexico, human rights activist and Green Party vice presidential candidate Ajamu Baraka; Isabel Garcia from the Coalicion de Derechos Humanos, Indigenous Community Defender Nestora Salgado; Maudí Tzy from the Alliance to Break the Silence and End Impunity from Guatemala, SOA Watch Field Organizer Maria Luisa Rosal and Father Roy Bourgeois, SOA Watch founder Live music performances by Pablo Peregrina, Emmas Revolution, Colleen Kattau, Olmeca, the Peace Poets, Natalia Serna La Muna, Son Jarocho musicians, and the SOA Watch Musicians Collective
TUCSON - 9 AM - 8 PM - People of Color Space & Youth of Color Space Workshops, Break-Out Groups, and Plenary addressing mutual solidarity, racial and gender justice. For more information on thePOCS workshops, please click here. If you are planning on attending the 10/8 POC Space in Tucson, please fill out this Registration/RSVP form. (9am-8pm, Dunbar African American Culture Center, 325 W 2nd St. Tucson, AZ 85705)++
Workshops at Hotel Americana (639 N Grand Ave, Nogales, AZ 85621) in Nogales, Arizona (United States), 1:15pm-7:50pm
Workshops in Nogales, Sonora (Escuela Primaria Abelardo L. Rodriguez, Fenochio 23, Fundó Legal, Nogales, Mexico), 1:15pm-7:50pm
Nosh & Reflection: A lunch gathering for Jewish activists and allies
Anniversary Vigil for José Antonio Elena Rodríguez in Nogales, Sonora: starting with a march at 4 pmfrom the Plaza de las Palomas in Nogales, Sonora to the site where Jose Antonio was killed and a 5 pm mass with the Nogales Bishop, inauguration of the installation of a painting of Jose Antonio, followed by a cultural/musical event
Interfaith Ceremony at the border wall & candlelight vigil, 6:30pm-8:00pm
Cross-border concert at the Mexico/U.S. border wall, 8:00pm-10:30pm with Charlie King, Colleen Kattau, the Peace Poets, emma's revolution, Natalia Serna La Muna, Olmeca, Pablo Peregrina, and Son Jarocho
Sunday, October 9
9am - 1:30pm - ˇNo Más! No More! & Presentes, musicians, protest, and art at the border wall We will commemorate those whose lives were lost as a result of state violence. Speakers will include Shannon Rivers, a member of the Akimel O'odham tribe; Padre Prisciliano Peraza, coordinator of CCAMYN in Altar, Sonora; Carlotta of People Helping People from Arivaca; Hector Aristizabal, Colombian human rights activist and torture survivor; Mariela Nájera Romero and Uriel Gamaliel Guzmán, Las Patronas; Marleny Reyes Castillo, Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH), Maria Guadalupe Guereca Betancourt and Araceli; Carlos Garcia, Puente; Frier Tomás González Castillo coordinator of La 72, Hogar Refugio para Personas migrantes y refugiadas, en Tenosique, Tabasco; George Paz Martin, peace and justice and climate activist and educator; and there will be musical performances by Francisco Herrera, Natalia Serna La Muna, Gabino Palomares and others
TUCSON - Informal gathering/continuation of work from previous day's POC Space for those that cannot or choose not to travel to Nogales (time & location TBA)++
Monday, October 10
Vigil for José Antonio Elena Rodríguez (time & location TBA)
10am Block Party - Indigenous People Day 2016 at the Global Justice Center in Tucson, Arizona (225 E 25th St., Tucson, AZ 85713). Neoglyphix, Barrio Mindz, live art, dancers, and music in Resistance + Respect.++
If you are still around in the morning on Tuesday, October 11, you can join our friends from the Nuclear Resister from7am – 8:30am for a rally at the Davis Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson (Craycroft Road Entrance at Golf Links)
Featured speakers and musicians at the #ConvergenceAtTheBorder:
http://www.soaw.org/border/speakers-and-musicians/
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