Olympia Fellowship of Reconciliation

The U.S. Army’s School of the Americas (SOA) is commonly known as the School of Assassins because it trains Latin American military personnel to suppress democracy, violate human rights, and kill people. Although the army renamed it the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC), the deadly mission remained the same. Every November people gather near its gate at Fort Benning (near Columbus), Georgia, to nonviolently work for closing it. Every year Congress gets closer to cutting off the funding. The resistance is organized by School of the Americas Watch. Info: www.soaw.org.