Archbishop Oscar Romero 1917-1980

NYC SOA Watch and NYC CISPES will hold a memorial on Thursday, March 27, in honor of Salvadoran Catholic Archbishop Oscar Romero, who was killed 28 years ago by graduates of the School of the Americas while he was celebrating mass. He was assassinated because he spoke out against state violence and injustice. One day before he was killed, he addressed the country’s repressive army: “I beg you, I beseech you, I order you, in the name of God, stop the repression!”

The service will be followed by a screening of the award-winning Voces Inocentes, a film about children growing up in the midst of the civil war in El Salvador.

In 1993, the United Nations Truth Commission Report on El Salvador cited the officers responsible for the worst atrocities committed during that country’s brutal 12-year civil war. Over two-thirds of those named were trained at the School of the Americas.

Above photo from Creighton University Collaborative Ministry Office

Archbishop Romero Memorial and Voces Inocentes Screening
Thursday, March 27, 2008, at 7pm
Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew
263 W86th St (at West End Ave), NYC
For more info, call Wendy: (917) 400-0185

See you there!

The Long Island SOA Watch supports all the following events and invites you to participate on the 5th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. To remember all the dead, our soldiers and the Iraqi and Afghani people. And to call for the immediate withdrawal of the U.S. troops. Share with us our protest against this unjust war.

Tuesday, March 18, 7:30pm
Mass offered by Fr. William Brisotti, to pray for an end to the war, for the return of our soldiers and for the suffering of the Iraqi people. Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, 1434 Straight Path, Wyandanch. Contact: Pax Christi LI, 631-427-5823

Wednesday, March 19, 5-6pm
Stop the war – Bring all troops Home. Vigil to mourn 4,000 U.S. and 1 million Iraqi deaths. Gather on the NE corner of Old Country & Glen Cove Roads, Garden City. Across from the main entrance to Roosevelt Field Mall. Coordinated by the Stop the War Coalition. Contact: LI Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives: 516-741-4360. Note: MoveOn is calling for a vigil in the same place at the same hour.

Saturday, March 22, 12-1pm
Human chain for Peace along 14th St. from Avenue A to 11th Ave. Gather along 14th St at noon; march to Union Square for a short rally ( permit pending). Contact: United for Peace and Justice/NYC 212-868-5545. Bus from LI. Departs 10 am.,returns by 5 p.m., UU at Shelter Rock parking lot. $ 15/person. Contact: Sharyn Esposito, 516-627-6560, ext 160. Sposored by Social Justice Committee of the UUCSR.

TBD
Demonstration to mark the 4,000th U.S. casualty in Iraq. On the first Saturday following the day that the 4,000th Americans death is reached. Suffolk Peace Network and other groups will stand as a presence of peace on the sidewalk on Rte. 25 in front of the Smith Haven Mall in Lake Grove, from 2-4:30 p.m. Contact: Suffolk Peace Network, 631-424-4647

MAKE A CALL TO CONGRESS
TELL CONGRESS TO :
* End the occupation of Iraq.
* Vote NO on Bush’s request for $102 Billion.
* NOT to vote anymore $ for the War: Fund only the withdrawal of our soldiers and medical care for returning veterans.

CD1 Tim Bishop: 631-696-6500
CD2 Steve Israel: 631-951-2210
CD3 Peter King: 516-5414225
CD4 Carolyn McCarthy: 516-739-3008
CD5: Gary Ackerman: 718-423-2154
Senator Clinton: 631-249-2825
Senator Schumer: 631-753-0978

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