Elizabeth Marie Rios Condemns CCA at Shutdown Stewart County Detention C...

Elizabeth Marie Rios is the wife of a former detainee at Stewart County Detention Center. She spoke directly to the CCA & ICE officials who were blocking the gate to the complex on CCA Road. She denounces the horrors to which she and her husband were subjected while he was detained at the facility: not knowing or being able to find out where he was; the almost impossible & arduous journey to get from North Charlestown, South Carolina, to the facility, to which no public transportation is available; the water that turns one's clothes green & one's skin grey; & the city of Lumpkin, which is one of the poorest in the country - it receives almost no benefit from having the facility in the area, while inmates are coerced into performing all of the work!

She was introduced by Anton Flores-Maisonet. Anton is an activist, speaker, writer, husband, father, & co-founder of Alterna - a missional community comprised of US citizens and Latino immigrants.

More information about Anton Flores & the amazing work which he is doing with ALTERNA may be found here:

http://www.alternacommunity.com/
https://www.facebook.com/alternacommunity
http://www.youtube.com/user/AlternaMedia

https://www.facebook.com/antonfloresmaisonet

https://twitter.com/ANTONofALTERNA

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More about Georgia Detention Watch may be found here:

http://www.georgiadetentionwatch.com/
https://www.facebook.com/GeorgiaDetentionWatch
https://twitter.com/GaDetWatch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjHbjaHy2ZY

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GDW & ALTERNA are among a group of organizations which help support El Refugio at Stewart County Detention Center (a hospitality house part way between the town of Lumpkin and the detention center), the others being ACLU of Georgia (http://www.acluga.org), CIVIC ( http://www.endisolation.org/ ), Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights (GLAHR: http://glahr.org) along with Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (http://lirs.org) and Lutheran Services of GA's Volunteer, Congregation and Community Engagement program, Café Campesino (http://www.cafecampesino.com), & Koinonia Farm (http://www.koinoniapartners.org).

More information about El Refugio at Stewart County Detention Center may be found here:

http://elrefugiostewart.org/
https://www.facebook.com/elrefugiostewart

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The facebook events for this vigil/rally may be found here:

https://www.facebook.com/events/639727109382361/
https://www.facebook.com/events/216808995157834/

The SOAW stub for the event may be found here:

http://soaw.org/november/schedule/stewartdetention/

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Press coverage of the event may be found here:

http://www.wrbl.com/story/24048377/georgia-detention-watch-protests-stewart-detention-center

http://mundohispanico.com/news/2013/nov/27/piden-cierre-de-carcel-de-inmigracion/

An absolute must-see video about the detention center produced by Cuentame for Brave New Foundation should be seen here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faaMM3zpuoY

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GLAHR Presentation on Community Organization in Defense of Human Rights ...

Petition ICE to release Marco Antonio Fausto Domingo from detention: http://ow.ly/s51HK

http://www.glahr.org/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/GLAHR/109038185788423
http://www.youtube.com/user/OfficialGLAHR
https://twitter.com/GLAHR_

GLAHR, Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights is a non-profit grassroots organization created to help educate and organize Latinos in their own communities with the purpose of increasing community participation in the struggle for human and civil rights focusing on low income communities without regard to their immigrant status.

GLAHR, Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights, persists on building and fostering collaboration between the leaders and community organizations to advance social justice and the well-being of the Latino community. At the same time, promoting a healthy integration into their new communities.

GLAHR, Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights, seeks to disseminate information and educate the general public about the diverse benefits that the immigrant community brings to this country and in that manner counteract misinformation.

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Somos la organización que trabaja contigo en las acciones a favor de la comunidad. Nos ves encabezando marchas. Nos oyes en la radio. Nos ves orientando a nuestra gente, defendiendo sus derechos.

GLAHR visita a las comunidades de inmigrantes alrededor del estado de Georgia en pro de la defensa de los derechos humanos y trabaja en alianzas políticas a nivel nacional. GLAHR ofrece orientación sobre políticas de inmigración y documenta los casos de detención en Georgia.

Para llevar a cabo nuestra labor, necesitamos de tu participación, INECESITAMOS DE TU AYUDA!

Comunícate con nosotros para documentar los casos de detención que están sucediendo en nuestra comunidad a causa del acuerdo 287g y Programa de Comunidades Seguras así poder orientarte sobre cuál es el proceso a seguir y proporcionarte toda la información que puedas necesitar.

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GLAHR are among a group of organizations which help support El Refugio at Stewart County Detention Center (a hospitality house part way between the town of Lumpkin and the detention center), the others being ACLU of Georgia (http://www.acluga.org), ALTERNA ( http://www.alternacommunity.com/ ), CIVIC ( http://www.endisolation.org/ ), Georgia Detention Watch ( http://www.georgiadetentionwatch.com/ ), Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (http://lirs.org) and Lutheran Services of GA's Volunteer, Congregation and Community Engagement program, Café Campesino (http://www.cafecampesino.com), & Koinonia Farm (http://www.koinoniapartners.org).

More information about El Refugio at Stewart County Detention Center may be found here:

http://elrefugiostewart.org/
https://www.facebook.com/elrefugiostewart

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The facebook events for this vigil/rally may be found here:

https://www.facebook.com/events/639727109382361/
https://www.facebook.com/events/216808995157834/

The SOAW stub for the event may be found here:

http://soaw.org/november/schedule/stewartdetention/

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Press coverage of the event may be found here:

http://www.wrbl.com/story/24048377/georgia-detention-watch-protests-stewart-detention-center

http://mundohispanico.com/news/2013/nov/27/piden-cierre-de-carcel-de-inmigracion/

An absolute must-see video about the detention center produced by Cuentame for Brave New Foundation should be seen here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faaMM3zpuoY

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CISPES Presentation on Public Education in El Salvador at SOAW Conferenc...

Israel Montano Osorio, the Secretary General of the ANDES 21 de junio public teachers union, spoke about the recent innovations to El Salvador's public education system, based on the values of solidarity, sovereignty & democracy; and the threat to these advances posed by the U.S. government-backed right's possible resurgence in the upcoming elections; introduced & translated by Lisa Fuller, at the SOA Watch 2013 annual conference in Columbus, Georgia.

Israel Montano Osorio obtained his teacher's license in music studies and sociology while studying in San Miguel, El Salvador. As a student, Israel became part of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), the leftist guerrilla army that fought against El Salvador's repressive army during the country's 12-year civil war (1980-1992). As a long-time teacher and activist, Montano became affiliated with ANDES 21 de Junio, the National Association of Salvadoran Educators in 1985. At this time, the union suffered brutal repression by the military government. Montano is currently serving as the union's secretary general and has traveled extensively giving presentations on El Salvador's educational struggles and on the FMLN's social service programs that it has been able to implement since their first electoral victory in 2009.

More about Israel's speaking tour in November 2013 may be found here:

http://www.cispes.org/programs/speaking-tours/road-victory-east-coast-speaking-tour/

https://www.facebook.com/events/220844751426835

A concomitant speaking tour of the west coast was conducted with Francisca Iraheta Romero:

http://www.cispes.org/programs/speaking-tours/west-coast-road-victory-speaking-tour/

Israel & Francisca made an urgent plea for observer accompaniment for El Salvador's February 2014 elections:

http://www.cispes.org/programs/speaking-tours/salvadoran-union-president-calls-elections-accompaniment-school-americas-vigil/

Recent testimony & analysis on the importance of the upcoming elections may be viewed here:

http://www.cepr.net/index.php/events/events/the-upcoming-elections-in-honduras-and-el-salvador-challenges-opportunities-and-the-role-of-the-us

http://www.coha.org/the-february-2014-presidential-race-in-el-salvador-a-high-stakes-election/

More information about 21 de junio may be found here:

http://www.andes21dejunio.net/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Asociacion-Nacional-de-Educadores-Salvadore%C3%B1os/192044564142938
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Andes-21-de-Junio/131079110306853

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More information on CISPES may be found here:

http://www.cispes.org/
https://www.facebook.com/cispes.solidarity.page
https://twitter.com/CISPES

http://cispes30years.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_in_Solidarity_with_the_People_of_El_Salvador

Join their Emergency Response Network here:

http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/6099/p/salsa/web/common/public/signup?signup_page_KEY=2414

And please sign this petition to the U.S. government to stop meddling in El Salvador's upcming elections:

http://org2.salsalabs.com/o/6099/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=15925

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This teach-in was part of the annual conference which School Of The Americas Watch held at the Columbus Trade Center in Georgia down the street from the gates of Fort Benning where the now re-named WHINSEC (Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation) stands. More information about WHINSEC may be read here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Hemisphere_Institute_for_Security_Cooperation

http://www.soaw.org/about-the-soawhinsec/history

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Anton Flores On The Shame Of CCA at Shutdown Stewart Couny Detention Cen...

Anton Flores On The Shame Of CCA at Shutdown Stewart Couny Detention...

Anton Flores-Maisonet is an activist, speaker, writer, husband, father, & co-founder of Alterna - a missional community comprised of US citizens and Latino immigrants.

More information about Anton Flores & the amazing work which he is doing with ALTERNA may be found here:

http://www.alternacommunity.com/
https://www.facebook.com/alternacommunity
http://www.youtube.com/user/AlternaMedia

https://www.facebook.com/antonfloresmaisonet

https://twitter.com/ANTONofALTERNA

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More about Georgia Detention Watch may be found here:

http://www.georgiadetentionwatch.com/
https://www.facebook.com/GeorgiaDetentionWatch
https://twitter.com/GaDetWatch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjHbjaHy2ZY

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More information about El Refugio at Stewart County Detention Center may be found here:

http://elrefugiostewart.org/
https://www.facebook.com/elrefugiostewart

El Refugio is a hospitality house located at 655 Main Street in Lumpkin, GA -- right outside the gates of Stewart Detention Center. Its purpose is to serve the family and friends of men detained and, thus, separated from their loved ones.

Volunteers not only support families by offering hospitality on the weekends, but also by facilitating humanitarian visits with immigrants detained at Stewart Detention Center whose families or friends cannot visit; conducting outreach activities to increase awareness of immigration detention; & advocating for justice for immigrants.

El Refugio partners with several other organizations to fulfill our ministry; learn more about or get involved with immigration detention by visiting their sites:

ACLU of Georgia: http://www.acluga.org

Alterna: http://www.alternacommunity.com

Community Initiatives for Visiting Immigrants in Confinement (CIVIC): http://www.endisolation.org

GA Detention Watch: http://www.georgiadetentionwatch.com

Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights (GLAHR): http://glahr.org

Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (http://lirs.org) and Lutheran Services of GA's Volunteer, Congregation and Community Engagement program coordinates monthly visits to El Refugio and detainees at Stewart Detention Center.

Café Campesino (http://www.cafecampesino.com) provides fair trade coffee beans for El Refugio to offer guests at the house.

Partners from Koinonia Farm (http://www.koinoniapartners.org) offer hospitality for family members needing a place to stay overnight during the week. Please call (229) 924-0391 and ask for hospitality.

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The facebook events for this vigil/rally may be found here:

https://www.facebook.com/events/639727109382361/
https://www.facebook.com/events/216808995157834/

The SOAW stub for the event may be found here:

http://soaw.org/november/schedule/stewartdetention/

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Press coverage of the event may be found here:

http://www.wrbl.com/story/24048377/georgia-detention-watch-protests-stewart-detention-center

http://mundohispanico.com/news/2013/nov/27/piden-cierre-de-carcel-de-inmigracion/

An absolute must-see video about the detention center produced by Cuentame for Brave New Foundation should be seen here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faaMM3zpuoY

Some photographs we took at the protest may be viewed here:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152024618208537.1073741833.122914673536&type=1&l=1ccf89edd2

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AIM: An Unusual Immigration Case (+playlist)

Eduardo Samaniego of GUYA at SOAW's Shutdown Stewart County Detention Ce...

Eduardo Samaniego is a member of Freedom University & the Georgia Undocumented Youth Alliance (GUYA).

More information about Freedom University may be found here:

http://www.freedomuniversitygeorgia.com/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Freedom-University-Georgia/303559366341758
https://twitter.com/FreedomU_GA

http://schoolsofthought.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/01/freedom-university/

http://www.democracynow.org/2012/3/6/freedom_university_undocumented_college_students_in

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More information about GUYA may be found here:

http://www.guyaconnect.org/
https://www.facebook.com/guyaconnect
https://plus.google.com/113196892845107563679
http://guyaconnect.tumblr.com/
https://twitter.com/_GUYA

Georgia Undocumented Youth Alliance (GUYA) is an Undocumented Youth-led organization that seeks dignity and justice for the Immigrant Community in the state of GA....

GUYA's mission is to fight to make this a reality by organizing the community; unifying youth and their families, the students and the heads-of-households, the undocumented, the allies, anyone and everyone who wants to join the movement, to come together and fight back. We commit ourselves to fight back against the hateful, racist, misguided legislation and rhetoric being crafted in state legislatures, especially in Georgia....

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More about SOA Watch may be found here:

http://www.soaw.org
https://www.facebook.com/Schooloftheamericaswatch
http://www.flickr.com/groups/soaw/pool/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/soaw/
http://www.youtube.com/closethesoa
https://myspace.com/soawatch
https://twitter.com/soawatch

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More information about Anton Flores & the amazing work which he is doing with ALTERNA may be found here:

http://www.alternacommunity.com/
https://www.facebook.com/alternacommunity
http://www.youtube.com/user/AlternaMedia

https://www.facebook.com/antonfloresmaisonet

https://twitter.com/ANTONofALTERNA

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More about Georgia Detention Watch may be found here:

http://www.georgiadetentionwatch.com/
https://www.facebook.com/GeorgiaDetentionWatch
https://twitter.com/GaDetWatch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjHbjaHy2ZY

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GDW & ALTERNA are among a group of organizations which help support El Refugio at Stewart County Detention Center (a hospitality house part way between the town of Lumpkin and the detention center), the others being ACLU of Georgia (http://www.acluga.org), CIVIC ( http://www.endisolation.org/ ), Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights (GLAHR: http://glahr.org) along with Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (http://lirs.org) and Lutheran Services of GA's Volunteer, Congregation and Community Engagement program, Café Campesino (http://www.cafecampesino.com), & Koinonia Farm (http://www.koinoniapartners.org).

More information about El Refugio at Stewart County Detention Center may be found here:

http://elrefugiostewart.org/
https://www.facebook.com/elrefugiostewart

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The facebook events for this vigil/rally may be found here:

https://www.facebook.com/events/639727109382361/
https://www.facebook.com/events/216808995157834/

The SOAW stub for the event may be found here:

http://soaw.org/november/schedule/stewartdetention/

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Press coverage of the event may be found here:

http://www.wrbl.com/story/24048377/georgia-detention-watch-protests-stewart-detention-center

http://mundohispanico.com/news/2013/nov/27/piden-cierre-de-carcel-de-inmigracion/

An absolute must-see video about the detention center produced by Cuentame for Brave New Foundation should be seen here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faaMM3zpuoY

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Kryss Chupp of Christian Peacemaker Teams at Shutdown Stewart County Det...

Kryss Chupp is the Training Coordinator and Publications Coordinator/Newsletter Editor of Christian Peacemaker Teams at their head office in Chicago.

CPT attended the rally, march & vigil at Stewart County Detention Center as well as the SOAW conference & protest in front of the gates of Fort Benning, Georgia, as part of their annual Americas Convergence:

http://www.cpt.org/participate/americas-convergence-2013

More about CPT may be found here:

http://www.cpt.org/
https://www.facebook.com/cpters
http://www.youtube.com/user/cptvideos
https://twitter.com/cpt_intl

Partnering strategically with nonviolent people's movements around the world, CPT seeks to embody an inclusive and diverse community of God's love. With a mission of building partnerships to transform violence and oppression, their vision is a world of communities that together embrace the diversity of the human family and live justly and peaceably with all creation.

Therefore, Christian Peacemaker Teams is committed to work and relationships that: honor and reflect the presence of faith and spirituality; strengthen grassroots initiatives; transform structures of domination and oppression; & embody creative non-violence and liberating love.

Visit the team's blogs now to learn more:

Colombia: http://cptcolombia.wordpress.com/ (English) http://ecapcolombia.wordpress.com/ (Español)

Iraqi Kurdistan: http://www.cpt-iraq.blogspot.com/

Canada: http://www.cpt.org/work/aboriginal_justice (Aboriginal Justice Team Info)

Palestine: http://www.cpt.org/work/palestine (Hebron/Al-Khalil)

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More about SOA Watch may be found here:

http://www.soaw.org
https://www.facebook.com/Schooloftheamericaswatch
http://www.flickr.com/groups/soaw/pool/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/soaw/
http://www.youtube.com/closethesoa
https://myspace.com/soawatch
https://twitter.com/soawatch

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More information about the groups that organized this event may be found here:

http://www.alternacommunity.com/
https://www.facebook.com/alternacommunity
http://www.youtube.com/user/AlternaMedia

https://www.facebook.com/antonfloresmaisonet

https://twitter.com/ANTONofALTERNA

http://www.georgiadetentionwatch.com/
https://www.facebook.com/GeorgiaDetentionWatch
https://twitter.com/GaDetWatch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjHbjaHy2ZY

GDW & ALTERNA are among a group of organizations which help support El Refugio at Stewart County Detention Center (a hospitality house part way between the town of Lumpkin and the detention center), the others being ACLU of Georgia (http://www.acluga.org), CIVIC ( http://www.endisolation.org/ ), Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights (GLAHR: http://glahr.org) along with Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (http://lirs.org) and Lutheran Services of GA's Volunteer, Congregation and Community Engagement program, Café Campesino (http://www.cafecampesino.com), & Koinonia Farm (http://www.koinoniapartners.org).

More information about El Refugio at Stewart County Detention Center may be found here:

http://elrefugiostewart.org/
https://www.facebook.com/elrefugiostewart

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The facebook events for this vigil/rally may be found here:

https://www.facebook.com/events/639727109382361/
https://www.facebook.com/events/216808995157834/

The SOAW stub for the event may be found here:

http://soaw.org/november/schedule/stewartdetention/

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Press coverage of the event may be found here:

http://www.wrbl.com/story/24048377/georgia-detention-watch-protests-stewart-detention-center

http://mundohispanico.com/news/2013/nov/27/piden-cierre-de-carcel-de-inmigracion/

An absolute must-see video about the detention center produced by Cuentame for Brave New Foundation should be seen here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faaMM3zpuoY

_____________________________________________________________


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Shut Down Stewart Detention Center (playlist)

Shut Down Stewart Detention Center (playlist)

In the Presence of Rocks: Border Patrol's Shoot-to-Kill Policy

In the Presence of Rocks: Border Patrol's Shoot-to-Kill Policy

Borderline Insanity at the Fence in Nogales

Borderline Insanity at the Fence in Nogales

Anibal Perez & WFP on Drummond Coal Spill & Threats To Workers in Colomb...

Petition the U.S. Ambassador to hold Drummond accountable for its flagrant violation of the provisions in the Colombia-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, and of Colombian law: http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5436/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=12795

Anibal Perez is the President of ASOTRED-Puerto (Asociacion de Trabajadores Enfermos de Drummond), the Association of ex-Drummond port employees who became sick while working at Drummond. He works with those who have become seriously ill or injured while working for Drummond Coal in the Department of Cesar and the port at Ciénaga.

Aníbal has played a major role in making public the January 13th Drummond coal spill by sending photos of the sinking barge to media outlets. It was not until after these photos appeared publicly that Drummond filed a report about the spill. He then aided with the environmental investigation into Drummond, resulting in death threats to him and his family. This is an opportunity to hear Aníbal speak about his experience organizing for workers' rights and environmental rights in northeast Colombia.

http://asotred.blogspot.com/
https://www.facebook.com/asotred
http://www.youtube.com/user/ASOTRED

http://colombiareports.co/drummond-coal-spill-whistleblower-receives-death-threats/

http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-08-02/business/40985380_1_coal-mine-colombia-gustavo-soler

http://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2011/03/wikileaks-latest-info-drop-alabamas.html

http://kboo.fm/node/10760

http://cw.ua.edu/2013/11/20/former-miner-condemns-drummond/

Drummond is an Alabama based company that operates a coal mine in Northern Alabama.

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This presentation was part of a speaking tour which Witness For Peace Southeast arranged for Anibal to share his story:

http://www.wfpse.org/event/anibal-perez-real-cost-free-trade-colombia/
http://www.wfpse.org/event/soa-watch-colombia-teach/

More information about Witness For Peace Southeast may be found here:

http://www.wfpse.org/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Witness-for-Peace-Southeast/285321174827805
https://twitter.com/wfpse

http://www.lokashakti.org/groups/viewgroup/581-Witness+for+Peace+Southeast+Region

Witness for Peace Southeast is a faith-based movement that explores the global policies that contribute to poverty and oppression in Central America and the Caribbean. Witness for Peace Southeast undertakes advocacy campaigns, skills training, workshops, conferences, film festivals and delegations to Central America and the Caribbean. Gail Phares, a St. Francis of Assisi parishioner, serves as the director.

If you would like more information about this ministry or would like to join the team of volunteers, contact Gail Phares at 919-856-9468 or gailphares@earthlink.net.

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More information for the national office of Witness For Peace may be found here:

http://www.witnessforpeace.org/
http://witness4peace.blogspot.com/
https://www.facebook.com/WFPeace
http://www.youtube.com/user/WFPLive
https://twitter.com/WitnessforPeace

We strongly urge you to sign up for their newsletter & action alerts, as well as to take the opportunity to engage in one of their delegations to various Latin American countries.

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This teach-in was part of the annual conference which School Of The Americas Watch held at the Columbus Trade Center in Georgia down the street from the gates of Fort Benning where the now re-named WHINSEC (Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation) stands. More information about WHINSEC may be read here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Hemisphere_Institute_for_Security_Cooperation

http://www.soaw.org/about-the-soawhinsec/history

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Anton Flores of ALTERNA On Why We Must Shutdown Stewart Couny Detention ...

Anton Flores-Maisonet is an activist, speaker, writer, husband, father, & co-founder of Alterna - a missional community comprised of US citizens and Latino immigrants.

More information about Anton Flores & the amazing work which he is doing with ALTERNA may be found here:

http://www.alternacommunity.com/
https://www.facebook.com/alternacommunity
http://www.youtube.com/user/AlternaMedia

https://www.facebook.com/antonfloresmaisonet

https://twitter.com/ANTONofALTERNA

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More about Georgia Detention Watch may be found here:

http://www.georgiadetentionwatch.com/
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjHbjaHy2ZY

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More information about El Refugio at Stewart County Detention Center may be found here:

http://elrefugiostewart.org/
https://www.facebook.com/elrefugiostewart

El Refugio is a hospitality house located at 655 Main Street in Lumpkin, GA -- right outside the gates of Stewart Detention Center. Its purpose is to serve the family and friends of men detained and, thus, separated from their loved ones.

Volunteers not only support families by offering hospitality on the weekends, but also by facilitating humanitarian visits with immigrants detained at Stewart Detention Center whose families or friends cannot visit; conducting outreach activities to increase awareness of immigration detention; & advocating for justice for immigrants.

El Refugio partners with several other organizations to fulfill our ministry; learn more about or get involved with immigration detention by visiting their sites:

ACLU of Georgia: http://www.acluga.org

Alterna: http://www.alternacommunity.com

Community Initiatives for Visiting Immigrants in Confinement (CIVIC): http://www.endisolation.org

GA Detention Watch: http://www.georgiadetentionwatch.com

Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights (GLAHR): http://glahr.org

Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (http://lirs.org) and Lutheran Services of GA's Volunteer, Congregation and Community Engagement program coordinates monthly visits to El Refugio and detainees at Stewart Detention Center.

Café Campesino (http://www.cafecampesino.com) provides fair trade coffee beans for El Refugio to offer guests at the house.

Partners from Koinonia Farm (http://www.koinoniapartners.org) offer hospitality for family members needing a place to stay overnight during the week. Please call (229) 924-0391 and ask for hospitality.

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The facebook events for this vigil/rally may be found here:

https://www.facebook.com/events/639727109382361/
https://www.facebook.com/events/216808995157834/

The SOAW stub for the event may be found here:

http://soaw.org/november/schedule/stewartdetention/

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Press coverage of the event may be found here:

http://www.wrbl.com/story/24048377/georgia-detention-watch-protests-stewart-detention-center

http://mundohispanico.com/news/2013/nov/27/piden-cierre-de-carcel-de-inmigracion/

An absolute must-see video about the detention center produced by Cuentame for Brave New Foundation should be seen here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faaMM3zpuoY

Some photographs we took at the protest may be viewed here:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152024618208537.1073741833.122914673536&type=1&l=1ccf89edd2

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Shutdown Stewart Detention Center (11-22-13) : Catalina Nieto of Detenti...

Catalina Nieto is the Field Director of the Detention Watch Network, a national coalition of organizations and individuals working to expose and challenge the injustices of the U.S. immigration detention and deportation system. Catalina as an immigrant herself, has been active in the immigrant rights and Latin American solidarity movement for the past ten years as a community organizer and popular educator. Through her work at DWN, Catalina supports local and national organizing against detention expansion and towards policies that promote the rights and dignity of all persons.

A recent interview of Catalina regarding the record deportations under the Obama administration, the current conditions of detention centers in the U.S., and the prospects for meaningful immigration reform may be found here:

http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=10923

More information about DWN may be found here:

http://www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/
https://www.facebook.com/DetentionWatchNetwork
http://www.linkedin.com/company/detention-watch-network
http://www.youtube.com/user/DetentionWatchNetwrk
http://detentionwatchnetwork.wordpress.com/
https://twitter.com/detentionwatch

Their recent report on the lack of accountability in immigration detention (listing Stewart County Detention Center as one of the worst in the country) may be found here:

http://www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/sites/detentionwatchnetwork.org/files/expose_and_close_one_year_later.pdf

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More information about Anton Flores & the amazing work which he is doing with ALTERNA may be found here:

http://www.alternacommunity.com/
https://www.facebook.com/alternacommunity
http://www.youtube.com/user/AlternaMedia

https://www.facebook.com/antonfloresmaisonet

https://twitter.com/ANTONofALTERNA

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More about Georgia Detention Watch may be found here:

http://www.georgiadetentionwatch.com/
https://www.facebook.com/GeorgiaDetentionWatch
https://twitter.com/GaDetWatch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjHbjaHy2ZY

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CIVIC & ALTERNA are among a group of organizations which help support El Refugio at Stewart County Detention Center (a hospitality house part way between the town of Lumpkin and the detention center), the others being ACLU of Georgia (http://www.acluga.org), GA Detention Watch (http://www.georgiadetentionwatch.com), Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights (GLAHR: http://glahr.org) along with Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (http://lirs.org) and Lutheran Services of GA's Volunteer, Congregation and Community Engagement program, Café Campesino (http://www.cafecampesino.com), & Koinonia Farm (http://www.koinoniapartners.org).

More information about El Refugio at Stewart County Detention Center may be found here:

http://elrefugiostewart.org/
https://www.facebook.com/elrefugiostewart

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The facebook events for this vigil/rally may be found here:

https://www.facebook.com/events/639727109382361/
https://www.facebook.com/events/216808995157834/

The SOAW stub for the event may be found here:

http://soaw.org/november/schedule/stewartdetention/

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Press coverage of the event may be found here:

http://www.wrbl.com/story/24048377/georgia-detention-watch-protests-stewart-detention-center

http://mundohispanico.com/news/2013/nov/27/piden-cierre-de-carcel-de-inmigracion/

An absolute must-see video about the detention center produced by Cuentame for Brave New Foundation should be seen here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faaMM3zpuoY

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SOAW Vigil at Stewart Co Dtn Cntr (11-19-13) : Dominique Diaddigo-Cash

SOAW Vigil at Stewart Co Dtn Cntr (11-19-13) : Dominique Diaddigo-Cash

 Dominique is an organizing intern at SOA Watch this year. Dominique began with the organization in January 2013, after moving from Minneapolis, where he helped to facilitate the growth of an ecological movement for people of color in urban areas, protested with the American Indian Movement, and supported the actions of Occupy Homes.  He first learned about SOA Watch after the coup in Honduras ousted Manuel Zelaya in 2009, and has been following us in the news and through our own media, as well as organizing teach-ins and distributing literature ever since.  Dominique joined us at Ft. Benning for the first time in 2012, and is eager to gain greater hands-on experience in supporting our struggle.

http://www.soaw.org/about-us/soaw-council-staff
http://www.soaw.org/news/organizing-updates/4073-educate-yourself-educate-your-community-distribute-the-spring-2013-issue-of-presente

More about SOA Watch may be found here:

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More information about Anton Flores & the amazing work which he is doing with ALTERNA may be found here:

http://www.alternacommunity.com/
https://www.facebook.com/alternacommunity
http://www.youtube.com/user/AlternaMedia

https://www.facebook.com/antonfloresmaisonet

https://twitter.com/ANTONofALTERNA

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More about Georgia Detention Watch may be found here:

http://www.georgiadetentionwatch.com/
https://www.facebook.com/GeorgiaDetentionWatch
https://twitter.com/GaDetWatch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjHbjaHy2ZY

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CIVIC & ALTERNA are among a group of organizations which help support El Refugio at Stewart County Detention Center (a hospitality house part way between the town of Lumpkin and the detention center), the others being ACLU of Georgia (http://www.acluga.org), GA Detention Watch (http://www.georgiadetentionwatch.com), Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights (GLAHR: http://glahr.org) along with Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (http://lirs.org) and Lutheran Services of GA's Volunteer, Congregation and Community Engagement program, Café Campesino (http://www.cafecampesino.com), & Koinonia Farm (http://www.koinoniapartners.org).

More information about El Refugio at Stewart County Detention Center may be found here:

http://elrefugiostewart.org/
https://www.facebook.com/elrefugiostewart

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The facebook events for this vigil/rally may be found here:

https://www.facebook.com/events/639727109382361/
https://www.facebook.com/events/216808995157834/

The SOAW stub for the event may be found here:

http://soaw.org/november/schedule/stewartdetention/

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Press coverage of the event may be found here:

http://www.wrbl.com/story/24048377/georgia-detention-watch-protests-stewart-detention-center

http://mundohispanico.com/news/2013/nov/27/piden-cierre-de-carcel-de-inmigracion/

An absolute must-see video about the detention center produced by Cuentame for Brave New Foundation should be seen here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faaMM3zpuoY

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