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Opponents of the School of the Americas.


Organizations Calling for Closure of School of the Americas

Partial List of Resolutions of Support for Closing the SOA (Updated 7-2-98

1. Amnesty International (Condemned Training Manuals)
2. Catholic Bishop of the Albany Diocese
3. Church of the Brethren
4. Coalition Missing
5. COMADRES, Executive Committee
6. Community of Jesuits at the University of Central America (UCA)
7. Conference of Religious Men and Women of El Salvador
8. Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
9. Fellowship of Reconciliation, Western Washington Region
10. Franciscan Federation (84 Congregations of Third Order Regular Congregations)
11. Global Resource Action Center for the Environment
12. Grandmothers for Peace International
13. Guatemala Human Rights Commission/USA
14. Hispanic Political Action Committee (HISPAC), Atlanta, GA
15. Inter-Congregational Commission for Peace and Justice, Fr. Javier Giraldo,Executive Director, Bogata, Colombia
16. Latin American Working Group (LAWG), a project of the National Council of Churches, 110 Maryland Avenue, N. W., Box 15, Washington, D.C. 20002
17. Leadership Conference of Women Religious (78,000 Catholic nuns)
18. Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers
19. Miguel Agustin Pro Human Rights Center, Fr. David Fernandez, Director, Mexico City, Mexico
20. Mother Earth International
21. NAACP (500,000 members)
22. National Conference of Viet Nam Veteran Ministers Web Site:
23. Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
24. Paul Locatelli, President of Santa Clara University
25. Pax Christi International
26. Pax Christi USA
27. Peace Action National
28. Peace Action Executive DIrector, Gordon S. Clark
29. Peace Action California
30. Peace Action Maine
31. Peace Action New Hampshire
32. Presbyterian Church (USA)
33. Priests and Religious of the Diocese of Chalatenango
34. Proposition One Committee
35. Provincial, California Province of the Society of Jesus
36. Provincial, Oregon Province of the Society of Jesus
37. Psychologists for Social Responsibility
38. Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace, Western Province
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39. State Assembly of New Jersey (passed 12-18-97)
40. Tacoma Catholic Worker
41. Unitarian Universalist National Conference
42. Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
43. United Church of Christ
44. United Methodist Church - Council of Bishops
45. United Methodist Church - North Georgia Conference
46. United Methodist Church - North Central New York Conference (Resolution)
47. United Methodist Church - East Ohio Conference
48. US Catholic Mission Association
49. US Jesuit Conference
50. Veterans for Peace
51. Veterans of Foreign Wars (Santa Cruz, CA)
52. WAND (Women's Action for New Directions)
53. War Resisters League
54. Washington State Democrats (June 6, 1998 Convention)
55. Westminister Presbyterian Peace & Justice Committee, Sacramento, CA
56. Witness for Peace
57. Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (NY Metro Office)

Key Individuals Calling for Closure of School of the Americas

  • ** Fr. Roy Bourgeois has played the central role in efforts to close the SOA.

  • ** The Liteky Brothers -- John Patrick and Charles, both, like Father Roy, Vietnam veterans, and one the winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor, have been at the forefront of civil disobedience efforts.

  • ** Congressman Joseph P. Kennedy has played the pivotal role in the House of Representativesin efforts to close the SOA.

    Other Expressions of Opposition to the School of the Americas

  • A call to close the "School of Assassins"
  • Newspaper editorials call for closure of SOA Jennifer Harbury Letters & Information

  • Several Roman Catholic groups are actively demanding the school's closure as well as the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A) and one official agency of The United Methodist Church. United Methodist Reporter, Organizational List, part of Brad Failor's curriculum. Refers to SOAWas a "site for an activist group called School of the Americas Watch which has copies of the SOA manuals, profiles of SOA grads, protest events, as well as updates and reports on the SOA situation. While they don't exclusively focus on the SOA, this site does offer insight on the grassroots level of the argument, even listing people who were arrested in protests over the SOA.



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