Quit Torture Teach-In & Vigil, aka CAMP BOLIO 2007, Nov. 16-18

Friday, Nov. 16, noon, to Sunday, Nov. 18, 5 pm.
Details of Schedule and On-going Events below.
(Details are still being worked out, so some things might change)

Join us to call for a closure of the School of the Americas and an end to torture as we gather at Camp Bolio again this year in solidarity with the vigil outside Ft. Benning Georgia.

The Direct Action Task Force Against Torture! (DATFAT) is planning this vigil which is sponsored now by Monterey's Branch of the Women's International League for Peace & Freedom, the Peace Coalition of Monterey County, and FOLKS like you!

We have a resident cook lined up, a workshop on Non-violent action, a speaker on the History of Water Boarding, Two singing groups so far, one speaker on the economics of war and democracy, with many other workshops topics and presenters being worked out.

On Sunday we plan a silent circle where all are welcome. We invite you to come forward and suggest your special topic as we plan for this educational and outspoken weekend.

This is not to be missed, put it on your calendars now and plan to come for all three days of just part of the time. You're welcome to drop in for coffee and conversation anytime.

Schedule

Friday, November 16th

Set up camp, post signs, assign tasks and persons in charge of specific areas

Ongoing vigil and demonstration

3pm Mishka Chudilowsky – Peace Crane workshop

4pm Karen Araujo – “Win, Win, Win” non-competitive games for children

4:30 Storyteller [TBA]

5-7pm Monterey Peace and Justice Center Happy hour and candlelight vigil

Music: Rhythm and Rouge

7pm The Pleasant Revolution Bicycle Music Tour (more info at peacemonterey.org)

Coffee house, videos, information table


Saturday, November 17

Ongoing vigil and demonstration

10am Reverend Greg Ward – Monterey Peninsula Unitarian Universalist Church. He has lead youth groups on 3 trips to School of the Americas protests. He will share his thoughts and experiences with us for 30 min with a time for Q and A.

11am Macgregor Eddy - “Your Civic Duty to Stop Torture”

1pm Sound Out

2 pm Phil Butler, Ph.D. – A former U.S. Navy pilot shot down in Vietnam and held almost 8 years as a Prisoner of War. Phil is an outstanding motivational speaker. He will share his personal experiences of torture as a POW, with an analysis of the moral and legal issues for our nation.

3pm Sue Hubbard – an informal group discussion on the stages a protest movement goes through and what activities are appropriate at each stage. Patterned after a Bill Moyer workshop.

3:30 Michael Wheatley – singing folksongs and playing the guitar

4pm Music: TBA (Nancy Raven)

7pm Drumming session with Jean Moritz (with 15 drums)

Coffeehouse, videos, singing


Sunday, November 18th

Ongoing vigil and demonstration

10am Sue Hubbard - see Saturday 3pm

1030 Michael Wheatley - see Saturday 3:30pm

1100 David Henderson, Ph.D. – Associate Professor at the Navel Postgraduate School. “The Economics of War” Time for Q&A

1pm Friends/Quaker silent Meeting for Worship – all welcome! Led by Bob Jaster, Clerk

1pm Karen Araujo – more games for children and “I Can’t Keep from Singing”

2pm Macgregor Eddy – see Saturday 1100am

2:30 Karen Araujo - encore children games and songs

3pm Storyteller TBA

3-5pm Peace Coalition Steering Committee meeting

3-5pm Final coffeehouse, vigil, demonstration

Gathering to celebrate our time together and to dismantle site


CAMP BOLIO ONGOING EVENTS

Display of crosses representing US soldiers killed in Iraq

Display of Walk in Their Shoes representing Iraqi civilians killed

A chance to write a note and/or record yourself telling GW what you personally think of him and his policies on torture and stick it to him

Information table

Give away pocket sized constitutions

Graveyard mourning the death of the Bill of Rights and Habeas Corpus

Detention cell

Orange jump suits

Anti war and peace songs

Origami Peace Crane strings

Imagine Peace Tree – make a wish, write it down, tie it around a branch on the wish tree until the branches are covered with wishes.

Arm bands

Films – Ghosts of Abu Ghraib, The Road to Guantanamo, The Torture Question

1) Be there, or be forever square.

2) Know where it is. (check a Map)

3) Park legally. Parking possibilities. (still gathering info)

4) Better yet, bike or take the bus. Bus routes. (still gathering info)

5) Be prepared in case Old Man Winter shows up.

6) Bring the right stuff: list (still gathering info)

7) Don't dis the General (public): guidelines for non-violent protest
http://www.peacemonterey.org/pages/nonviolentprotest.html.htm

8) Don't leave the place a mess. We're activists, not a cleaning crew.