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Support the "SOA 6" who will put the School of the Americas on trial
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The 6 were among the thousands who gathered on November 22-23 outside the gates of Fort Benning in Columbus, Georgia to demand a change in U.S.-Latin America foreign policy and the closure of the SOA/WHINSEC. The group peacefully crossed onto Ft. Benning, site of the school, at the culmination of a symbolic funeral procession in memory of those killed by graduates of the institution.
The "SOA 6" are:
Father Luis Barrios, 56, from North Bergen, New Jersey
Theresa Cusimano, 40 Denver, Colorado
Kristin Holm, from Chicago, Illinois
Sr. Diane Pinchot, OSU, 63, from Cleveland, Ohio
Al Simmons, 64, from Richmond, Virginia
Louis Wolf, 68, from Washington, DC
Fr. Luis Barrios
![luis.jpg](http://www.soaw.org/img/luis.jpg)
Click here to rwad Fr. Luis Barrios' trial statement
Theresa Cusimano
![Cusimano.jpg](http://www.soaw.org/img/Cusimano.jpg)
Kristin Holm
![kristin.jpg](http://www.soaw.org/img/kristin.jpg)
On November 23rd, 2008, Kristin Holm, a first year student at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC), along with five others, entered the base of the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperations (WHINSEC), which is a federal offense which carries the possibility of up to six months in prison and a substantial fine.
Sister Diane Therese Pinchot, OSF
![DianeTheresesm.jpg](http://www.soaw.org/img/DianeTheresesm.jpg)
Click here to read Sister Diane Therese Pinchot's trial statement.
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I' m a 64 year old pre-school teacher who retired last year. I was a teacher and director in pre-school programms in Richmond, VA. I have been married for 32 years to Marcia Deckinson.
We enjoy birding, camping, srcabble, reading, silliness and each other.
I'm a Vietnam Veteran from 1968 and it was then that'd realized there had to be a better way. The past forthy years I've been involved in peace, social and economic justice, gay rights, women's rights and death penalty issues.
As I had said often to my four year olds in pre-school "Don't hurt- use words". I have been saying that, in various ways, to my government for many years.
Read Al Simmons' bio information
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Born October 31, 1940 in Dresher, Pennsylvania (then some 30 miles outside of Philadelphia), and grew up on a farm there. Attended Goddard College in Vermont (1958-63), graduated BA in 1963.
Spent one year (1961) in Denmark in work-study program. Job Training Officer (1964) with Flanner House, Indianapolis. Alternative service as a conscientious objector to military service in Laos (1964-67) building wells, water-seal latrines, and a school.
Did postgraduate studies (1967-72) at the University of the Philippines, College of Agriculture. Freelance correspondent in the Philippines.(1969-72) with Dispatch News Service International and American Report. Freelance writer and researcher in London (1972-77) with Transnational Research Associates International.
Co-founder and research director (1978-2005) of CovertAction Information Bulletin renamed CovertAction Quarterly, Washington, DC. Staff member (2007-present), Rock Creek Free Press, Bethesda, MD. Co-editor of two books, "Dirty Work: The CIA in Western Europe" (1978) and "Dirty Work II: The CIA in Africa" (1980). Have traveled throughout the Third World.
Read Luis trial statement
For more information:
http://www.soaw.org
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