Latin America Committee of Brooklyn For Peace

Schedule for the Fall of 2009

Meetings and public events sponsored by the LatinAmCom

as well as those of other BFP committees

SEE DETAILS BELOW

Lisa Sullivan, Latin Am Coordinator for SOA Watch speaks. Currently based in Caracas, Lisa works with Fr Roy in meeting with heads of Latin Am governments to encourage them to withdraw their security personnel from the SOA and all US military training institutions.

Monday, September 21^st at St Mary’s Church, 521 W 126^th St in Harlem. Flyer to follow.

BFP Forum on Darfur, Thursday evening, Sept 24^th. Check BFP website for location

David Rovics Concert benefit SOA Watch at Bklyn Ethical Culture Society, Thurs Oct. 1st, 7 PM

Tom Hayden BFP sponsored talk, Fri Oct 2^nd at the Park Slope Methodist Church, 6^th Ave & 8^th St 7

LatinAmCom MEETING Monday, October 5^th 7 PM

LatinAmCom Public Event CINEFORO: screening of VOCES INOCENTES, feature film by Luis Mandoki (2005, Mexico) about El Salvador during the Civil War of the ‘80s and discussion of the connection of the Honduran military with the SOA. Thursday, Oct 8^th 6:30 to 9 PM Film promptly at 6:45. Bklyn Society for Ethical Culture Prospect Park West at 2^nd St in Park Slope

Nuclear Zero Committee of BFP public event Wednesday, Oct 14^th 7 to 9 PMat the Friends Meeting House on Schermerhorn St off Boerum Place in Downtown Brooklyn

Hip-Hop Concert Fundraiser for BFP Sunday, Oct 18^th at 8 PM at Public Assembly on North 6^th St (Kent & Wythe) in Williamsburg. $15 donation suggested. Tell your friends.

Counter-Recruitment during parent-teacher meetings. Wednesday evening, Oct 28^th and Thursday afternoon Oct 29^th. Prospect Heights Campus 883 Classon Avenue near Eastern Parkway

Give out the opt-out forms that allow families to maintain confidentiality of young people’s contact information so they cannot be harassed by military recruiters.

CINEFORO A MAN FROM TWO HAVANAS ( 2006 US) discussion with John McAuliff on Obama policy towards Cuba. Thursday, November 12^th, 6:30 BSEC Film begins promptly at 6:45

PROTEST TO CLOSE The SOA (now called WHINSEC, Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation) at Fort Benning in Columbus, Georgia From Friday, Nov 20^th through Sunday the 22^nd.

CONTACT US AT latinam@brooklynpeace.org