Father Roy Bourgeois Comes to OSU (March 8)

Yoshie Furuhashi furuhashi.1 at osu.edu
Mon Feb 19 16:09:25 PST 2001



>Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 18:54:36 -0500
>From: Sean Moore <moore.1104 at osu.edu>
>To: serj at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>Subject: Father Roy Bourgeois
>
>Father Roy Bourgeois, a leader in the movement to close the infamous
>School of the Americas, will be coming to OSU on March 8th. He will
>speak at the law school (Drinko Hall, corner of 12th and High) at
>noon in room 344. The talk is sponsored by the student chapter of
>the National Lawyer's Guild.
>
>The School of the Americas, located in Fort Benning, Georgia, is
>known for training Central and South American soldiers in techniques
>of torture and counterinsurgency. It has earned the nickname
>"School of Assassins." Its graduates are among those responsible
>for some of the worst human rights abuses in the Americas. In
>addition to discussing the School of the Americas, Father Bourgeois
>will also talk about U.S. policy regarding Columbia, from where he
>recently returned. Columbia currently has the most students of any
>country at the SOA.
>
>Information about the School of the Americas is available at www.soaw.org.



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