Enrichment #4

For my fourth enrichment activity I went to the round table in the center for spirituality.  I work there so after work the talk was starting and I decided to join in.  The talk was about SOA and the group form NDNU that went to protest in Georgia.

The talk was headed by those students and faculty who went to Columbus, Georgia to protest.  They joined the group SOAW (school of America watch).  Every year they meat around the same time to protest and host a vigil at the school.

The schools of America are schools that were established in different countries mostly Latin American countries.  The schools took citizens and trained them.  It was a military school that trained soldiers. The protesters claim the school took Latin Americans and turned them against their own country.  The school partook in brainwashing the students.  The claim was the schools were apart of the U.S's over reaching imperialism.  The schools were used to force the U.S democracy system and able to control other countries.  The schools graduates are accused of rapping, torturing, and murdering their own people.

The protest was also about a prison they went to where human rights were violated.  Human's due process rights were violated.  The issues of soldiery confinement and the ethics behind that were discussed and the use of torture was discussed.

The students that went said the event was not organized that well, but was still an eye opening experience.  They said they learned a lot about social justice and the over reaching power of the U.S. government.  Those who went participated in different workshops that sounded fun and educational.  The people at the event were either college students are older retired folks.

After hearing about the trip, I became interested about the SOA and the social injustice that is taking place.  I have gained interest in the trip and hopefully maybe will go next year.