this weekend is the annual protest at the gates of the school of the americas, a combat training school for latin american soldiers, located in ft. benning, georgia. five of the six sparrow house members will be in attendance handing out info about serving in decatur. in addition to being witnesses for peace at the gates on saturday and sunday, two house members will be at the protest at the stewart detention center in lumpkin, georgia on friday. this prison is a for-profit center holding over 1,750 men primarily from latin america.

the human rights violations connected with both the school of americas and the stewart detention center mirror injustices happening across the americas and certainly in our own backyards.

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