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FATHER ROY BOURGEOIS, M. M.
Founder of the School of Americas Watch
Thursday, May 13 at 7:30 p.m.
Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock, 48 Shelter Rock Road, Manhasset, in the Social Hall
$5 suggested donation
Father Bourgeois will speak on Obama’s Latin American Policy and report on his recent trip to El Salvador and the surrounding regions.
In 1980, Fr. Roy became involved in issues surrounding US policy in El Salvador after four US churchwomen–two of them his friends–were raped and killed by Salvadoran soldiers. He became an outspoken critic of US foreign policy in Latin America . Since then, he has spent over four years in US federal prisons for nonviolent protests against the training of Latin American soldiers at Ft. Benning , Georgia . In 1990, Fr. Roy founded the School of Americas Watch , an office that does research on the US Army School of the Americas (SOA). Each year the school trains hundreds of soldiers from Latin America in combat skills – all paid for by U.S. taxpayers.
Directions: UUCSR, 48 Shelter Rock Road, Manhasset
From LIE, exit 35 north (from east) or 36 (from west). North 1 ½ miles on Shelter Rock Rd. Entrance on left by white fence. From Northern Blvd. Go South 1/2 mile on Shelter Rock Rd. Entrance on right.
For more information, please contact Shelter Rock Forum, 516-6560, ext. 122
Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock, www.uucsr.org
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