SOA Obies protested the School of the Americas twice before. Sara Marcus was a senior when she wrote the article for the Oberlin Alumni Magazine. A variety of campus ensembles will perform at the benefit, including the Oberlin Can Consortium, Fuad Ahmad, The Connection, Jason Miles Goss, and Ilu Aiye. The program will include student poetry and a spoken-word group, The Word Orchestra.
People really turn out for it.
We invite a lot of different bands, and they attract all kinds of students. The national SOA Watch charges that many of the soldiers trained there have committed thousands of atrocities against civilians and human-rights workers in Latin America. Widespread Support Campus interest in the SOA movement is widespread. Besides the proceeds from the concert, the Oberlin contingent is being funded by grants, campus offices, T-shirt sales, and a raffle. Oberlin Students Say Close the SOA' in English and Spanish.