SOA Watch Local Groups

Organize

The SOA Watch movement has been built up by ordinary people - just like yourself! - who have been moved to change the world around them. We must continue to organize in our schools, communities, circle of friends, places of worship, dance halls, with our families, at our work and on the streets!

If you can talk about your experience at the vigil, organize a film screening, invite a speaker to your area or hand out literature, you're an organizer! There are many ways to bring the vigil home.

Whether you're a seasoned organizer, or you're stepping into it for the first time, check out this important organizing packet to help you start a local SOAW group.

The list below is our most recent information for local groups around the country; it is a work in progress! If you would like to add your group, please click here. If you have any questions, contact Nico at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or the SOAW DC office at 202-234-3440.

Important: If you are a student, and would like to connect specifically with SOA Watch student groups, click here or contact Jessica at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

SOA Watch Council Regions:

1. New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont

2. New York State

3. Canada

4. Northeast: Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania

5. Mid-Atlantic: Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia

6. South-East: Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee

7. Great Lakes: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin

8. Midwest: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota

9. South: Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas

10. Southwest: Arizona, New Mexico

11. Rockies: Colorado, Utah, Wyoming

12. West: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada

13. Northwest: Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington State

Alaska

Blanche Crandall
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Telephone: (907) 272-0638

Alabama

Jon and Judith Broadway, Montgomery
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Arizona

Ken Kennon, Tuscon SOA Watch
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Telephone: (520) 745-5803

Scott Woods
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Telephone: (480) 703-1048

Elane Spivak-Rodríguez, Phoenix
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Arkansas

none currently listed.

California

Tam Dan Nguyen, USF
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Telephone: (408) 712-2407

Judy Liteky, San Francisco/Marin County SOA Watch
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Telephone: (415) 334-4770

Dolores Priem, San Francisco/Marin County SOA Watch
Telephone: (415) 387-0873

Hector Aristizabal, Colombia Peace Project
Telephone: (626) 221-7710

Bob Nixon, East Bay SOA Watch
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Telephone: (510) 533-3120

Larry Lauro, San Jose SOA Watch
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Telephone: (408) 537-9288

Sandra Sunshine Williams, Los Angeles SOA Watch
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Telephone: (310) 573-1901

Michael Bass, SOA Watch West
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Telephone: (510) 654-5355

Theresa Cameranesi, SOA Watch West
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Natalie Russell, SOA Watch Contra Costa County
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Telephone: (925) 934-0759

Canada

Juan Diego Castro-Leon, London, ON
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Telephone: (519) 317-2001

Dwyer Sullivan, Kitchener, ON
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Telephone: (519) 570-1323

Colorado

Jerry Stookey, Denver Justice & Peace Committee
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Telephone: (303) 623-1463

Irene Rodriguez, SOA Watch Boulder
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Telephone: (303) 954-0988

Connecticut

Jack Wentland, Greater Glastonbury for Peace & Justice
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Telephone: (860) 888-2502

Delaware

none currently listed.

Florida

Gio Andollo, Orlando
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Bob Tancig, Florida Coalition for Peace & Justice
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Raymond Del Papa, South Florida SOA Watch
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Telephone: (754)-423-0051

Tom Baxter, Veterans for Peace #15
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Telephone: (850)-893-7390

Ernesto Vargas, Tampa
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Georgia

Tim Franzen, American Friends Service Committee
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Telephone: (404)-414-5521

Hawaii

none currently listed.

Idaho

none currently listed.

Iowa

Sr. Ginny Heldorfer, Sisters of Saint Francis, Eastern Iowa
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Telephone: (563)-583-9786

Illinois

Kathleen Desautels, Chicago -- Illinois SOA Watch
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Telephone: (773)-235-6202

Ed Osowski, LaGrange
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Telephone: (708)-352-2998

Indiana

none currently listed.

Kansas

Terry Tedman and Bill Brittendall, Wichita
Wichita Peace and Social Justice Center
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Telephone: (316) 777-4067

Kentucky

none currently listed.

Louisiana

none currently listed.

Massachusetts

Jeff Napolitano
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Telephone: (413)-584-8975

Maryland

Ellen Barfield, Baltimore
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Telephone: (410)-243-5876

Maine

none currently listed.

Mexico

none currently listed.

Michigan

Christopher Matthias, Adrian Dominican Sisters
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Telephone: (206) 223-1138

Chuck Warpehoski, Council for Peace and Justice (ICPJ)-Ann Arbor
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Telephone: (734)-663-1870

Anne Pawli, White Lake Peace Team
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Telephone: (231)-893-3418

Minnesota

Tom Bottolene & Pepperwolf & Nils Dybvig, Minnesota SOA Watch
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Telephone: (612)-701-6963 or Nils at (612)-822-6653
Web: http://mnsoaw.org/home.html

Joel Kilgour, Jay or MaryB Newcomb, Twin Ports SOA Watch
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Telephone: Joel: (218)-340-4356 and Jay or MaryB Newcomb: (218)-724-6141

John Pegg, Witness for Peace
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Telephone: (218)-349-1786

Missouri

Raymond Revelle, Bon Terre
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Colombia Support Network of Kansas City
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St. Louis Inter-Faith Committee on Latin America
Telephone: (314)-721-2977
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Mississippi

none currently listed.

Montana

Mary Kay Craig, Taking Action for Peaceful Solutions (TAPS)
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Telephone: (406)-723-3851

Frank Kromkowski, Montana Peace Seekers Network
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North Carolina

Steve Norris, Warren Wilson College Peace and Justice Crew
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Telephone: (828)-777-7816

Clare Hanrahan, WNC SOA Watch
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Telephone: (828)-242-5610

Nebraska

none currently listed.

Nevada

none currently listed.

New Hampshire

none currently listed.

New Jersey

Robert Call
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Telephone: (201)-288-2773

Alyssa Figueroa
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New Mexico

Judy Bierbaum, Alburquerque
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Telephone: (505)-268-1040

New York

Jack Gilroy, Binghamton SOA Watch
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Telephone: (607)-748-8105

Marie Kullman, Buffalo area St. Joseph's University Parish of Social Justice
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Telephone: (716)-228-6711

Ithaca/Central New York Committe on US-Latin American Relations
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Telephone: (607)-255-7293

Mara Bard, Long Island SOA Watch
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Telephone: (516)-379-8522

Agnes Kelly, Long Island SOA Watch
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Telephone: (516)-795-1085

Enoch Yisreal, New Jewel Movement
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Telephone: (718)-919-1874

Colleen Kattau, Sing it Down!
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Telephone: (607)-745-3192

Braeden Lentz, Hartwick College SOA Watch
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John, Brenda, Meg, Kate and Liam Honeck, Rochester SOA Watch
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Telephone: (585)-964-7982

Michael Pasquale, Syracuse School of the Americas Abolitionists
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Telephone: (315)-446-2720 or (315)-254-0732

Geralyn McDowell, Troy (Upstate/Capital Region)-Rosa House Peace Community/Troy Catholic Worker
Telephone: (518)-272-1468

Kate Burns, NYC SOA Watch
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Telephone: 917-648-1986

Anne Dowling, NYC SOA Watch
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North Dakota

none currently listed.

Ohio

Joy Huntley, Athens-OU SOA Watch
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Telephone: (740)-594-3185

Vanessa Peck, Campus Anti-War Network
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Brian Stefan-Szittai, Cleveland InterReligious Task Force on Central America
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Telephone: (216)-961-0003

Mary Niebler, University of Dayton
Telephone: (937)-229-2012

Oklahoma

none currently listed.

Oregon

Ann Huntwork and Joshua Eddings, Portland -- Portland SOA Watch
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Telephone: (503) 281-4970

Peg Morton and Scott Miksch, Eugene
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Telephone: (541) 485-8633 (Scott); (541) 342-2914 (Peg)

Pennsylvania

Linda Panetta and Deirdre MacDermott, SOA Watch Northeast
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Web: http://www.opticalrealities.org/United-States/Protest

Russell Noble, SOA Watch Pittsburgh
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Telephone: (267) 980-4878

Rhode Island

none currently listed.

South Carolina

Anna Shockley, Charleston--MobilizeSC
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Telephone: (843)-257-2556

South Dakota

Sam Lopez
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Telephone: (605)-254-5211

Tennessee

Don Beisswinger, Nashville SOA Watch
Telephone: (615)-269-7980

Elizabeth Barger, Summertown PeaceRoots Alliance
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Telephone: (931)-964-2119

Texas

Joe Marcinkowski
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Telephone: (832)-971-6796

Ken Hayes, Austin SOA Watch
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Telephone: (512)-626-6176

Utah

none currently listed.

Vermont

none currently listed.

Virginia

Ted Majdosz
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Telephone: (571) 643-6195
Web: http://soawvirginia.blogspot.com/

Washington State

none currently listed.

West Virginia

none currently listed.

Wisconsin

Elise Roberts, Witness for Peace Regional Organizer, WI
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Joyce Ellwanger, Milwaukee SOA Watch & Peace Action WI
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Telephone: (414)-933-6157

Wyoming

none currently listed.