Kryss Chupp of Christian Peacemaker Teams at Shutdown Stewart County Det...

Kryss Chupp is the Training Coordinator and Publications Coordinator/Newsletter Editor of Christian Peacemaker Teams at their head office in Chicago.

CPT attended the rally, march & vigil at Stewart County Detention Center as well as the SOAW conference & protest in front of the gates of Fort Benning, Georgia, as part of their annual Americas Convergence:

http://www.cpt.org/participate/americas-convergence-2013

More about CPT may be found here:

http://www.cpt.org/
https://www.facebook.com/cpters
http://www.youtube.com/user/cptvideos
https://twitter.com/cpt_intl

Partnering strategically with nonviolent people's movements around the world, CPT seeks to embody an inclusive and diverse community of God's love. With a mission of building partnerships to transform violence and oppression, their vision is a world of communities that together embrace the diversity of the human family and live justly and peaceably with all creation.

Therefore, Christian Peacemaker Teams is committed to work and relationships that: honor and reflect the presence of faith and spirituality; strengthen grassroots initiatives; transform structures of domination and oppression; & embody creative non-violence and liberating love.

Visit the team's blogs now to learn more:

Colombia: http://cptcolombia.wordpress.com/ (English) http://ecapcolombia.wordpress.com/ (Español)

Iraqi Kurdistan: http://www.cpt-iraq.blogspot.com/

Canada: http://www.cpt.org/work/aboriginal_justice (Aboriginal Justice Team Info)

Palestine: http://www.cpt.org/work/palestine (Hebron/Al-Khalil)

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More about SOA Watch may be found here:

http://www.soaw.org
https://www.facebook.com/Schooloftheamericaswatch
http://www.flickr.com/groups/soaw/pool/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/soaw/
http://www.youtube.com/closethesoa
https://myspace.com/soawatch
https://twitter.com/soawatch

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More information about the groups that organized this event may be found here:

http://www.alternacommunity.com/
https://www.facebook.com/alternacommunity
http://www.youtube.com/user/AlternaMedia

https://www.facebook.com/antonfloresmaisonet

https://twitter.com/ANTONofALTERNA

http://www.georgiadetentionwatch.com/
https://www.facebook.com/GeorgiaDetentionWatch
https://twitter.com/GaDetWatch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjHbjaHy2ZY

GDW & ALTERNA are among a group of organizations which help support El Refugio at Stewart County Detention Center (a hospitality house part way between the town of Lumpkin and the detention center), the others being ACLU of Georgia (http://www.acluga.org), CIVIC ( http://www.endisolation.org/ ), Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights (GLAHR: http://glahr.org) along with Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (http://lirs.org) and Lutheran Services of GA's Volunteer, Congregation and Community Engagement program, Café Campesino (http://www.cafecampesino.com), & Koinonia Farm (http://www.koinoniapartners.org).

More information about El Refugio at Stewart County Detention Center may be found here:

http://elrefugiostewart.org/
https://www.facebook.com/elrefugiostewart

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The facebook events for this vigil/rally may be found here:

https://www.facebook.com/events/639727109382361/
https://www.facebook.com/events/216808995157834/

The SOAW stub for the event may be found here:

http://soaw.org/november/schedule/stewartdetention/

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Press coverage of the event may be found here:

http://www.wrbl.com/story/24048377/georgia-detention-watch-protests-stewart-detention-center

http://mundohispanico.com/news/2013/nov/27/piden-cierre-de-carcel-de-inmigracion/

An absolute must-see video about the detention center produced by Cuentame for Brave New Foundation should be seen here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faaMM3zpuoY

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