Kurt was my roommate for most of my time at Koinonia. After our four month internship together he decided to become a full time member of the community while I moved on to New York. It thought it would be fun to get an update from him and also talk about the SOA vigil.

dichotome.net
Koinonia Partners
The Open Door
SOA Watch
Puppetistas
Kurt’s Flickr Pics
the simple way
Potter Street Records

music:
A Celebration - Mar
Ol’ Glory - psalters
Try on Life - Jes Karper

Happy Merry…

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As many of you know, I attended the vigil and rally at the School of the Americas/Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation back in November. In one of the related podcasts I interviewed Michael Vosburg-Casey about his intention to “cross the line” at the vigil. He and 16 other activists crossed over onto the Fort Benning Military Reservation during the vigil, knowing that this act could result in imprisonment.

Tonight, Michael is in prison serving his three month and ten day sentence at the FCI Jesup Satellite Camp in Georgia.

Our movement to close the School of Americas, and specifically my action, is founded on the ideal of love, sought through the means of non-violent direct action. And, by allowing our voices of dissent, by closing the SOA we can have a safer home, breaking free from at least some of this destructive cycle of violence, emerging into a new way.

I just re-listened to that podcast, and am reminded of my time at Koinonia, and what it was like to be surrounded by people who found it perfectly reasonable to make huge sacrifices in order to live a life in line with their beliefs. Specifically, I am thinking of Michael and his humble, intelligent spirituality. I am going to write to him this evening. Here’s his address if you would like to do the same:

MICHAEL E. VOSBURG-CASEY #92955-020
FCI JESUP
FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION
FEDERAL SATELLITE LOW
2680 301 SOUTH
JESUP, GA 31599

Technorati Tags: SOA, WHINSEC, Michael Vosburg-Casey, School of the Americas, Koinonia, Activism

Topics discussed:
peeing blood
kidney stones
emergency health care with no insurance or money
Clarence Jordan
moving to brooklyn
Soy Candles by Phebes
I’m listed on blubrry.com!

Music:
In the Bleak Mid-Winter-Jane Siberry, Holly Cole, Victoria Williams, Mary Margaret O’Hara, and Rebecca Jenkins.

Time to Melt- dj krush from the stop-rokkasho.org podcast feed.

YIKES! it has been a long time between shows. Here is most of what i recorded on day one of the SOA rally and vigil. Please be aware that the first song on this podcast is not suitable for sensitve listeners, try starting the show about 4 minutes into it.

This is going to be a big week in MikeyPod land. Thursday and Friday I will be attending Dialogue on the Death Penalty at Oglethorpe University with hopes of interviewing Sr. Helen Prejean. Bren and I will be staying at The Open Door Community Thursday night. This will be my first visit to a Catholic Worker House, another movement I am fascinated with.

The vigil and rally at the SOA is Saturday and Sunday, so I hope to have tons of audio from there as well. There will be about 200 people staying here this weekend as well, including the famous puppet activists, The Puppetistas. Bicyclemark was kind enough to contribute another Activism 101 for the occasion, too.

other important links:

David Rovics
Yeast Radio
Peninsula Peace and Justice Center
Lisa Germano
my flickr pics

Special thanks to Jake in Brooklyn for the generous donation. If you would like to support this podcast, simply use the paypal donate button located on the right side of my blog. It’s fun!