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Meghan Kelly
SOA Reflection
“We need to be the vision of
inter-being we belong to each other… the
well being of one is the well being of
the other… We must be the light at the
tip of the candle illuminating the roots
of war and the way to peace”
-Thich Nhat Hanh
Our journey to Columbus, Georgia,
exemplified what community means to me.
The night before I left, the Sisters
here in Wickatunk invited me and my
community members down to a pray service
to pray for the journey down to Fort
Benning, Georgia. Even though I was
very far from the sisters and everyone
back at Collier during the protest, I
felt a real connection between my
community here while I was down at Fort
Benning.
On our way to Georgia, it was easy to
feel the sense of community building
between all the different GSV
communities coming together in sharing
meals, snacks with one another, playing
games, and just being a shoulder to
sleep on during the trek. It was
helpful to know we were all looking out
for one another, and making sure no one
was left at the gas station.
Once getting down to the Convention
center and gathering at the gates of
Fort Benning with all the peace
activist, the sense of community was
very empowering with over 20,000 people
who gathered at the gates. Knowing we
were there with not only our communities
from back home, but also with all those
in Latin American who are crying out for
the violence to end, and a new global
community to grow and heal. With the
protest to close the School of the
Americas growing every year the Moral
Tipping point is being pushed further
and further and soon enough the wall
holding up our military infrastructure
will fall, starting with the closing of
the School of the Americas. Si se puede!
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