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Dr. David Feifel MD, PhD Dr. Feifel is an Associate Professor in the UCSD School of Medicine in the Department of Psychiatry. He received a doctorate in Neurobiology and a Medical Degree from the University of Toronto. He joined UCSD in 1992 and currently he is Director of the Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Medicine Program. At UCSD he teaches, cares for patients and conducts research. He lives in La Jolla with his wife and three kids Congregation BethAm Board President Rick Schwartz rschwartz@betham.com Immediate Past President Michael Goodman mgoodman@betham.com Vice Presidents Education Beverly Powazek C.L.J.L Nina Brodsky Membership Bob Rauch Ways & Means Jodie Kaplan Treasurer Alan Lopato Board of Directors Wayne Harris Brooks Herman Alan Kholos Michael Mattes Gary Perlmutter Betsy Polacheck Sima Ross Michelle Shinoff Richard Soll Greg Zweibel |
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Eve and Nashua Stand Trial in Columbus, Georgia Contact: Maria Luisa at 202-710-2343 SOA Watch Jan. 31, 2015 On Thursday morning [Jan. 28, 20-15], Eve Tetaz and Nashua Chantal stood trial before US District Judge Stephen Hyles in Columbus, Georgia. The prosecution called for Eve, an 83 year-old retired public school teacher and longtime peace activist, and Nashua, a 62 year-old longtime SOA Watch activist, to be incarcerated for the six-month maximum for illegal entry onto Ft. Benning on November 23, 2014. Ft. Benning is home of the School of the Americas, renamed the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation in 2001 (SOA/WHINSEC). The prosecution called for them to be incarcerated for 6 months. During their sentencing by judge Stephen Hyles, the courtroom, as well as the JAG attorneys were surprised when Nashua was sentenced to a 5 year probation, and Eve was sentenced to a $5,000 fine. Neither of them was sentenced to prison, something that judge Hyles has been notorious for imposing on nonviolent activists since beginning his tenure in 2010. Represented by Anna Lellelid and Bill Quigley, of the SOA Watch Legal Collective, Eve and Nashua were accompanied by Fr. Roy, Coleman Smith of the Pupetistas, SOA Watch Council Member Ken Hayes, Irene Rodriguez of the SOA Watch Communications Collective, Anton Flores of Georgia Detention Watch/AlternCommunity, members of Nashua's community in Americus, and SOA Watch Field Organizer Maria Luisa Rosal. During the press conference before entering the courtroom, Anna Lellelid stated, "Eve is planning to plea not guilty. Nashua crossed over a fence, and he was protesting the violations of human rights committed by graduates of the School of the Americas, and he will be peading guilty, and hoping to serve community service with Habitat for Humanity in his community and continue to serve the people that he loves." ...[S]he affirmed, "torture is not a political tool. My own President asks 'is this who we are?'. All of us would like to say no, but if the School of the Americas is kept open, then I am afraid the answer is yes. This is who we are." disobedience... Our work to close the SOA and to change oppressive US foreign policy towards Latin America continues. In the face of more violence against our brothers and sisters in Latin America - the 43 disappeared students in Ayotzinapa, the continued violence and repression in Honduras, the impunity in Guatemala - we continue to organize and to come up with creative forms of resistance. |