School of the Americas Watch

Today in worship we had a blessing and send off for Fred Brancel, one of our members at University United Methodist Church in Madison who is traveling to Columbus, Georgia to face trial for civil disobedience against the School of the Americas. Here is a link to School fo the Americas Watch and an article describing the upcoming trial. Fred is 79 years old. I've know Fred since the early 1970's when he worked on the staff of the Wesley Foundation and University Church. Perhaps many more of us will need to follow Fred's example before we can put an end to our government's support for and use of torture.