Fr. Louie Vitale is a Catholic priest working in San Francisco's marginalized Tenderloin district. He spent the end of 2002 and beginning of 2003 in Federal prison near Las Vegas for "crossing the line" at the infamous School of the Americas at Fort Benning, Georgia, where he had protested this training ground for human rights abuses. Fr. Louie is co-founder of both Pace e Bene, a movement teaching nonviolence, and the Nevada Desert Experience, an organization that successfully pushed for a moratorium on nuclear testing and which continues the campaign against new efforts to develop and test nuclear weapons. He has long been associated with the Religious Witness with the Homeless, the Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights, the Bay Area Organizing Committee and SOA (School of the Americas) Watch.
Join us at the 3rd Annual Global Exchange Human Rights Awards Ceremony and meet our award recipients, community activists and Global Exchange family!
When: May 22, 2003 -- 6 pm to 10 pm
Where: Palace of Fine Arts 3301 Lyon Street San Francisco, California
If you would like to attend, host a table, place a congratulatory ad in the souvenir journal, or donate to the silent auction contact Karolo Aparicio at 415.558.6939 or via email, karolo@globalexchange.org.
2003 Human Rights Awards | International Award Recipient | Women of Peace |
