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Write to the Defendants: Write a message of hope, solidarity, encouragement and/or your thoughts to the defendants by using an online form on the SOA Watch webpage. Read tips on writing to prisoners.

Media Outreach: Write or call your local media. Ask them to do a story on the prisoners of conscience or other political prisoners. Write letters to the editor.

Organize for the April 23-25, 2005 Spring Lobby Days: The most effective way to counter the repression is to continue our resistance. Come to DC and stand up for justice!

Consider engaging in nonviolent direct action: Keep the pressure on! People who put their bodies on the line to speak in solidarity with the people of Latin America are crucial in the struggle to close the SOA/ WHINSEC.

Write to your representatives: Bring the prisoners of conscience to their attention and ask them to speak out against the SOA/ WHINSEC by signing on to HR 1217, the new legislation introduced by Rep. McGovern (D-MA) in February of 2005.

Learn more about political prisoners and join the struggle against the prison industrial complex: Check out and get involved with the work of grassroots organizations like Critical Resistance, Families Against Mandatory Minimums, the Prison Activist Resource Center, the Anarchist Black Cross Network and the Nuclear Resister.