Political Activists to Speak at UU Church of Las Cruces
March 20, 2008
On March 30, Doris and Dan Sage, members of May Memorial Unitarian Universalist Society in Syracuse, N.Y., will speak on their political activism at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Las Cruces, 2000 South Solano, Las Cruces.
Dan’s talk is entitled “From Awareness to Conviction.” He explains the background of U.S. involvement in Latin America and the protest they did at the School of the Americas in Fort Benning, Ga., which eventually got him and Doris arrested and jailed for civil disobedience.
Doris’s topic is based on her prison experience and entitled “Through Prison Gates: Women in Prison.” This explains her interest in prison reform, particularly the status of women and mothers.
Doris was a special education teacher in the Syracuse City Schools for 21 years and became a full-time storyteller upon retirement. Dan was a professor of special education administration at Syracuse University for 27 years, retiring to Professor Emeritus status in 1992.
In recent years they both became interested in the issue of how our government intervenes in the affairs of less-developed countries. This interest subsequently led to travels in Central America and participation in political activism, which resulted in their arrest and imprisonment. While serving six-month sentences in 1998, they were recognized (in absentia) with the “Adin Ballou Social Justice Award” at the Unitarian-Universalist General Assembly in Rochester, N.Y. They also “celebrated” their 51st wedding anniversary in separate prisons.
They are eager to share their experiences with interested audiences, by way of encouraging a better-informed citizenry and gaining support for their cause, the abolition of the U. S. Army School of the Americas. They are also interested in the related domination of democratic societies by corporate interests, and they are concerned for First Amendment rights.
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