Biography
Rebecca Kanner crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during the November 2000 SOA Watch vigil. Sentenced to 6 months, $500 fine.
Each year on the November anniversary of the assassination of six Jesuits, their housekeeper, and her daughter at the University of Central America in San Salvador in 1989, peace activists gather at the gates of Fort Benning, Georgia, site of the U.S. Army School of the Americas / Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC), to commemorate the dead and to call for the school's closure. Hundreds have crossed the line onto the base over four decades of vigils; many have served federal sentences ranging from 30 days to a year for trespass.
Photo credit
Rebecca Kanner, fourth from left in the Stewart Five photograph following their April 9, 2015 court appearance. Photograph by Steve Pavey, published by Mennonite Church USA April 29, 2015. Exact rectangular crop (999, 799, 1213, 1213) from the 1709 by 2560 original; retained pixels unchanged. Copyright remains with its owner; no open license asserted. Source and identification.
