Submitted by San Jose protester (not verified) on Thu, 2006-12-07 02:32.
Here in San Jose, we read the article by Jane Mayer in the New Yorker and organized a protest on 11/17 in front of the building at 225 W. Santa Clara St. that houses the Jeppesen offices. It got some good coverage in the media, including TV news coverage and coverage by a San Jose Mercury News columnist.
http://cbs5.com/local/local_story_321002154.html
Reporters contacted Jeppesen, who of course had "no comment".
Starting Dec. 1 there is an ongoing "San Jose Says No to Torture" vigil in front of that office every Friday from 4:30 to 5:30 until further notice.
Jeppesen is a sponsor of the downtown Holiday Ice Rink so on December 5, we held a rally in front of City Hall and went in to the City Council meeting to speak out and demand that the city council remove the Jeppesen banner from the ice rink.
These protests are sponsored by South Bay Mobilization (www.sbm4peace.org), Act Against Torture (www.ActAgainstTorture.org) and Amnesty International Group 35 and the Friday Peace Vigil (http://www.sanjoseinterfaithpeaceaction.org/)
Here in San Jose, we read