Hello, and welcome to the brand new Fellowship of Reconciliation Peace Presence blog and news. We are blessed here at FORPP – we have a shiny new organization, with all the dynamism and drive that implies, yet we also benefit from over 10 years’ experience working...
Month: September 2013
From the Jungles of Colombia
Accompanying villagers to their fields.
To the Steps of Government
Advocating for human rights and justice.
Building Global Movements
Strengthening communities.
Embracing Nonviolence
Marching peacefully between threatened communities.
Defending Life, Land and Dignity
Join Us.
URGENT: FOR peace award winner Ricardo Esquivia at risk
In 2008, the Fellowship of Reconciliation awarded the Pfeffer Peace Award to Ricardo Esquivia for his work in the peace movement of the High Mountain Zone of El Carmen de Bolívar, Colombia. Ricardo has recently received death threats from the paramilitary group Los...
Does Being in the Military Mean Renouncing your Conscience?
By Alejandro Parra On August 21, Bradley Manning (now known as Chelsea Manning), caught in the middle of a politicized legal process and social controversy, was sentenced to 35 years in prison, after receiving extensive media coverage for the nature of his act....