By FOR Colombia Thursday, March 29, 2012, 7:26pm Regional Indigenous Council of Cauca Popoyán, March 6, 2012 As a popular saying goes, there is nobody deafer than one who does not want to hear, and nobody blinder than one who does not want to see. It has been a...
Month: March 2012
The Peace Community turns fifteen
By FOR Colombia Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 5:59pm By Gina Spigarelli “I thought it was great, all of it,” said one community member, reflecting on the celebrations around the 15-year anniversary of the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó (CdP for its acronym...
YEAR 8: FOR Chicago Chapter promoting active nonviolence at Cornerstone through the I Will Not Kill campaign
By Sam Smith Wednesday, March 21, 2012, 11:57pm July 2011 was the seventh consecutive year that the Chicago Chapter of the Fellowship of Reconciliation exhibited in the main merchandise tents at the Cornerstone Music Festival. At times, this message of peace and...
Solemn Anniversaries
By FOR Colombia Friday, March 2, 2012, 4:11pm By Charlotte Melly February brought two important dates for the Peace Community and FOR. February 7 marked a decade of FOR´s permanent peace presence: ten years since community members greeted the first volunteers and...