As a newly independent organization with a long history FOR Peace Presence is thrilled to present our first-ever annual report! Whether you have followed our work in Colombia since the days of FOR USA's Colombia Project, or came to know us more recently, we know...
Delegations
Court’s ruling suspends executive decision that seeks to auction around 20% of Colombia for mining projects
We present Tierra Digna's press release on the suspension of Strategic Mining Areas in Colombia - published in Spanish by Tierra Digna on the 15th of May 2015. On 15 May 2015, Colombia’s State Council, the country’s highest administrative court, suspended three...
15th of May: International Day of Conscientious Objection: Take Action – Tell Us Your Story
Para Español, haz click aquí. We invite you hand in a video with your story to our partner ACOOC (Collective Action of Conscientious Objectors). Here is ACOOC's invitation: Next Friday, May 15th, we celebrate the International Day for Conscientious Objection. This...
FOR Peace Presence Monthly Update – March 2015
March was a big month for our team in the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó. The team started off with a round of meetings in Apartadó, including meetings with the local office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Ombudsman Office, the Urabá Police, and...
Solidarity in Action: 2015 Pacific School of Religion Delegation to Colombia
For ten days in March 2015, FOR Peace Presence had the privilege of hosting a delegation from the Pacific School of Religion. On paper, the delegation consisted of 13 university students from a grant program known as the Changemaker Fellows and their professor from...
FOR Peace Presence Monthly Update – September 2014
Greetings! This month we worked as a team of three in Bogotá with Gale, Michaela, and Kaya, while Isabel and Nikki continue FOR Peace Presence’s permanent accompaniment, living in the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó. In September, the Bogotá team physically...
FOR Peace Presence Monthly Update – July 2014
Greetings! This week we are excited to send our first email update as FOR Peace Presence to our grassroots community. We are eager to share with you the evolution of our ongoing work in Colombia as we continue with our transition from a project of Fellowship of...
Pacific School of Religion Colombia Delegation
At the moment, we're hosting delegates from the Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, showing them a little bit of Colombia, introducing them o our partners, and hoping to build connections. Lots of people wanted to come but weren't able, so we're able to offer the...