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Principles of the Peace Community: Communal Work

Communal work days are an essential part of the Peace Community; specific days dedicated to tending to shared farm lands, planting crops for collective consumption, or tending to upkeep and maintenance around Peace Community lands. How and why were communal work days...

URGENT: Peace Community of San José de Apartadó

For years, the Peace Community has been denouncing paramilitary presence, and irregular and illegal practices in building and construction throughout the settlements of San José de Apartadó. These practices affect the collective farmlands of the Peace Community,...

Principles of the Peace Community: Solidarity

SOLIDARITY: Joint efforts that are added together for the common good. We have sought to humanize coexistence by generating relationships that create empathy between everyone, and we are talking about life itself. For example, if a situation is presented that puts one...

Principles of the Peace Community: Memory

In 2005, eight people, including children, were killed in a joint operation by military and paramilitary groups in the remote villages of Mulatos and La Resbalosa. FOR Peace Presence accompaniers accompanied the commemoration of the massacre, and reflected on their...

Anniversary Countdown

The Peace Community of San José de Apartadó was founded 27 years ago on March 23rd on principles of nonviolence, collective action, and a dedicated resistance to violence and conflict. How did they develop these principles and what role do they play in life in the...

Sugar Production: Food Sovereignty as Resistance 

In the midst of violence and conflict, the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó has created an alternative path – one that embodies nonviolence, pacifism, and peacebuilding – for over 25 years. While the longevity and sustainability of their project is admirable,...

All About La Resbalosa

For years, the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó has been publicly denouncing activities of the (neo)paramilitary group AGC or Clan de Golfo in the Serranía de Abibé. The Serranía de Abibé is one of the most biodiverse regions in northwestern Colombia,...

Recent Threats in the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó

Stubborn Persistence of the Supposedly Overcome Regime By the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó En Español Once again we raise our voice to all corners of the world to bring to the attention of humanity and of history the facts that permanently threaten the...