SOA Watch Conference: International Insecurity http://www.soaw.org/take-action/april/conference Panel 10:45AM-12:45PM. Militarization. Since Eisenhower’s warning nearly 50 years ago about the dangers of the Military Industrial Complex, the threats and dangers of the...
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Nashville, TN: The Courage to Refuse War: Colombian conscientious objector speaks
Nashville Peace Coalition presents: The Courage to Refuse War: A path to promote nonviolence and social justice Colombian youth Sebastián Patiño speaks on refusing to participate in war as a member of Conscientious Objectors’ Collective Action (ACOOC). War and...
C.O. – Colombian Youth Sebastián Patiño speaks on Refusing to Participate in War
By Jim Murphy Wednesday, April 4, 2012, 7:49pm The 1st Unitarian Church of Ithaca Social Justice Council, Committee on US-Latin American Relations, and the Fellowship of Reconciliation present: The Courage to Refuse War: A path to promote nonviolence and...
Open Letter to the Armed Groups Operating in Cauca
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...
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...
Colombia: Take action to protect peace community
By FOR Colombia “We have always said, and in that we are clear, that until this very day we are resisting. And our work is to continue resisting and defending our rights. We don’t know until when, because the truth we’ve lived in our story is this: today we are here...