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...
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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...
Today: A decade of protection in Colombia
By FOR Colombia On February 7, 2002, the first FOR human rights accompaniment team arrived to accompany the people of La Union in Colombia. Today as we celebrate FOR’s tenth anniversary of presence in the peace community, we are members of a community full of life:...
Armed Work Stoppage, La Unión
By FOR Colombia Wednesday, February 1, 2012, 1:14am Northwestern Colombia: The news arrives slowly — paro armado, an armed strike — a faint rumor that trickles, passing from person to person, word of mouth: que no baje al pueblo, don’t go into town today. The radio...
Will you help people protecting people in Colombia?
By FOR Colombia “The meaning of words like perseverance, humility, and accompaniment sunk in deeply during my months with the families of San José de Apartadó, as together we earnestly and imperfectly sought to protect one another.” Chris Moore-Backman,...
The Risky Business of Defending Human Rights
By Susana Pimiento The International Verification Mission and Las Pavas From November 27 until December 2, forty people from 15 countries went to Colombia to look into how safe is to defend human rights in Colombia. The International Verification Mission on the...
Focus, and time for everything
Written by Gina Spigarelli Last pack smokedSan José de Apartadó, Colombia - I quit smoking on November 7. I am still in a state of permanent nic-fit, but doing better. My body has been pretty crazy all month, so confused about why it is doing this to itself. I had a...
Winning on Both Counts: How Colombian Students Won by Rooting Out Violence from Student Protest
By Susana Pimiento On October 7, as the Occupy Wall Street movement was starting to get media attention in the United States, Colombian students held a big mobilization, inaugurating a series of massive nationwide protests and events. Despite a government smear...