If you live in the United States, you know that our country is in an emergency, as we respond to the racist fear-mongering of a new presidency. You may be less aware of the continuing emergencies in other nations such as Colombia. But human rights workers there...
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Notes from the Peace Community: FORista Writes Home After Leaving Urabá
by FORPP Accompanier Gale Stafford Para español, haz clic aquí October 20th, 2014 Dear Friends, I'm back, I swear I haven't dropped off the face of the earth! (Or even permanently left Colombia!). It's a busy time, but considering that I found a drafted email to you...
Apuntes de la Comunidad de Paz: FORista escribe a casa después de salir de Urabá
por Gale Stafford, acompañante de FORPP For English, click here El 20 de octubre, 2014 Queridxs amigxs, Ya volví, y ¡les prometo que no me he caído del superficie de la tierra! (¡Ni salido permanentemente de Colombia!) Es un tiempo ocupado, pero considerando que...
Tormentas en La Unión, Comunidad de Paz
Click here for English De repente, la vida en La Unión, parte de la Comunidad de Paz, puede convertirse en turbulenta. Las cosas han estado muy tranquilo recientemente, entonces la mayoría de los disturbios vienen en la forma de una manada de caballos quienes han...
Storms in La Unión, Peace Community
Para español, haz clic aquí Life in La Unión, part of the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó, can quickly become turbulent. Things have been fairly quiet recently, so most of the disturbances come in the form of a pack of horses blasting by, or trying to locate...
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:...
Homecomings to Far Away Places
By Liza Smith Foristas in front of the new La Union library What does it mean to be connected to a place that is not your own, to people who are strange and different from you, to a way of life that will never be yours? We pondered these questions over the last two...