By Gina Spigarelli When Isaac came from Bogotá for a week to work with us and visit his old stomping grounds of La Union, our normal routine changed. We talked about things happening far away from the peace community on the hill and we spent time hanging out in houses...
peace accompaniment
Call for Submissions: Human Rights Accompaniment issue of Fellowship magazine
By Ethan Vesely-Flad Fellowship magazine is issuing a call for submissions for its Fall 2011 issue, which will focus on the topic of human rights accompaniment. Human rights accompaniment refers to unarmed international presence for the protection of communities and...
Respecting Students: Will the Army Obey the Law?
By Liza Smith Thursday, September 22, 2011, 6:41pm August 24. It was a routine recruitment appointment in Medellín, meaning that young men with a pre-assigned number showed up to resolve their military status. A number of them arrived with a certificate of exemption —...
The Hike That Kills
By Liza Smith Friday, December 3, 2010, 12:19pm by Jon Patberg, current Accompaniment Team Member in Colombia I recently came back from a six day accompaniment journey to a remote village called Mulatos about 16 miles to the northeast of La Union. Mulatos is the site...
New Video Blog: The Radio Is the Military’s Biggest Rifle
By Liza Smith “I was in my bed when an explosion rocked our house.” FORColombia Peace Team member Isaac Beachy tells of combat on the edge of the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó, and analyzes how the Colombian military reported on it. Meanwhile, community kids...
Finding a Home in Mulatos
Letter from the Field, October 2007 By Amanda Jack, CPP team “What kind of people would treat a house like this?” This was the simple question asked out loud by one of the women in the work group we had accompanied to Mulatos. The group of 17, mostly men and some...