By John Lindsay-Poland Interview with Peace Community Farmers By Dominque Aulisio The end of April marks my first month here in the Peace Community of San José of Apartadó, where I will be living for the next year as a peace accompanier with FOR. My first weeks here...
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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...
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:...
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,...
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...
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...