Greetings! This month we worked as a team of three in Bogotá with Gale, Michaela, and Kaya, while Isabel and Nikki continue FOR Peace Presence’s permanent accompaniment, living in the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó. In September, the Bogotá team physically...
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A Matter of Recognition
by Alejandro Parra of ACOOC, translated by Gale Stafford of FOR Peace Presence Para español, haz clic aquí On Saturday, September 27 in Louisville, Kentucky, 22-year-old Colombian conscientious objector Mario Andrés Hurtado Cardozo received the Conviction Award...
Una cuestión de reconocimiento
por Alejandro Parra de ACOOC For English, click here El sábado 27 de septiembre en la ciudad estadounidense de Louisville Kentucky, Mario Andrés Hurtado Cardozo, objetor de conciencia colombiano de 22 años, recibió el Premio a la Convicción otorgado por el Muhammad...
The Balance Of Our Tour: Everything Is Both Different And The Same
By Liza Smith After 21 days on the road, 2557 miles driven and countless cafeteria meals — things are both different and the same. For example, before the tour our van was just another rental car with nothing unique about it. We returned it well used, more fragrant...
Drop Beats Not Bombs slideshow
By Maryrose Dolezal Here's a slideshow of photos from the tour so far. Click the arrow in the center to start the show. Maryrose Dolezal's blog
Liza transforming the war machine — singlehandedly! — through Theatre of the Oppressed
By Liza Smith Me (at left) facilitating the transformation of the war machine at Goshen College in Goshen, IN. At Goshen we had over 100 people gathered for both Paula's keynote lecture and Invicible's show, and we facilitated two Not Your Soldier workshops & one...
Our Planet of Tranquilandia
By Liza Smith It’s the eleventh day of the tour and we’ve introduced a new word to both the Spanish and English languages — it is a cross between “tranquila” which means “relaxed” and is a pop cultural reference to Transylvania: the place in Romania where vampires...
Dropping Beats in Carbondale
By Maryrose Dolezal We kicked off the Carbondale stop last Sunday with an Art and Action training attended by ~20 students and community members. The Art and Action workshops are facilitated by Invincible and Isaac Martin. Along with a mix of pop ed, it includes...