Colombia 5/5

Mar 5, 20101 min read

Song of Loss, Song of Hope

by Melissa Cox, Colombia International Team I first met Daira Quiñones, a courageous community leader, when I interviewed her for the...

Feb 23, 20104 min read

Fleeing the Guns of Big Business

by the Colombia International Team Daira recalls her beloved village El Por Venir as a tight-knit community where people once moved...

Feb 18, 20103 min read

Honoring Colombians: Why Did Dolls Work?

by Anne Barstow, Rutgers Presbyterian Church of NYC Having tried a number of ways to make the Colombian displaced persons crisis real to...

Feb 12, 20103 min read

Courageous and Organized People

by Gail Phares, WFP Southeast Regional Organizer On January 22nd, I returned from a ten-day visit to Colombia. Our Witness for Peace...

Feb 9, 20101 min read

Memory as Resistance: Part 3

by Colette Cosner, WFP Northwest Regional Organizer Last week Obama announced the 2011 aid request for Latin America, with a proposal for...

Feb 8, 20102 min read

Memory as Resistance: Part 2

by Colette Cosner, WFP Northwest Regional Organizer I remember watching one night as human rights defenders from NOMADESC – an...

Feb 5, 20102 min read

Memory as Resistance in Colombia: Part 1

by Colette Cosner I was in Colombia when the earthquake hit Haiti. I was also in Colombia when the news coverage of the tragic event...

Feb 2, 20103 min read

Tempered Excitement over Obama’s Budget Request

by Jess Hunter-Bowman, WFP Associate Director Unless you live on the moon (or aren’t a political junkie like me), you probably heard that...

Oct 27, 20093 min read

Colombia: Mass Graves and Military Aid

by Jess Hunter-Bowman, WFP Associate Director Sooner or later the truth has a way of showing its face. Recently, an important sliver of...

Sep 24, 20093 min read

Facing the Displaced in Seattle

by Megan Bilas Witness for Peace Northwest kicked off its first “Face the Displaced” event of April at Meaningful Movies in the basement...

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