Delegation

Jun 1, 202212 min read

LETTER FROM WITNESS FOR PEACE SOLIDARITY COLLECTIVE DELEGATES TO CUBA

(Español abajo) We, the undersigned who are recent delegates to Cuba, celebrate the Biden Administration’s repeal of some of the...

Mar 27, 20207 min read

Collective Work for Mother Earth

By Quin Galvin Before leaving home to embark on a Solidarity Collective trip to Colombia, “Confronting Climate Change and Building Peace:...

Feb 14, 20193 min read

Reflections on Cuba from a Black & Indigenous Artist and Organizer

by Mercy Carpenter, New York-based community organizer, artist and farmer. When I landed in Cuba, I felt right at home. I was elated to...

Apr 4, 20184 min read

How Americans Created Their Own Border Crisis

By Carlissa Arrow For decades, the United States has been undergoing a humanitarian crisis at the US-Mexico Border. Ironically, this...

Dec 18, 20172 min read

Fighting for Human Rights: Delegation Witnesses the Economic and Political Realities of Colombia

By Kristen Treinen “Be proud of your son; he never folded.” – Juan Iván Hurtado Garcia, whose brotherJairo was disappeared by the...

Apr 11, 20177 min read

Connecting Dots Across Borders: Here and There, Resistance Everywhere

By Anita Kline, WFP delegate to Colombia in December 2016 “Tell me about your trip to Colombia!” The leaders of our Witness for Peace...

Apr 26, 20164 min read

Walking the Talk – Reflections from my trip to Mexico with Witness for Peace

by Ivory Taylor San Juan Chilateca, Oaxaca, Mexico – Our Witness for Peace Midwest delegation arrived in the small town of San Juan...

Aug 14, 20153 min read

“Our wish is that the US see us as equals:” A Q&A with Comité Cerezo (Mexico)

1. 21 years after NAFTA went into effect, neoliberalism is still making inroads (is alive and well) in Mexico. Over the last year or so,...

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