Results for witness for peace
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Why I’m Taking my Hunger Strike from Bogota to Detroit
Originally Posted: 09/10/2012 - 2:27pm | Type: Blog -
Colombian Chevy-plant worker explains his faith-based reasons for standing up for himself and other workers fired after sustaining on-the-job injuries. In Colombia, where I live, ...
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‘We Believe in Our Communites’: an Interview with the Indigenous Peacemakers of Cauca, Colombia
Originally Posted: 07/20/2012 - 9:42am | Type: Blog -
Last summer, in Cauca with Witness for Peace, I was able to interview two of those activists, members of the Indigenous Guard formed by the Nasa ethnic group. The Indigenous Guard , armed only with beribboned ...
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Standing Up to Death Squads
Originally Posted: 01/05/2012 - 12:44pm | Type: Magazine Article -
Elizabeth Palmberg Caught in the crossfire of army, guerrilla, and paramilitary forces, women, farmers, and Indigenous leaders in Colombi ...
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Being There: Why I Want to go to Colombia
Originally Posted: 07/25/2011 - 1:43pm | Type: Blog -
Don't get me wrong -- I love sitting behind my computer here at Sojourners, or proofreading a stack of magazine-pages-to-be, fresh from Art Director Ed Spivey's printer. But sometimes there's no ...
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Video: Documentary on the Failed Drug War in Colombia
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:17am | Type: Blog -
In July 2007, Teresa Ortega stood solemnly in a field of wilting corn and pineapple crops in southern Colombia's farm land as tears streamed down her cheeks. In July 2007, Te ...
