Help Us Stop the Colombia Free Trade Agreement
Take Action
- Call your senators/representatives
- Send email to Congress
- Call the White House
- Sign the PC(USA) Petition
- Sign up for email updates: Colombia Advocacy Alerts
- Write a letter to the editor of your local paper (see "Talking Points" and other resources below).
- Follow us on Facebook and Twitter and promote this to your personal networks to spread the word! (hashtag: #peacefast)
Learn More about using social media to stop the FTA.
Legislation to ratify the US/Colombia Free Trade Agreement is now expected to go before Congress in the fall. To stay updated with the latest developments and calls to action, please sign up for email updates.
In solidarity with our partners in Colombia, the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship is offering people of faith opportunities and direct ways to oppose the US/Colombia FTA.
Please take time to carefully review the ways you can engage in acts of solidarity and invite others to join us in these direct actions of nonviolent resistance, solidarity, and movement building.
Why Presbyterians Oppose the Colombia FTA
- Our partners in the Presbyterian Church have consistently asked us to support them in their opposition of the FTA. Read the statement from the Presbyterian Church of Colombia (pdf)
- The PC(USA) as a body has studied the situation and policies thoroughly, and official church policy opposes the FTA specifically. Read the General Assembly Policy (pdf)
- A broad coalition of religious advocacy groups are working together to protect the most vulnerable in Colombia by opposing the FTA. Read a statement from advocacy groups
Letters to Congress from Colombia
- From IPC Executive Secretary Diego Higuita (pdf)
- From Mission Co-Workers Mamie Broadhurst and Richard Williams (pdf)
The Economics of Free Trade:
- Free Trade: Ask the Right Questions (doc)
- On incorrectly cited economic data (doc)
- Economic Effects of Colombia FTA (doc)
More Resources:
Video - Katie Rains: Why I Got Arrested
How To Be an Effective Advocate (pdf) from the PC(USA) Washington Office
List of Presbyterian Members of Congress (pdf)
Talking Points: Negative Impacts of U.S.-Colombia FTA
Download a fact sheet (pdf) from Witness for Peace which concisely describes some of the issues at stake with Free Trade and Colombia.
A wealth of resources, including a list of local groups and contacts, is available from the Latin America Working Group.
Resources on Trade Reform from the PC(USA)
View the webinar from the PC(USA) on the US/Colombia FTA:
Part 1: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/600139051
Part 2: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/183080795
What will you do?
Watch "The Cost of Consuming" from Witness for Peace:
Background on the proposed Colombia Free Trade Agreement:
