Colombia
GA passes several strong actions for peace
Friday, 6/27/2008The 218th General Assembly of the PC(USA) has taken action on several recommendations from the committee on Peacemaking and International Issues, concerning the Philippines, Colombia, Conscientious Objectors, and Israel/Palestine:
Analysis: Colombia Overtures
Analysis
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Host the International Peacemaker from Colombia!
Sunday, 6/01/2008Invite International Peacemaker, the Rev. Diego Higuita-Arango of Colombia to visit your presbytery, synod, seminary or college. He is available from September 26 through October 20. Diego has recently been elected as the executive secretary of the Presbyterian Church of Colombia (IPC).
Colombia Overtures
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Overture 11-21: Peacemaking in Colombia
Analysis
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Who Causes the Violence in Colombia?
Wednesday, 4/16/2008
by Sarah Henken, PPF Colombia Accompaniment Coordinator
On March 6, 2008 I was privileged to participate along with a number of other PPFers in a demonstration in Washington DC that remembered the victims of the violence in Colombia—the many thousands who have lost their lives, those who have been disappeared, as well as the millions who have been forcibly displaced from their lands and those who continue to face harassment, persecution, and assassination for their insistence in standing up for human rights.
