Restitution
This blog post is written by Alison Wood from Tucson, Arizona. Alison was part of the #PPFinColombia Delegation in January 2019 and served as an accompanier in Urabá in 2013. This post was originally published…
International Solidarity is a Necessity
This post was written by delegate Courtney Hemmelgarn from Kettering, Ohio. Before I get into this reflection, I want to clarify some vocabulary. Campesinos are farmers. Displaced means moved or removed from property or land,…
Back to the Promised Land
This blog post is written by Alison Wood from Tucson, Arizona. Alison is part of the #PPFinColombia Delegation and served as an accompanier in Urabá in 2013. This post was originally published on Alison's personal…
Many Groups, a Shared Dream
This post was written by Bennet McConaughy from Seattle, WA, a delegate on the PPF Delegation to Colombia. One of the disciplines of traveling as a group in a foreign country is to “count heads”…
It Really Is All About Land: First Days in Colombia
This post was written by Courtney Hemmelgarn, delegate from Kettering, Ohio. Our first night we visited the town of Caracolón, which consists of displaced citizens. Displaced hardly seems like a harsh enough word…
Hope for Land Reform, but It Hasn’t Happened Yet
The first community that our delegation met with on January 22 was in the region of Urabá, a community called Caracolón. Before going to the community, we met with Edwin Mosquera, a human rights defender…
Look and Listen: Colombia Accompanier Training in Tucson
This past weekend, I was one of 18 participants in the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship’s Discernment and Training for the Colombia Accompaniment Program (CAP). During an intense three days, we sought to learn the history of…
Colombians Ask for Prayer Amid Increasing Death Threats
The Presbyterian Peace Fellowship expresses its solidarity with the Iglesia Presbiteriana de Colombia (IPC) -- the Presbyterian Church of Colombia -- and joins them in denouncing the most recent death threats made by an armed…