What Colombian President Duque is Threatening When He Says He Wants to Remove 6 Articles from the Peace Accords
This post was written by Sarah Henken, Emily Brewer, and Shannan Vance-Ocampo. It is somewhat of a “deep dive” into the particulars of how President Duque is currently trying to undermine the Peace Process in…
6 Things We Learned in Colombia
The Presbyterian Peace Fellowship delegation to Colombia in January 2019 focused on learning about the Peace Accords--both at the government level and at the local grassroots level. We met with many communities of campesinos, people…
The Will for Peace
This post was written by Ben McConaughy, a member of the delegation to Colombia in January 2019 and an elder from Seattle Presbytery. This post was originally written for and published on the Seattle Presbytery…
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…
Visiting Betty’s House
This post was written by Dottie Kline from Tuscaloosa, AL. Dottie and her husband Harvey were both delegates on the delegation to Colombia in January 2019. Harvey and I visited a home in a barrio…
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…