updated Wed. January 17, 2024
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lehighvalleylive.com
December 29, 2017
A number of U.S. organizations, including Witness for Peace, Just Foreign Policy and the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship, are calling on the U.S. government to help ensure the will of the electorate in Honduras by "supporting credible, independent investigations into any and all claims of state-involvementÃÂ ...
Sputnik International
December 19, 2017
Jeanette Charles, who has worked as the Honduras Program Liaison and Southwest Regional director of the solidarity organization Witness for Peace, joins Brian and John. A conservative billionaire and former president has won Chile's presidential election runoff. The election is a clear move to the rightÃÂ ...
Toward Freedom
December 11, 2017
He has worked on both sides of the border for BorderLinks in Tucson, Arizona, and Witness for Peace in Oaxaca, Mexico. He now writes on border and immigration issues for NACLA Report on the Americas and its blog “Border Wars,” among other places. He is at work on his first book, Border Patrol Nation,ÃÂ ...
Common Dreams
December 7, 2017
He has worked on both sides of the border for BorderLinks in Tucson, Arizona, and Witness for Peace in Oaxaca, Mexico. He now writes on border and immigration issues for NACLA Report on the Americas and its blog “Border Wars,” among other places. He is at work on his first book, Border Patrol Nation,ÃÂ ...
lehighvalleylive.com
December 7, 2017
Others walk to be a witness for peace. There are several church/respite stops along the way. Rides are available for those who want to walk part of the 10 miles. Soup and sandwiches and our speaker, Roberta Meek, end the day at Christ United Church of Christ. Her topic will be, "We who believe inÃÂ ...
Common Dreams
December 6, 2017
Elise Roberts, National Coordinator of Witness for Peace, stated: "As we return from two weeks observing and documenting in Honduras, our concerns about the Honduran electoral process and broader state violence and corruption continue to deepen. We've heard testimony of ongoing intimidationÃÂ ...
Upside Down World
December 4, 2017
For the past 15 years Todd Miller has researched, written about, and worked on immigration and border issues from both sides of the U.S. Mexico divide for organizations such as BorderLinks, Witness for Peace, and NACLA. He did the brunt of this work in Tucson, Arizona and Oaxaca, Mexico, with stints inÃÂ ...
Common Dreams
December 2, 2017
Elise Roberts, National Coordinator of Witness for Peace, stated: "As we return from two weeks observing and documenting in Honduras, our concerns about the Honduran electoral process and broader state violence and corruption continue to deepen. We've heard testimony of ongoing intimidationÃÂ ...
HuffPost
November 28, 2017
I have a good friend and colleague of mine who has been stricken with severe illness. He has successfully completed surgery and is now in recovery and will receive further rehabilitation. The arrival of the chronic illness was a surprise and now his life will be changed. He will be retiring from a position andÃÂ ...
Wicked Local Brookline
July 24, 2017
The July 26 program announces the start Witness for Peace's reactivation of its work in New England, and will be followed up with regional gatherings on Aug. 12 and a fall speaking tour with Cuban popular educator, media producer, and poet Marcel Lueiro Reyes in October. Marcel is a specialist in theÃÂ ...
War Is Boring
July 3, 2017
In 1984, I worked for six months in the war zones of Nicaragua as a volunteer for Witness for Peace. In 1979, the Sandinista movement had led a national insurrection, overthrowing the U.S.-backed dictator Anastasio Somoza. In response, the United States had funded counterrevolutionaries, or “contras,”à...
MLive.com
June 7, 2017
In addition to his involvement in Deir Yassin Remembered, Herskovitz started an anti-Israel group called "Witness for Peace." For more than 13 years, members of Witness for Peace have protested outside the Beth Israel Congregation, a Jewish synagogue in Ann Arbor, every Saturday. Herskovitz said heÃÂ ...
CBC.ca
December 31, 1999
As high-ranking diplomats gather in Vancouver for a summit to discuss reducing the threat from North Korea's nuclear weapons program, a multinational coalition of women representing the peace movement will be delivering a message of peace. The Women Peacemakers hope to move politicians from aÃÂ ...
Chicago Tribune
December 31, 1999
“We wanted to be a vibrant witness for peace in the city, but also bear witness to the fact that young people who are dying in Chicago by the scourge of gun violence … are our sisters and brothers,” the Rev. Matt Fitzgerald said. “And we owe a debt to all of the city. It is our responsibility to say what'sÃÂ ...
KPFA
December 31, 1999
Speaking with us from El Progreso in Honduras, Ryan Morgan, an advocate with the International Team with Witness for Peace, gives an update on the demonstrations against Hernandez, his Administration's violent crackdown against the protests, and widespread human rights violations. Morgan reportsÃÂ ...
HuffPost
November 29, 2017
When suffering is at the forefront, there needs to be a witness for peace and a call to end violence. When this doesn't happen, not only is talk ...
Quad City Times
November 7, 2017
Witness for Peace is intended to be a safe space for all people, regardless of their religion, race or background, to gather, pray for, discuss and ...
Helena Independent Record
November 2, 2017
Thompson visited Cuba earlier this year with the group Witness for Peace, and it inspired her art, which she's using as an opportunity to share ...
Scarlet and Black
October 26, 2017
Witness for Peace Midwest invited Rojas to tour midwestern America in their speaker series, presenting on behalf of her organization and the ...
Middlebury Campus
October 18, 2017
Witness for Peace, whose headquarters is located in Washington, D.C., is an activist organization that strives to protect Latin American nations ...
Wicked Local Brookline
July 24, 2017
The July 26 program announces the start Witness for Peace's reactivation of its work in New England, and will be followed up with regional ...
MLive.com
June 7, 2017
In addition to his involvement in Deir Yassin Remembered, Herskovitz started an anti-Israel group called "Witness for Peace." For more than 13Â ...
Independent Online
September 10, 2017
They recognised, in particular, the Zimbabwean churches' united witness for peace and human rights. "At the same time the delegates urgedÃÂ ...
National Catholic Reporter
September 9, 2017
... self-examination, conversion and new commitment to one another manifesting new unity and advancing our common witness for peace andÃÂ ...
Queen Anne News
August 30, 2017
... and the second in Colombia with the human rights organization Witness for Peace — before returning to the Seattle area to work in the importÃÂ ...
GoErie.com
August 30, 2017
... of Erie to be a healing presence and prophetic witness for peace by working for sustainability and justice, especially for women and children.”.
CommonSpace
August 22, 2017
These conditions would have stopped Brian from attending our monthly Catholic Worker witness for peace and an end to weapons of massÃÂ ...
Augusta Free Press
August 22, 2017
Showing up to witness for peace and love in the face of racism and hatred at rallies is important, but the real work happens in intimate spaces;ÃÂ ...
The Real News Network
August 18, 2017
... roles in the Jubilee USA Network, Witness for Peace, and the Campaign for Labor Rights, among other grassroots advocacy organizations.
Open Democracy
August 17, 2017
Hastings himself, along with other allies with the organization Witness for Peace, would, in the late 1980s/early 1990s, accompany them to theÃÂ ...
The Register-Guard
August 17, 2017
Many people have never been a witness for peace and non-violence. But now we can't idly stand by watching this erosion as if it's a distantÃÂ ...
The Tidings
August 14, 2017
“At this time, as Christians, as disciples of Jesus, we must redouble our efforts to bear a witness for peace and the common good,” he said.
The Independent Weekly
March 22, 2017
Phares, the Triangle-based cofounder of the Raleigh-based organization Witness for Peace Southeast, which advocates for peace, justice, and sustainable economies in Latin America, believes people need to have their "blinders" taken off, "to really see ...
In These Times
March 21, 2017
Initially a Nicaragua-focused campaign with significant support from Witness for Peace, Sojourners, and the American Friends Service Committee, the Pledge went on to expand to include opposition to broader U.S.
America Magazine
February 28, 2017
Mennonite activists, such as Witness for Peace in Guatemala and Christian Peacemaker Teams in Palestine, provided third-party protections for vulnerable populations under conditions of civil war and occupation.
Patheos (blog)
February 27, 2017
But please give me the benefit of the doubt as I add to what I already said that I do not believe compromise with evil is ever good or righteous and that the Christian's social ethic is to help make the church the powerful witness for peace that Jesus ...
Jacobin magazine
February 17, 2017
Initially a Nicaragua-focused campaign with significant support from Witness for Peace, Sojourners, and the American Friends Service Committee, the Pledge went on to expand to include opposition to broader US intervention in the region with support ...
WhoWhatWhy / RealNewsProject (blog)
January 11, 2017
... college students who went there to study, church groups who put up schools and clinics, but especially those who had come to oppose US policy, based on past experience in the region or testimony from the frontlines by groups like Witness for Peace.
The Independent
December 11, 2016
The first was with Witness for Peace and the second with Profundo Journeys. My two portfolios on Cuba are the results of those trips.
Chestnut Hill Local
November 30, 2016
That same afternoon Father Floberg drove his pickup to the place where we would witness for peace the next day. He had a very sobering walk across broken glass and past burned out vehicles.
Winston-Salem Journal
November 25, 2016
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 4055 Robinhood Road, will have Brenda Humphrey talk about the work of Witness for Peace at the 9 a.m.
News & Observer
November 18, 2016
In 2009, Brown participated in a 10 day "Roots of Migration" trip with Witness for Peace. In a reflection of the trip on the Witness of Peace website (http://witnessforpeace.
Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel
November 13, 2016
Demonstrators in Skowhegan say 'Build bridges, not walls' in weekly anti-war protest. Activists said Donald Trump supporters have harassed them, but they go to the Margaret Chase Smith Bridge every Sunday to witness for peace anyway. By Doug HarlowÃÂ ...
Winona Daily News
November 2, 2016
Eric Nelson and Debi Niebuhr traveled with the Land Stewardship Project on a Witness for Peace delegation to Oaxaca in southern Mexico to witness the impacts of US policies on indigenous people.
Workers World
October 19, 2016
Signatories: Trans Queer People of Color Collective Charlotte, Tribe Charlotte, Southern Vision Alliance, Ignite NC, Youth Organizing Institute, NC Environmental Justice Network, Witness For Peace Southeast, Workers World Party, Movement to End RacismÃÂ ...
Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal
October 12, 2016
As a result, disillusionment, despair, and confusion have crept in, with many previous supporters on the left withdrawing their solidarity and interest in Latin America's experiments and social transformation.
Free Speech Radio News
October 7, 2016
A geographic analysis of the plebiscite results shows that voters from violence-ravaged communities overwhelming backed the accords.
University of Wisconsin- Superior
October 5, 2016
There will be a speaker from Witness for Peace about the people indigenous to Honduras and their fight against social injustices.
National Catholic Reporter (blog)
October 4, 2016
Empower all followers of Jesus to embrace Gospel nonviolence and be a prophetic witness for peace and social justice, without counting the cost.
The Guardian
October 2, 2016
The Dalai Lama did not pray for peace at the great interfaith meeting in Assisi, where world spiritual leaders, invited by the pope, do gather to pray and witness for peace. There were representatives of almost every other faith whose followers are ...
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