Witness for Peace : New England

New England

Witness for Peace - New England is a regional association whose mission is to support and carry out the work of national Witness for Peace, a politically independent, grassroots organization committed to non-violence and led by faith and conscience. As a grassroots movement Witness for Peace - New England raises awareness of and gives testimony to violations of human rights in Latin America and the Caribbean as well as advocates for U.S. economic and social policies that support these basic rights.

Witness for Peace - New England works with people of faith and conscience to develop skills and strategies that will transform destructive U.S. policies into ones of life, opportunity and hope.

Indigenous Solidarity Reaches Across Borders

On February 7, 2013, USET, an intertribal organization comprised of federally-recognized tribes on the east coast of the United States from the Micmacs in Maine to the Miccosukee Tribe of Florida,* passed a resolution to stand in peaceful solidarity with Colombia’s Indigenous. Click the link above to read the whole article.

WITNESS FOR PEACE NEW ENGLAND PRESENTS

Witness for Peace NE is pleased to bring Ligna Pulido, an indigenous Colombian leader, to tour New England from October 8th thru the 26th. Ligna will speak on the Colombian Consolidation Plan, its connections to U.S. policy, to historical and present U.S. intervention in Colombia, and to the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement. She also brings particular expertise, gained through her work with the Center for Gender Studies at the University of Valle and her work within the community, in the politicization of women and the particular impacts of militarization on them. Sr. Pulido's, The CRIC (The Cauca Regional Indigenous Council) is now in the process of bringing suit against the Consolidation Plan in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of the OAS (Organization of American States), She will illuminate the connections between militarization, international trade, land rights, and environmental protection. The themes of this tour are especially crucial right now because of the increased violence in the Cauca region.

Good News from Vermont Migrant Farmworker Solidarity Project!

Congratulations to our friends at Vermont Migrant Farmworker Solidarity Project, who send this good news for immigrant rights!

News from the Field---July 2011

Ellen McGill, one of our WFP activists from Rhode Island, sends this News from the Field, regarding the Colombia FTA protest this week.

Upcoming Delegations

Click here for upcoming delegations organized by Witness for Peace - New England region.

Our Violent U.S.: A Christian Perspective

The Reverend Jennifer Phillips, Episcopal Chaplain at the University of Rhode Island, and Pastor of St. Augustine's Church, gives us this perspective.

Another Year of Living Violently

On January 8th, a man, armed by NRA-backed laws and fueled by right-wing rhetoric, shot and killed 6 people and wounded 13 others with a semiautomatic handgun in Arizona. Less than three weeks later, Utah's House of Representatives responded by passing a bill naming the Browning-designed M1911 semi-automatic handgun the official state gun.

American Friends Service Committee report

An enlightening summary of our tax dollars at work, from our friends at the American Friends Service Committee.

Thoughts on This Fall's "Cultivating Peace" Tour

Huge thanks to our friend and partner, Arnie Alpert, at American Friends Service Committee in Concord, N.H. for his great organizational work setting up the Waysmeet Center at the University of New Hampshire and hosting, with his warm and wise partner, Judy Elliot, us and a wonderful house party. The events introduced so many wonderful people to Kiado Cruz and the richly overlapping worlds of environmental and diversity protection, food sovereignty, and social justice.