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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

 

Witness for Peace delegations

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Witness for Peace delegations provide experiential understanding of the effects U.S. policies, corporate practices and global economic trends place on the people of Latin America and the Andean region. Delegates stay with families, share meals and experience daily struggles. Stories are shared and a true north-south community for justice is formed.

• Colombia: The People Behind The Coal

May 28 - June 6, 2009

Colombia's coal comes from two of the largest open-pit coal mines in the world: El Cerrejón, begun by Exxon in the 1980s and now owned by a consortium of European-based companies, and La Loma, owned by the Alabama-based Drummond Company. Both of these mines export large quantities of coal to the United States, and both have been accused of serious human rights violations.

This delegation will follow the trail of the coal that supplies power to New England, meeting with human rights activists, trade unionists, members of Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities, and others affected by coal production in Colombia. We will explore how we as consumers can work in solidarity with communities and organizations in Colombia to hold corporations accountable for human rights.

Contact:


Avi Chomsky

978-542-6389


Steve Striffler

479-283-4795

• Nicaragua: The Children: Casualties of The War Against the Poor

June 27-July 7, 2009

• Explore how U.S. economic policies contribute to poverty in one of the hemisphere's poorest countries
• Meet sweatshop workers, coffee pickers, farmers and children of the informal work sector to hear their personal stories
• Dialogue with a wide range of rural and urban activists & experts working for social justice
• Experience the daily joys and fears with a family during the home stay in a country struggling to survive and compete in the global economy
• Discover what it means to a child to work in the "Informal Sector" (the most unregulated of all employments)
• Brainstorm a plan to end this system of oppression
• Develop grassroots strategies for change

This is an Intergenerational Delegation
Teens Encouraged to Apply

Lynette, Culverhouse

781-641-3076


Witness for Peace New England
P.O. Box 147
Richmond, VT 05477
802.434.2980
wfpne@witnessforpeace.org






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