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Peace Communities

Colombian Peace Communities

• What is a "Peace Community?" Understanding Grassroots Resistance in Colombia
• Views From the South Today in Colombia, many indigenous groups and Afro-Colombians practice nonviolence as a way of life, even in the face of crisis.
• Women Waging Peace A series of workshops has brought together women from the majority Mestizo community along with indigenous women and Afro-Colombian women, who trace their descent from the slave plantations of the country’s west coast.
• The Widening War and Colombia Most people in Colombia are pessimistic about the possibility of achieving a peaceful resolution to Colombia’s conflict, but the communities in resistance are flames of hope.
• 50,000 Marching For Peace Nearly 50,000 indigenous peoples arrived at La María and began to march.

Afro-Colombia Peace Communities

• U.S. Military Aid and its Impact on the Afro-Colombian People (PDF) Most people are surprised to find out that Colombia has a population of African descendants. The majority of Afro-Colombians live on the Pacific coast. They are descendants of the Africans who were enslaved and forced to work in mines, sugar plantations, cattle ranches, textile mills and as domestics.
• Defending What We Have Created:
  An Afro-descendent Community's Testimony from Rural Colombia.
• The Voice of a Peacemaker: Maria Teresa Pinto.
  

Indigenous Colombian Peace Communities

• International Verification Mission Final Declaration on the situation of Indigenous Peoples in Colombia New
• Indigenous People in Colombia
• Living in Peaceful Resistance Amidst the Conflict in Colombia - AFSC's Concern for the Safety of Indigenous Communities The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) has had a long standing partnership with Indigenous communities in Colombia. We are extremely concerned about the increasing assassination of indigenous peoples and their political and spiritual leaders.
• The Testimony of Doris Mutumbajoy, an Indigenous Woman from the Inga tribe in Colombia.
• Protector of Life: Jose Bernal of the Indigenous Guard.

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