AFSC's Work in Colombia
AFSC works in Colombia, the Andean Region, and in the United States;
- To dismantle the myth that the war in Colombia is a war on drugs or narco-terrorism by creating resources and making available speakers in the United States that can address and take apart the illusion that the conflict in Colombia is just about drugs;
- To Mobilize the US public to put pressure on the US government in order to change its so called drug war policies towards Colombia;
- To bring representatives from partner communities and AFSC Quaker International Affairs Representative from Colombia to meet with Congressional leaders on a regular basis to lobby for changes to US policy;
- By documenting and presenting cases of human rights abuses to congressional members so that they may be more educated about the impact of US policy in Colombia.
- By creating an early warning system to alert concerned US citizens about assassinations of indigenous leaders in Colombian peace communities;
- With women helping their communities deal with violence in the Putumayo department of Colombia;
- To educate US public about indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities living in peaceful resistance by creating fact finding missions from the US to Colombia and bringing leaders from the communities living in peaceful resistance to speak to legislative representatives and the US public about the true situation in their country;
- To lead human rights and mental health workshops with the Indigenous Guard of the Nasa people in Colombia 's Cauca department;
- And to create exchanges between indigenous people in Colombia, Ecuador, and the United States. (At the recent indigenous Summit of the Peoples in August 2004 they shared their experiences of resistance and peacebuilding and created strategies for the future.)
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