August 15-29, 2009
Delegation to San José Peace Community, Medellín and Eastern Antioquia
Witness the incredible commitment and experience of the Peace Community of San José and other Colombian grassroots initiatives. To download an application, please click here [1].
2009 FOR Delegation to Colombia Program Highlights:
- Travel to the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó
- Meet with people whose family members have been killed by the US-funded Colombian army and are non-violently working for justice for these crimes.
- Meet grassroots activists who courageously and creatively advocate for truth, justice and integral reparations.
- Experience unparalleled access to understand both impunity and advances to justice for a massacre in San José that shocked the international community.
- Understand the U.S. media blanket on Colombia and get a glimpse of the side of Colombian life that rarely arrives to the U.S.
$1500 from Bogotá. For information contact John Lindsay-Poland, johnlp@igc.org. To download an application, please click
click here [2]. Please apply by June 30.