Just back from a month-long research trip in Colombia, John Lindsay-Poland of the Fellowship of Reconciliation will share eyewitness experiences with communities using active nonviolence to refuse participation in the armed conflict, civil groups maintaining collective memory of the conflict, as well as with soldiers who have been part of this long war. Learn about peace communities, the current process seeking an end to war, and efforts to hold the United States accountable for its role in Colombia’s trauma.
Thursday July 18, 6:00 – 8:00pm
Salem Lutheran Church
1428 W. Broadway Ave., Spokane, WA 99201
Since 2000, the United States has spent more than $8 billion on “Plan Colombia,” most of it military aid, as part of the “drug war” and “war on terrorism.” Nearly five decades of armed conflict in Colombia have subjected Indigenous people, women, union activists, youth, journalists, and human rights workers to violence by guerrillas, paramilitaries and the U.S.-backed Colombian military. Yet, despite this adversity, Colombians refuse to give up in their courageous quest for peace and social justice.