By Quin Galvin Before leaving home to embark on a Solidarity Collective trip to Colombia, “Confronting Climate Change and Building Peace: Environmental Justi...

por Carlissa Arrow El Rio Naya Durante décadas, Estados Unidos ha estado experimentando una crisis humanitaria en la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México. ...

by Mickey Foley (originally published on April 18, 2016 on the Land Stewardship Project website) On day two of our trip, we visited EDUCA (which stands for t...

1. 21 years after NAFTA went into effect, neoliberalism is still making inroads (is alive and well) in Mexico. Over the last year or so, structural reforms w...

by Sarah Aldridge At the beginning of my summer vacation, from May 12th – 21st, I traveled with a delegation from Appalachian State University to Oaxaca City...

Witness for Peace is grateful to Emma Tai for contributing this post to the WFP blog. Emma lives in Chicago, where she works as a community organizer and res...

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By: Nina Schwartzman, delegate to Oaxaca, Mexico What would it take for a US city or region to ban genetically-modified (GM) seeds from their community? To s...

por James Hutter Es dificil imaginar un pueblo sin hombres. Es notable la gente que camina en las calles, pero hacia cualquier punto donde se dirija nuestra ...

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By Chelsey Dyer, WfP Southeast Board The houses surrounding me were small wooden structures, built by the hands of the community members who settled in them ...

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by Joan Fumetti It has been said that privilege is invisible to those who have it. Our trip to Oaxaca provided a unique opportunity for us to see our lives, ...

By Linda Harris (Español abajo.) My daughter Dawn and I knew Cuba would play with our expectations as soon as we landed.  The female personnel at the airport...

By Chandler Hillebert, Witness for Peace delegate to Cuba My trip to Cuba in the summer of 2012 was by far the best and most meaningful experience of my life...

By: Courtney Parker (Español abajo.) Courtney Parker recently participated in a Witness for Peace delegation to Cuba. She is an activist, mother, and graduat...

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New IT reflects on first delegation experience by Elizabeth Perkins It’s been two months since I arrived in Managua, Nicaragua to begin as a new Internationa...

by Diego Benitez Every Cuban family has a ration card to supplement their needs. The Cuban government offers its citizens a social safety net that includes f...