The Cuba Rambler
by Diego Benitez Every Cuban family has a ration card to supplement their needs. The Cuban government offers its citizens a social safety...
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In the city, you only eat if you have money
From February 25 to March 4 I was in Oaxaca, Mexico as coordinator of a Witness for Peace delegation exploring links between migration...
Lessons From Oaxaca to Occupy Movement: A Delegate Reports Back
By Reid Mukai CAGJ Co-Chair and Delegate on joint CAGJ/Witness for Peace Delegation in September 2011, “Food, Farms, and the Roots of...
“We Returned Home Changed:” Reflections on the 2011 Teen Delegation to Nicaragua
Gail Phares, one of Witness for Peace’s founders and the organization’s Southeast Regional Organizer, leads an annual teen delegation to...
Honduras: Two Years After Military Coup, U.S.-Backed Repression Continues
By Riahl O’Malley International Team Witness for Peace Two years ago today, Manuel Zelaya, then the democratically-elected president of...
Back from the Campo
This week students from the College of New Jersey’s Bonner Center for Civic and Community Engagement are in Nicaragua with a Witness for...
“I came home with a sense of hope, love, energy, happiness, and peace, knowing that I could ta
By Cecilia Gregg Last summer I had the opportunity to travel to Colombia on a delegation with Witness for Peace (WFP), a politically...
Nicaragua: “There is so much the world can learn from you. There is so much I have learned fr
This week students from the College of New Jersey’s Bonner Center for Civic and Community Engagement are in Nicaragua with a Witness for...
Environmental Lessons from a Witness for Peace Delegation to Nicaragua
Last year a University of Portland student said that before joining a Witness for Peace delegation, “I was not politically aware, but...
The Campo Homestay: “It’s outside our comfort zone but stepping out for 3 days and embr
This week students from the College of New Jersey’s Bonner Center for Civic and Community Engagement are in Nicaragua with a Witness for...
“We Were Given $2 to Spend on Food for a Family of Six”
This week students from the College of New Jersey’s Bonner Center for Civic and Community Engagement are in Nicaragua with a Witness for...
Traveling to Nicaragua Tomorrow!
This week students from the College of New Jersey’s Bonner Center for Civic and Community Engagement are in Nicaragua with a Witness for...
“These past two days have undoubtedly changed the way that I see the world, and I can’t
Last year a University of Portland student said that before joining a Witness for Peace delegation, “I was not politically aware, but...
Delegation to Mexico: Learning from the Heart
By Arnie Alpert Don Gregorio was one of the first people our Witness for Peace group met in San Juan Sosola, a small village in the...
The Human Face of Coal
Check out this recent column from Lynn Nadeau in Marblehead, MA. She’s been hosting Jairo Fuentes Epaiyu, a Colombian man from a coal...
“Tell Everyone What You Witnessed Here”
Within the United States, the struggle in Colombia is too often brushed over or misunderstood. If the Colombian conflict is mentioned at...
