top of page
Search
Free is not Fair
New IT reflects on first delegation experience by Elizabeth Perkins It’s been two months since I arrived in Managua, Nicaragua to begin...
Sep 5, 20125 min read
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...
Apr 6, 20125 min read
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...
Mar 21, 20123 min read
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...
Nov 2, 20118 min read
“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...
Aug 1, 20113 min read
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...
Jun 28, 20112 min read
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...
May 25, 20112 min read
“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...
May 24, 20112 min read
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...
May 20, 20112 min read
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...
May 18, 20113 min read
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...
May 18, 20115 min read
“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...
May 16, 20112 min read
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...
May 14, 20112 min read
“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...
May 13, 20114 min read
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...
Jul 23, 20103 min read
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...
Apr 27, 20101 min read
“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...
Apr 22, 20102 min read
COMMENTARY
bottom of page