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Delegation to Nicaragua |
| Urgent Fact-Finding Delegation to
Nicaragua August 8-17, 2002
International human rights observers are needed
right now in Nicaragua!
There is still time to apply for this Urgent
Delegation to Nicaragua!
[7-24-02]
Join Nicaragua Network, Quest for Peace, and IFCO/Pastors
for Peace on this emergency fact-finding delegation to Nicaragua.
Less than 3 months ago, Francisco Garcia Valle, a
well-known educator in Bluefields, Nicaragua, was brutally assassinated
in his own home while his wife, Dr. Maria Luisa Acosta was meeting with
a delegation from IFCO/Pastors for Peace. Dr. Acosta, human rights
lawyer and coordinator from the Center for Legal Assistance for
Indigenous Peoples (CALPI,) believes the assassination was intended for
her.
Right now, your solidarity is needed more than ever!
On this urgent fact-finding mission, delegates will:
 | Visit Dr. Acosta to give support during her time of
mourning and to learn more about the judicial situation of the
struggle to defend indigenous people and land on Nicaragua's
Atlantic coast; |
| Travel by plane and boat to the Atlantic coast
indigenous communities throughout the Pearl Lagoon Basin which are
engaged in a gallant struggle to defend the fraudulent procurement
and sale of their land by Peter Tsokos, a US citizen; |
| Talk to community leaders whose land is being
threatened by the dry canal project; |
| Meet with Nicaraguan non-governmental
organizations, such as the Nicaraguan Human Rights Center and the
Humbolt Center; and autonomous universities, such as the University
of the Autonomous Regions of the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua. |
The cost of the delegation is $660. Your participation fee will cover
all meals, accommodation, domestic transportation in Nicaragua including
a flight and several boat trips, and the full program. You will be
responsible for your own flight to and from Managua, Nicaragua.
Flights should be scheduled to arrive on August 8 and
can be scheduled to depart on Saturday, August 17.
For more information and an application to
participate, contact: IFCO/Pastors for Peace tel: 212-926-5757 fax:
212-926-5842
email: p4p@igc.org
web: www.ifconews.org |
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Some blogs worth visiting |
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PVJ's
Facebook page
Mitch Trigger, PVJ's
Secretary/Communicator, has created a Facebook page where
Witherspoon members and others can gather to exchange news and
views. Mitch and a few others have posted bits of news, both
personal and organizational. But there’s room for more!
You can post your own news and views,
or initiate a conversation about a topic of interest to you. |
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Voices of Sophia blog
Heather Reichgott, who has created
this new blog for Voices of Sophia, introduces it:
After fifteen years of scholarship
and activism, Voices of Sophia presents a blog. Here, we present the
voices of feminist theologians of all stripes: scholars, clergy,
students, exiles, missionaries, workers, thinkers, artists, lovers
and devotees, from many parts of the world, all children of the God
in whose image women are made. .... This blog seeks to glorify God
through prayer, work, art, and intellectual reflection. Through
articles and ensuing discussion we hope to become an active and
thoughtful community. |
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John Harris’ Summit to
Shore blogspot
Theological and philosophical
reflections on everything between summit to shore, including
kayaking, climbing, religion, spirituality, philosophy, theology,
politics, culture, travel, The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), New
York City and the Queens neighborhood of Ridgewood by a progressive
New York City Presbyterian Pastor. John is a former member of the
Witherspoon board, and is designated pastor of North Presbyterian
Church in Flushing, NY. |
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John Shuck’s Shuck and Jive
A Presbyterian minister, currently
serving as pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Elizabethton,
Tenn., blogs about spirituality, culture, religion (both organized
and disorganized), life, evolution, literature, Jesus, and
lightening up. |
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Got more blogs to recommend?
Please
send a note, and we'll see what we can do! |
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Plan now for our 2010 Ghost Ranch
Seminar!
GHOST RANCH SEMINAR
July 26-August 1, 2010
WE’RE ALL IN
THIS TOGETHER
CONFRONTING THE STRUCTURES OF INJUSTICE |
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