Listerve Post From CPT Delegation Coordinator : Thursday, January 17, 2008 10:15 AM
Peacemaker Delegation Arrives in Bogota
Nine members of a delegation sponsored by Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) arrived in Bogota, Colombia yesterday evening. Over the next few days, the delegation will meet with church leaders and people displaced by Colombia's decades-long insurgency-counterinsurgency war, as well as with representatives of human rights organizations. Then the delegates will travel to the industrial city Barrancabermeja and the southern region of Bolivar province, where communities are threatened by the presence of several armed groups.
Members of CPT's January 16-29 Colombia delegation are Susan Lee Barton (Richmond, Indiana), Martin Bates (Salina, Kansas), Mary Benson (Brainerd, Minnesota), Doris Braley (New Brighton, Minnesota), Tyler Braun (Montreal, Quebec), Rachel Cloud (Eudora, Kansas), Paul Mukerji (Birmingham, England), Janie Stein (Salina, Kansas) and Jonathan Stucky (Bogota, Colombia).
Christian Peacemaker Teams is an initiative of the historic peace churches (Mennonites, Church of the Brethren, and Quakers) with support and membership from a range of Catholic and Protestant denominations. CPT has had a continuing presence in Colombia since May 2001.
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Christian Peacemaker Teams
PO Box 6508
Chicago, IL 60680-6508
Phone: 773-277-0253, Fax: 773-277-0291
Website: www.cpt.org
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