Community Peacemaker Teams
Sand in the gears
In Chicago, Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducts daily raids. Guided by his time in Occupied Palestine, Mark Frey reflects on how we can all be sand in authoritarianism's gears.
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Shoulder to shoulder
Every year, human rights defenders in Colombia are honored through the National Human Rights Prize presented by Diakonia and ACT Church of Sweden, with support from the Swedish government. Awards are given across four categories: “Defender of the Year,” “Social-Community Process,” “NGO-Social Organization,” and “Lifetime Recognition”. At this year’s ceremony on 7 September, CPT Colombia […]
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Thoughts on a delegation week in Lesvos, Greece
After hosting a delegation in Lesvos, CPT's Aegean Migrant Solidarity team had some time to reflect on the importance of keeping memory alive at Europe's borders.
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Stop the prosecution of Tommy Olsen and Panayiotis Dimitras
While pushbacks continue in the Aegean, the Greek justice system is putting on trial those who document and report them.
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When children run
In most places, children running signals joy. Here in occupied Palestine, it is often a sign that the army is nearby. This sight is common in and around the old city of Hebron/Al-Khail. On Saturdays, when the nearby settlers come to ‘tour’ the old city, the children run away together as the army arrives. The […]
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A theology of migration
On August 15, the second annual Friends Across Borders run took place in Douglas, AZ, and Agua Prieta, Sonora. People gathered on both sides of the border for a 5K run, to listen to elders share memories of the border from earlier times, and to celebrate at the wall with music, art, and food. The […]
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