Year in Review 2004

February 1, 2004 - January 31, 2005

Teams of trained peacemakers reducing violence through:

• Biblically-based Peacemaking
• Nonviolent Direct Action
• Joining Local Peacemakers

CPT: Getting in the Way - 2004

For Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT), 2004 was a year of leadership transition, of deepening in risky discipleship, and of widening the circle of peace partners.

Gene Stoltzfus

After 17 years of spirited leadership, CPT's founding director Gene Stoltzfus passed the baton to two new Co-directors. CPT welcomed Doug Pritchard (Toronto, ON) as Co-Director for Program and Carol Rose (Chicago, IL) as Co-Director for Operations in September. Together they bring a wealth of gifts and experience needed to guide CPT's gutsy, growing peace ministry.

September was a particularly intense month for CPT field teams with beatings of CPTers by Israeli settlers in the Hebron District, unprecedented kidnappings of international humanitarian aid workers in Iraq, and the brutal paramilitary assassination of a Colombian farmer in CPT's accompaniment zone along the Opón River.

In 2004, CPT maintained full-time teams of disciplined, trained peacemakers in Palestine, Colombia, Iraq and Ontario and established a short-term project along the Arizona/Mexico border.

Partnerships with kindred movements streng-then the weave of our work. CPT both nurtured and was enriched by such partnerships in 2004 through exchanges with World Christian Frontiers (Korea) and common work in the South Hebron Hills with Operation Dove (Italian peace team).

During this fourth year of a five-year growth plan, CPT made significant strides towards developing the capacity to place more peacemaker teams in areas of violent conflict and militarization.

A total of 48 people served CPT full-time in 2004 along with 144 part-time Reservists. Our goal is to develop a full-time Corps of 65 (50 based primarily in the field with a support team of 15 full-time equivalent ) and a Reserve Corps of 250.

Financial growth lagged behind the increase in projects and personnel as we closed the year with a 9% drop in income over the previous year (towards a budget goal of $1.2 million). Individual and congregational giving remained stable but delegation income dropped with the cancellation of trips to Iraq.

We enter 2005 with abiding faith that Christians willing to commit their bodies and their dollars to this ministry can make major headway towards ending war in this century.

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Peacemaker Delegations

Short-term delegations of 7-14 days link communities experiencing violence with concerned individuals, churches and groups offering participants a first-hand experience of the transformative power of Gospel nonviolence.

Delegations serve as a primary mechanism for persons interested in active peacemaking and human rights to participate directly in CPT's violence-reduction ministry.

Often short-term delegations can ask questions, visit certain officials, or test new avenues of nonviolence in ways that strengthen the work of on-going teams.

In 2004, 149 people participated in 20 CPT delegations:

• Six to Palestine/Israel, in February, April, May, July, September, and November.
• Five international delegations to Colombia in February, May, July, September and January; 2 national delegations in April and November.
• Three to Arizona / Mexico borderlands in conjunction with the Tucson-based No More Deaths campaign in May, June, and July.
• Two to Iraq, in February and April; 3 were cancelled due to security concerns.
• Two to Asubpeeschoseewagong (Grassy Narrows, ON) in May and September.

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Hebron, West Bank
     a continuing presence since June 1995

During the 5th year of the Palestinian uprising (“second intifada”) and the 9th year of CPT's presence, most entrances to the Old City of Hebron were sealed off by Israeli military checkpoints resulting in economic and social strangulation of the area.

CPTers Diane Janzen and Maia Williams accompany Palestinian school children in the South Hebron Hills

In another attempt to push Palestinians to abandon the Old City of Hebron, the Israeli military demolished several homes between the Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba and the Cave of Machpela.

Two Palestinian partner families in CPT's Campaign for Secure Dwellings lost their homes to demolition in the Hebron District, one in the Old City and one in Beit Ummar.

The Israeli military confiscated large areas of Palestinian land in the Baqa'a and Wadi Ghrus valleys between Kiryat Arba and Harsina to connect the two Israeli settlements, leaving Palestinian residents isolated.

In the South Hebron Hills, CPT, along with the Italian peace team, Operation Dove, supported Palestinians suffering harassment from Israeli soldiers and settlers in the village of at-Tuwani.

CPTer Luna Villota replants an olive tree uprooted by Israeli soldiers in at-Tuwani.

Two Hebron CPTers were hospitalized after being attacked and severely beaten by Israeli settlers brandishing chains and a baseball bat on September 29. Chris Brown (San Francisco, CA) suffered head lacerations, bruised ribs and a collapsed lung. Kim Lamberty (Washington, DC) sustained a broken arm and an injury to the knee which left her walking with a cane for several weeks .

CPT and Operation Dove persisted in accompanying Palestinian children to school and on October 9, settlers attacked again, this time injuring CPTer Diane Janzen and a member of Operation Dove.

The flurry of media attention over the attacks prompted a measure of attentiveness by Israeli authorities to Palestinians' concerns. Palestinian villagers seized the opportunity to clear the way for health clinic construction and other community projects to move forward. Also, the Israeli military assumed responsibility for escorting the children past the settlements to school.

In 2004, CPT-Hebron:

• Monitored treatment of Palestinians at Israeli military checkpoints in the Old City of Hebron.
• Collected stories from Palestinian prisoners engaged in a hunger strike to expose mistreatment in Israeli prisons.
• Provided daily accompaniment for Palestinian children walking from Tuba, past an Israeli settlement, to school in at-Tuwani.
• Accompanied Palestinian shepherds under threat of attack as they grazed their sheep in the South Hebron Hills near the Israeli settlement of Havat Ma'on.
• Replanted olive trees on Palestinian land that were repeatedly uprooted by Israeli settlers.
• Joined Palestinians and Israeli peace activists in numerous acts of public nonviolent resistance to Israel's construction of a “security wall” which cuts through Palestinian territory.
• Provided on-scene briefings and updates for officials from various embassies, international journalists, fact finding groups, and individuals from Israel, Palestine, and overseas.
• Maintained contact with Palestinian partner families in the Campaign for Secure Dwellings.
• Hosted six peacemaker delegations.

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Colombia
     a continuing presence since February 2001

More than four decades of violence has cost over 200,000 Colombian lives. Both leftist guerillas and right-wing paramilitary groups use violence to maintain, consolidate or wrest control of markets, territory, resources and people, swelling the numbers of displaced civilians fleeing for their lives to over three million.

“Children Want Peace”

Despite ongoing human rights violations, including stepped-up repression against labor leaders, church workers and human rights defenders in 2004, Colombia is still the third largest recipient of U.S. military aid, after Israel and Egypt.

CPT continued to maintain a permanent violence-reduction presence with several communities along the Opón River in northern Colombia near the oil-refining city of Barrancabermeja. Once counted among those displaced by violence, these farmers and fishers returned to their homes and began to rebuild their lives three years ago with the accompaniment of CPT.

Following a rash of killings in the Opón communities at the end of 2003, terrified residents faced a difficult choice -- flee again, or stay and redouble their efforts to stop the violence from invading their homes. Most chose to stay.

In the spring, with the support of local peace, development and human rights groups from Barrancabermeja, the communities launched their “Process for Life, Liberty and Dignity of the Ciénaga del Opón.” This initiative provided a holistic framework for community members to 1) publicly insist that armed actors in the region respect their right to live in peace, and 2) organize to bring about much-needed economic development.

Throughout the remainder of the year, the commun-ity's resolve was put to the test by the attempted abduction of a community leader, the assassination of a local farmer, several major floods, and a marked increase in gasoline cartel activity on the Opón River leading to more frequent paramilitary incursions in the area. The illegal gas cartel operates under the protection of the paramilitaries.

CPTers witness soldiers from the Colombian Army allow the illegal gas cartel (linked to the paramilitaries) to pass by with impunity.

Colombian churches continued to send 8-12-member delegations to visit Barrancabermeja and the Opón communities during Holy Week and Advent. Former delegates met regularly in Bogotá, sowing the seeds for a possible regional CPT group in Colombia.

In 2004, CPT-Colombia:

• Maintained regular patrols and visits to rural communities along the Opón River.
• Made periodic visits to other communities engaged in similar peace processes within the Magdalena Medio region.
• Physically intervened to prevent paramilitary soldiers from abducting and killing a community leader.
• Accompanied grieving family and community members after the paramilitary assassination of Opón farmer Ancizar Giraldo.
• Monitored activity of the gasoline cartel and its paramilitary protectors on the Opón River.
• Documented specific human rights violations committed by armed groups; distributed reports to Colombian authorities, media, church and human rights networks.
• Met regularly with human rights groups and advisors in Barrancabermeja for planning and coordination.
• Hosted 2 national and 5 international delegations.
• Participated in numerous marches and demonstrations organized by local groups in the city.

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Iraq
     a continuing presence since October 2002

In its short history, the CPT team in Iraq responded to the drumbeat of war, the “shock and awe” bombing of Baghdad, and the ongoing U.S. occupation. The two years following the officially recognized war have been framed by continuing violence, insecurity, unemployment, and unrepaired infrastructure. Iraqis have struggled to maintain normal lives amidst daily bombings, attacks, kidnappings and lack of basic services such as electricity, water, and fuel.

Iraqi woman searches for her detained husband.

CPT-Iraq raised the clarion call about the systematic abuse of Iraqi detainees. In early 2004 the team issued a comprehensive report documenting detainee's testimonies of mistreatment and circulated the findings and recommendations to high-level U.S. authorities. When the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal captured international headlines later that spring, Iraq team members became a primary source of information for investigative journalists and other organizations.

The official hand-over of power from the U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority to the U.S.-appointed Iraqi Interim Government in June 2004, signified an official change in governmental status. However, Iraqis expressed their disillusionment with any real change in the power structure.

CPT maintained a near-constant presence in Iraq throughout the post “hot war” era despite heightened threats to the security of foreigners. The September 7 kidnapping of two Italian aid workers and the later abduction and eventual killing of Margaret Hassan, Iraq director of Care International and friend of CPT, meant significantly restricted movement for CPTers throughout the fall .

The team also nurtured connections with Iraqi human rights workers in Karbala who are committed to nonviolence and interested in developing a “Muslim Peace Team.”

In 2004, CPT-Iraq:

• Accompanied Iraqis to U.S. military installations to look for relatives held in U.S.-managed detention facilities and to seek compensation for physical injury, property damage and theft due to U.S. troop activities.
• Continued to collaborate with Iraqi human rights organizations in documenting and reporting the abuse of Iraqis classified as “security detainees” at the hands of U.S. troops. Issued two updates to last year's Report on Iraqi Detainees.
• Launched the “Adopt-a-Detainee” campaign sharing the stories of individual Iraqi detainees and inviting churches to advocate on their behalf. At least 500 individuals and groups from five countries participated in the campaign.
• Held a daily fast and vigil in Baghdad during Lent to call international attention to the mistreatment of Iraqi detainees.
• Published a weekly invitation to prayer, fasting and action from Advent 2004 to Easter 2005.
• Participated in Iraqi-led nonviolent actions such as the call by Grand Ayatollah Sistani in August 2004 for a march to Najaf to help end the standoff between the Al-Worked closely with Iraqi and international media to give a more balanced view of the situation.
• Observed the January 30, 2005 elections at several polling places in Karbala under the auspices of a local human rights group.
• Hosted two peacemaker delegations.

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Kenora, Ontario
     a continuing presence since December 2002

In December 2002, the Anishnaabe community of Asubpeeschoseewagong First Nation (Grassy Narrows, ON) began blockading logging trucks hired by the multinational corporation Abitibi-Consolidated under licence from the Ontario government to clear-cut the forests on the community's traditional land.

Women of Grassy Narrows in Kenora.

The community invited CPT's presence at the blockade to help prevent violence from angry loggers or the Ontario Provincial Police.

The blockade dramatically reduced Abitibi's access and ended clear-cutting near the community. Many people from Grassy Narrows indicate that CPT's presence contributed significantly to the blockade's general success.

Yet, even as negotiations between the Asubpeeschoseewagong First Nation, Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources, the Canadian government, and Abitibi inch along, logging continues in the northern reaches of Anishnaabe territory without the community's permission, removing sacred sites, destroying medicinal plants and trap lines, and increasing access to outside hunters.

Ontario CPTers hold a public vigil on behalf of Asubpeeschoseewagong First Nation’s struggle to stop clear-cutting on their traditional lands.

Throughout 2004, CPT continued to provide support at the blockade. With the diminished threat of overt violence at the blockade, however, community members urged CPT to begin addressing racist violence in the pulp mill town of Kenora (80 km southwest of Grassy Narrows).

Members of Grassy Narrows and other outlying Anishnaabe communities routinely face racist treatment when shopping, banking or seeking medical care in town. Aboriginal trappers and fishers displaced from their land onto the streets of Kenora are particularly vulnerable to police intimidation and severe beatings by white residents. Several have died in police custody.

CPTers moved to Kenora in August and teamed up with the local Anishnaabe Peace & Justice Coalition to engage Kenora police and citizens in public vigils and anti-racism education.

CPTer Stephani Sakanee (upper left) with Grassy Narrows friends.

In 2004, CPT-Kenora:

• Held vigils at sites of racist beatings and the local courthouse to call attention to violence against Anishnaabe people and lack of justice.
• Hosted two CPT delegations which met with blockade organizers, police officers, provincial government bureaucrats, the mayor of Kenora, and local citizens working against racism.
• Helped monitor Abitibi 's continued clear-cutting and destruction of trap lines on Asubpeeschoseewagong land.
• Supported the community throughout the process of a Coroner's Inquest into the police shooting of 17-year-old Geronimo Fobister at Grassy Narrows. The inquest yielded a verdict of homicide and set recommendations for avoiding such violence in the future.

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Arizona
     a seasonal presence initiated in 2004

CPTer Cliff Kindy on “Migrant Trail Walk ” in Arizona.

Over 200 migrants died in southern Arizona last year and many more were attacked en route from Mexico and Central America. U.S. immigration policy has increasingly militarized the border, forcing migrants to take remote routes through the deadly-hot desert. Local residents fear legal prosecution if they offer emergency aid to undocumented migrants or report the abuse of migrants by Border Patrol agents. The ominous presence of vigilante groups also contributes to a climate of fear in the borderlands region.

At a press conference in April, religious and civic leaders concerned about the rising migrant death toll denounced the flawed nature of current U.S. immigration policy and issued an alternative policy statement. Some pointed out the structural violence of “free trade” agreements which facilitate the movement of goods and capital while criminalizing the movement of people.

CPT responded to an invitation from the No More Deaths campaign, a coalition of human rights and humanitarian aid groups assisting migrants, to place a team in Cochise County, Arizona where threats of vigilante violence were strong.     From May through September 2004, team members lived in the border town of Douglas, home to the largest Border Patrol Station in the country.

CPTer Elizabeth Garcia at memorial vigil for migrants who died crossing the Arizona desert.

In 2004, CPT-Arizona:

• Joined the “Migrant Trail Walk” through the Arizona desert from Sasabe on the U.S./Mexico border to Tucson. The 75-mile walk kicked off the summer “No More Deaths” campaign.
• Conducted public memorial services for migrants who died in the deserts of Cochise County which helped draw media attention to border issues.
• Held a six-day desert fast to pray for the safety of migrants and to demonstrate publicly that it is not illegal to give food and water to those who are hungry and thirsty.
• Rendered limited emergency aid to migrants in distress as a humanitarian act of political resistance to harmful immigration policies and enforcement practices.
• Watched for evidence of vigilante violence.
• Maintained regular contact with Border Patrol agents and monitored their treatment of migrants.
• Joined local residents in regular prayer vigils.
• Facilitated weekly nonviolence trainings for “No More Deaths” campaign volunteers and two trainings for local residents.
• Hosted three CPT delegations to the borderlands region.

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Regional Groups

CPT Regional Groups are built around a core of trained CPTers and CPT supporters who work to reduce violence both in their local regions and by supporting or serving on already-established CPT projects. Regional Groups are a primary mechanism for expanding the breadth and depth of CPT support across the continents.

In 2004, the number of CPT Regional Groups grew by 60%:

• Eleven people from the DC area completed a Spring regional training resulting in CPT's newest regional group.
• CPTers in the United Kingdom formed CPT's first regional group outside of North America.
• CPT supporters in Minnesota and Iowa began meeting together to form CPT-Upper Midwest. They also convene separately as the “Minnesota subgroup” and the “Iowa subgroup.”
• CPT-Ontario organized a September regional training, growing that group's numbers to 37.

CPT-Cleveland: organized a public prayer vigil to draw attention to youth violence; joined a local peace witness against the U.S. Army School of the Americas (now WHINSEC); participated in a letter writing campaign to support a local couple doing war tax resistance; initiated a “pause for peace” during Sunday worship services at Lee Heights Community Church. Contact Wanda Ngolo; 216-291-4077; mhngolo@wmconnect.com

CPT-Colorado (CPT-CO): held monthly meetings which included updates on CPT activities, prayer, spiritual reflection, and planning; served as peacekeepers and trained peacekeepers for various local peace rallies; organized a second annual public prayer witness at their “adopted silo” - O2, Crying Children; served on teams in Arizona and Palestine. Contact Marilyn Miller; 303-499-5229; marilynfmiller@comcast.net.

CPT-Ontario denounces abuse of Iraqi detainees

CPT-DC: publicized talks by returning CPTers; provided hospitality and helped arrange meetings for CPTers visiting Capitol Hill; served on teams in Arizona, Colombia, Kenora, Iraq, and Palestine. Contact Steve Ramer; 202-328-3429; rameregan@yahoo.com.

CPT-Manitoba: joined members of Hope Mennonite Church for a three day Lenten fast and rush-hour protest in front of an Esso gas station in Winnipeg, bringing to light the links between oil interests and U.S. foreign policy, including the invasion of Iraq; served in Palestine and Colombia. Contact Jim Loney or Rebecca Johnson; 416-423-5525; canada@cpt.org

CPT-Northern Indiana (CPT-NI): met for potlucks, field reports, planning and send-offs for CPTers going to serve on teams in Arizona, Palestine, and Iraq; continued to co-sponsor Wednesday prayer vigils against the Iraq War. Contact Rich Meyer; 574-202-3920; richm@cpt.org.

CPT-Ontario (CPT-O): organized and joined numerous public witness actions related to Iraqi detainees and the indefinite detention of non-citizens in Canada, and an action at a bullet manufacturer; organized a weekend retreat on trauma healing and stress related to CPT work; served on teams in Asubpeeschoseewagong, Colombia, Iraq, Palestine, and Arizona. Contact Jim Loney or Rebecca Johnson; 416-423-5525; canada@cpt.org

CPT-United Kingdom (CPT-UK): met monthly in London to hear returning CPTers report on their field experiences; successfully launched a website (www.cptuk.org.uk) to spread the word about CPT in the UK; served in Colombia, Palestine, and Iraq. Contact Tim Nafziger; 011-02-08-341-6807; nafziger@gmail.com.

CPT-Upper-Midwest (CPT-UM): met periodically to hear field reports and to plan participation in local peace witnesses; the Minnesota subgroup participated in a large protest at a Alliant TechSystems which manufactures depleted uranium weapons; served on teams in Palestine, Kenora, and Iraq. Contact Amy Clark (IA): 319-330-4426; quakerlady_44106@yahoo.com; or Paul Neufeld Weaver (MN): 507-376-6782; weaverp@frontiernet.net.

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Communications Ministry

Providing fresh, first-hand stories and information for churches and supporters worldwide who advocate for victims of organized or state-sponsored violence can have a significant impact on public policy.

In 2004, CPT's Communications Ministry included:

CPTer Elizabeth Garcia at press conference in Arizona.

• “Signs of the Times” - distributed 17,000 newsletters each quarter to individuals and groups in 47 countries including 2000 to Canada.
• “Iraq: A Journey of Hope and Peace” by CPTer Peggy Gish, was published by Herald Press and is available from CPT for $15 (U.S.), $20 (Cdn) .
• Internet Services - posted an average of 6 news reports, action alerts, reflections, and updates from teams in the field each week to 1600 e-mail recipients via CPTNet ; field teams maintained Listserves for people with specific interest in Arizona, Colombia, Hebron, Iraq, and CPT's Campaign for Secure Dwellings; issued short Prayers for Peacemakers each Wednesday for use by congregations in worship and church bulletins; continued to improve the resources available on CPT's Web Site under the care of Corps members Diane Janzen and Mark Frey. To subscribe to these services, send a message to peacemakers@cpt.org.
• Speaking and Writing - CPTers wrote for regional publications and church-based periodicals, gave media interviews, and made an estimated 2,000 presentations at churches, schools, universities, conferences, and other settings. Contact CPT offices or visit the Speakers Bureau on our web site to schedule a CPTer to speak in your area.

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Personnel

CPT's Christian Peacemaker Corps is made up of trained peacemakers committed to three years of full-time or part-time service.

In fiscal year 2004 (2/01/04 - 1/31/05) the Peacemaker Corps totaled 190:

Kathy Namphy

• 48 trained peacemakers gave full-time leadership to CPT's violence-reduction ministry.
• 142 Reservists joined them on teams for periods of two to twelve weeks or more during the year.
• 14 Corps members (10 full-time and 4 Reservists) formed CPT's Support Team working out of offices in 4 locations in Canada and the U.S.

Current full-time and Reserve Corps members come from 29 U.S. states, 6 Canadian provinces, Colombia, the Philippines, and the United Kingdom. Four Reservists currently live in Bahrain, Jerusalem, and Haiti.

Full-time Corps members gathered for a 5-day retreat hosted by the Basilian Fathers on Strawberry Island, Ontario in August.

CPT lost one Reserve Corps member to death in August. Kathleen Kampmann-Namphy died while hiking mountains in Iran shortly before her scheduled three-month term with the Iraq team.

Interns & Volunteers

Six interns served on two teams in 2004:

• Hebron: Anna Sophia Bachman (Port Townsend, WA), William Burke (Portland, ME), and Vince Lummerding (Melfort, SK).
• Colombia: Carmen Kingsley (Elkhart, IN), Rachel Long (North Liberty, IN), and Andrea Wenger-Hess (Baltimore, MD).

Student interns from Northwestern and DePaul Universities in Chicago logged 60 hours helping with special research projects and cataloging CPT's library resources.

Faithful volunteers in the Chicago area saved CPT significant dollars by stuffing, sticking and sealing close to 70,000 envelopes and newsletters for mailing.   

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Training

CPT provides intensive training in nonviolence and peacemaking skills for full-time and Reserve Corps members.

In 2004, CPT invited 44 people to training:

• 22 individuals participated in CPT's four-week “peacemaker boot camp” held in Chicago in July/August and December/January.
• 22 people completed regional trainings in Washington, DC (spring) and Toronto, ON (fall).
• 9 training graduates joined CPT full-time and 27 committed to serve as Reservists.

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Public Witness

Prayers for peace at Boeing World Headquarters in Chicago

In 2004, CPTers spoke truth to power in bold acts of public witness and nonviolent resistance at the doors and in the halls of weapons manufacturers, military recruiting centers, congressional and parliamentary offices, military training schools, federal buildings, military bases, courthouses, political conventions, and violent toy retailers.

CPT Reservists in Kansas organized to accompany busloads of undocumented immigrants from across the state, fearful of raids and possible violence from counter demonstrators, to a rally in Topeka for immigrant rights.

CPTers celebrated the September closing of Project ELF - the U.S. Navy's communications transmitter for nuclear-armed Trident submarines located in northern Wisconsin. Fifty-five CPTers were arrested in civil disobedience actions at ELF during the 11 years that CPT supported the campaign to shut it down.

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Financial Summary   Donate to CPT

U.S. and Canada (in U.S. dollars)

[As a religious organization, CPT is exempt from filing audited annual financial statements (IRS Form990). We provide this financial summary reviewed by a professional accountant.]

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Supporting Denominations & Organizations

Denominations:

• Church of the Brethren (COB)
• Friends United Meeting (FUM)
• Mennonite Church Canada (MC-Canada)
• Mennonite Church USA (MC-USA)

Organizations:

• Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America (BPFNA)
• Every Church a Peace Church (ECAPC)
• On Earth Peace (OEP)
• Presbyterian Peace Fellowship (PPF)

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Steering Committee

The work of CPT is guided by a Steering Committee of representatives from supporting denomin-ations/organizations and at-large members.

Those who served on CPT's Steering Committee in 2004 were:

John Stoner & Hedy Sawadsky

Bob Bartel (Waldheim, SK) - MC-Canada
Tony Brown (Hesston, KS) at large
Walter Franz (Winnipeg, MB) - MC-Canada
Elizabeth García (Brownsville, TX) - Peacemaker Corps Representative
David Jehnsen (Galena, OH) - OEP
Cliff Kindy (North Manchester, IN) - COB
Susan Mark Landis (Orrville, OH) - MC-USA
Lee McKenna duCharme (Toronto, ON) - BPFNA
Maxine Nash (Waukon, IA) - at large
Orlando Redekopp (Chi-cago, IL) - COB
Ben Richmond (Richmond, IN) - FUM
Jacqui Rozier (Euclid, OH) - at large
Hedy Sawadsky (Vineland, ON) - at large
John Stoner (Akron, PA) - ECAPC
Rick Ufford Chase (Tucson, AZ) - PPF
Brian Young (Chicago, IL) - FUM.

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Peacemaker Corps: Full-Time and Reserve

Corps Members serving FULL-TIME in 2004 were:

Full-time Corps members at retreat in August.

Scott Albrecht (Kitchener, ON)
Kristin Anderson (Willmar, MN)
Ada í a Bernal (Colombia)
Chris Brown (San Francisco, CA)
Cal Carpenter (Minneapolis, MN)
Joe Carr (Kansas City, MO)
Matt Chandler (Springfield, OR)
Le Anne Clausen (Mason City, IA)
Kryss Chupp (Chicago, IL)
Susanna Collerd (River Forest, IL)
Noah Dillard (Tempe, AZ)
Claire Evans (Chicago, IL)
Tom Fox (Springfield, VA)
Mark Frey (Chicago, IL)
Elizabeth García (Brownsville, TX)
Peggy Gish (Athens, OH)
Barb Howe (Gainesville, FL)
Tracy Hughes (Sandusky, OH)
Diane Janzen (Calgary, AB)
Kathleen Kern (Webster, NY)
Scott Kerr (Downers Grove, IL)
Cliff Kindy (North Manchester, IN)
Erin Kindy (Tiskilwa, IL)
Joel Klassen (Toronto, ON)
Amy Knickrehm (Chicago, IL)
Jerry Levin (Birmingham, AL)
JoAnne Lingle (Indianapolis, IN)
John Lynes (East Sussex, England)
Lisa Martens (Winnipeg, MB)
Rich Meyer (Millersburg, IN)
Maxine Nash (Centerville, IN)
Jessica Phillips (Chicago, IL)
Kimberly Prince (Carrollton, GA)
Doug Pritchard (Toronto, ON)
Sheila Provencher (South Bend, IN)
Sara Reschly (Chicago, IL)
Sandra Rincón (Colombia)
Dianne Roe (Corning, NY)
Greg Rollins (Surrey, BC)
Carol Rose (Chicago, IL)
Matt Schaaf (Winnipeg, MB)
Pierre Shantz (Blainville, QC)
Kristyn Thurman (Camarillo, CA)
Kathie Uhler (New York, NY)
Luna Villota (New York, NY)
Stewart Vriesinga (Lucknow, ON)
Maia Williams (Dale City, VA)
Keith Young (Gobles, MI).

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Reserve Corps Members serving In 2004 were:

CPTer Anne Montgomery with Israeli soldier in Hebron.

Jane Adas (Highland Park, NJ)
Art Arbour (Toronto, ON)
Matthew Bailey-Dick (Waterloo, ON)
Nina Bailey-Dick (Waterloo, ON)
Bill Baldwin (Ottawa, ON)
Benno Barg (Kitchener, ON)
Nathan Bender (Toronto, ON)
Jan Benvie (Fife, Scotland)
Christy Bischoff (Asheville, NC)
Rafael Boria (Chicago, IL)
Lisa Brightup (Wichita, KS)
Paul Brohaugh (Brooklyn, NY)
Gary Brooks (Lexington, KY)
Sally Britton (Norwich, VT)
Ellis Brown (St. Agatha ON)
Michael Brown (Baltimore, MD)
Tricia Brown (Newberg, OR)
Mabel Brunk (Goshen, IN)
Chris Buhler (Waterloo ON)
Judith Bustany (Los Angeles, CA)
Pat Cameron (Wichita, KS)
Bob Carlsten (Denver,CO)
Elluage Carson (Shaker Heights, OH)
Christine Caton (Waterford, CT)
Amy Clark (North Liberty, IA)
David Cockburn (Shepperton, England)
Dan Dale (Chicago, IL)
Anita David (Chicago, IL)
Jenny Dillon (Washington, DC)
Rusty Dinkins-Curling (Roanoke, VA)
Bill Durland (Colorado Springs, CO)
Genie Durland (Colorado Springs, CO)
Korey Dyck (Winnipeg, MB)
Duane Ediger (Chicago, IL)
John Engle (Ft. Lauderdale, FL)
John Finlay (Walkerton, ON)
Jim Fitz (Tiskilwa, IL)
Alyce Foster (Cleveland, OH)
Jill Foster (Montreal, QC)
Lorne Friesen (Winkler, MB)
Ron Friesen (Loveland, CO)
Christina Gibb (Dunedin, New Zealand)
Art Gish (Athens, OH)
Michael Goode (Chicago, IL)
Jesse Griffin (Bedford Heights, OH)
Bob Gross (North Manchester, IN)
Matt Guynn (Richmond, IN)
Laurie Hadden (Markham, ON)
Carol Hanna (Shaker Heights, OH)
Wes Hare (Chapel Hill, NC)
Julie Hart (Newton, KS)
Anne Herman (Binghamton, NY)
Donna Hicks (Durham, NC)
Bob Holmes (Toronto ON)
Cole Hull (Friday Harbor, WA)
Sally Hunsberger (Washington, DC)
Maureen Jack (Fife, Scotland)
David Janzen (London, ON)
Allen Johnson (Dunmore, WV)
Rebecca Johnson (Toronto, ON)
Kathy Kamphoefner (East Jerusalem)
Kathleen Kampmann-Namphy (Palo Alto, CA)
Kathy Kapenga (Manama, Bahrain)
Bourke Kennedy (Skaneateles, NY)
Esther Kern (London, ON)
Nicholas Klassen (Fort Langley, BC)
Michael Lachman (Athens, OH)
Kim Lamberty (Washington, DC)
Mary Lawrence (Lunenburg, MA)
Wendy Lehman (Chicago, IL)
Gerry Lepp (Harrow, ON)
Gina Lepp (Harrow, ON)
Sis Levin (Birmingham, AL)
JoAnne Lingle (Indianapolis, IN)
Jan Long (Ft. Wayne, IN)
Reynaldo Lopez (Paranaque City, Philippines)
Murray Lumley (Toronto, ON)
Barb Martens (Ruthven, ON)
Ben Martin Horst (Eugene, OR)
K. Elayne McClanen (Sandy Spring, MD)
Cathy McLean (Strathroy, ON)
Paul-Philip (Paco) Michelson (Huntington, IN)
Bruce Miller (Madison, WI)
Cynthia Miller (Shaker Heights, OH)
Marilyn Miller (Boulder, CO)
Robin Miller (Shaker Heights, OH)
David Milne (Belleville, ON)
Phyllis Milton (Orange Village, OH)
Anne Montgomery (New York, NY)
Tim Nafziger (Goshen, IN)
Bob Naiman (Urbana, IL)
Paul Neufeld Weaver (Worthington, MN)
Henri Ngolo (Cleveland Heights, OH)
Wanda Ngolo (Cleveland Heights, OH)
Pieter Niemeyer (Stouffville ON)
Germana Nijim (Cedar Falls, IA)
Kathleen O'Malley (Albuquerque, NM)
Jerry Park (Mt. Ranier, MD)
William Payne (Toronto, ON)
Jocelyn Perry (New York, NY)
Amy Peters (Hanley, SK)
Lorin Peters (San Leandro, CA)
Paul Pierce (East Jerusalem)
Rick Polhamus (Fletcher, OH)
Jane Pritchard (Toronto, ON)
Kathy Railsback (Boise, ID)
Steve Ramer (Washington, DC)
Vern Riediger (Toronto, ON)
Jim Roynon (Archbold, OH)
Jacqui Rozier (Euclid, OH)
Stephani Sakanee (Sleeman, ON)
Jim Satterwhite (Bluffton, OH)
Eric Schiller (Ottawa, ON)
Betty Scholten (Mt. Rainier, MD)
Chris Schweitzer (New Haven, CT)
Janet Shoemaker (Goshen, IN)
Lena Siegers (Blyth, ON)
Allan Slater (Lakeside, ON)
Char Smith (Gibson City, IL)
Michael Smith (Gibson City, IL)
Scott Smith (Grants Pass, OR)
John Spragge (Toronto, ON)
Carol Spring (Washington, DC)
Charles Spring (Washington, DC)
Jerry Stein (Amarillo, TX)
Harriet Taylor (Germantown, MD)
Kitty Ufford-Chase (Tucson, AZ)
Rick Ufford-Chase (Tucson, AZ)
Kurtis Unger (Winnipeg, MB)
Will VanWagenen (Somerville, MA)
Annaliese Watson (Grants Pass, OR
Dwayne Wenger Hess (Baltimore, MD)
Haven Whiteside (Tampa, FL)
Rose Whiteside (Tampa, FL)
Matthew Wiens (Winnipeg, MB)
Dick Williams (Boulder, CO)
Gretchen Williams (Boulder, CO)
Doug Wingeier (Waynesville, NC)
Jane MacKay Wright (Providence Bay, ON)
Joshua Yoder (Elkhart, IN)
Mary Yoder (London, OH)
Diana Zimmerman (Baltimore, MD).

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Support Team

Scott Albrecht - Toronto Office and Publications Support;
Robin Buyers - Colombia Project Support Coordinator;
Kryss Chupp - Training Coordinator, Publications Coordinator;
Claire Evans - Delegation Coordinator;
Mark Frey - Administrative Coordinator;
Bob Holmes - Pastoral Support Coordinator; bobh@cpt.org
Rebecca Johnson - CPT-Canada Co-Coordinator;
Jim Loney - CPT-Canada Co-Coordinator;
Rich Meyer - Hebron Project Support Coordinator;
Amy Knickrehm - Chicago Office Coordinator;
Jessica Phillips - Personnel Coordinator;
Doug Pritchard - Co-Director - Program;
Sara Reschly - Regional Group Development Coordinator, Training Co-coordinator;
Carol Rose - Co-Director - Operations;
Maia Williams - Regional Training Coordinator;

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Contact CPT

CPT Chicago Office:

Christian Peacemaker Teams
P.O. Box 6508
Chicago, IL 60680
Tel: 773-277-0253; Fax: 773-277-0291
e-mail: peacemakers@cpt.org

CPT Canada Office:

CPT-Canada
Équipes Chrétiennes D'Action Pour la Paix-Canada
25 Cecil St., Unit 307
Toronto, ON M5T 1N1
Tel: 416-423-5525; Fax: 416-423-7140
e-mail: canada@cpt.org

Campaign for Secure Dwellings

Kathy Uhler - Coordinator
Tel: 917-270-5459; Fax: 509-753-5693