Archive - Apr 27, 2009

COLOMBIA: Days of Prayer and Action 2009

To commemorate the fourth annual Days of Prayer and Action, Christian Peacemaker Teams Colombia organized a public action on Monday, 20 April 2009 at 4:30 pm in a downtown Barrancabermeja park.  This year's theme highlighted the situation of the more than four million displaced people within Colombia.  Organizations and churches in Colombia, the United States, and Canada united in a call for justice, peace, and restoration in Colombia.  On Sunday 19 April 2009, hundreds of churches in Colombia, the U.S., and Canada prayed for peace in Colombia and for a change in these governments' unjust policies.  Monday, 20 April was set aside for public action and visits to U.S. government representatives to call for change in militaristic policies that continue to displace hundreds of Colombians every day.  As part of the day of action, groups constructed 4000 paper dolls—each doll representing 1000 displaced people in Colombia—to deliver to their government representatives.