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Start Date & Time September 29, 2008 All day event. End Date & Time October 17, 2008 All day event. Location San Josecito San José de Apartado San Josecito, Antioquia, Colombia Event Cost 500 Euros Event URL http://www.sos-sanjose.org/u... RSVP Info Name: Http://www.tamera.org/index.php?id=462&L=0 Phone: +351 – 283 – 635 – 484 E-mail: info@sos-sanjose.org Webpage: http://www.sos-sanjose.org/i... Registration Deadline September 10, 2008 Categories Education Peace & Conflict Tags pilgrimage, peace, community You must be logged in to add tags.

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Caminata por la vida - Grace Pilgrimage 2008 by the Global Campus, Tamera, Portugal, in cooperation with the Universidad de la Resistencia,
Colombia and the Peace Village of San José de Apartadó, Colombia
“Walking Together for Peace”

The Colombia Pilgrimage Appeal invites you to support this peace action.

Approximately 400 people will go on a Peace Pilgrimage from October 1st to October 5th, 2008.
Peace workers from Israel, Palestine and many more countries - including representatives of the “new South American spirit of resurrection” from Mexico, Ecuador and other countries - will be led by Sabine Lichtenfels and Padre Javier Giraldo, together with experienced regional guides.
The idea for this pilgrimage grew out of the long standing cooperation between the Peace Research Centre Tamera, Portugal, and the Peace Village San José de Apartadó. Together with the inhabitants of other Colombian Peace Villages, they will show with this peace action their commitment to build up a global peace force which no longer stops at national borders.
The pilgrimage will pass through villages and hamlets surrounding San José, where, due to their remoteness, people live near military posts, police headquarters and other significant locations of the rebellion, totally unprotected between the fronts of the civil war. The goal of the pilgrimage is to become familiar with the threat to which Colombian peasants are exposed, to develop peace strategies, and to strengthen the Ring of Power – a confraternity for a future without war!
A media team will accompany The Caminata por la Vida – Grace Pilgrimage 2008.

“Creating Knowledge for a Peace Culture”

Following the pilgrimage an Educational Camp is to take place from October 7th to October 17th in San José de Apartadó. This event will mark the start of the Global Campus. In cooperation with the Campesino University of Resistance (Universidad del la Resistencia), participants will learn ecological and technological strategies for sustainability and self-sufficiency, for social knowledge, for conflict resolution and community development for peace villages, for social sustainability as well as non-violent resistance – knowledge that is needed to develop stable, nonviolent and self-sufficient peace villages.

The Peacevillage of San José de Apartadó
Eleven years ago the inhabitants of San José de Apartadó, located in the Northern part of Colombia, joined forces and founded the Peace Village. Between the fronts of the civil war they maintain non-violent resistance against murder and eviction. During these years more than 170 inhabitants of the village – women, men and children – were murdered by the military, paramilitary and the guerrillas. They suffered food blockades and energy shortages, and were attacked in many other ways. The Colombian government has so far refused to protect the village effectively; quite the opposite, President Uribe suspects them of cooperation with the guerrillas, thus declaring them to be outlaws. What is happening to San José is happening in this or in a similar way to many places on earth. It is a war of the armed forces, a war for power and natural resources against peasants and villagers who want nothing else but to live and work on their land. However, despite all attacks and threats, the inhabitants of San José carry on, practice the spirit of reconciliation, and work their fields.
Their vision is: a Colombia without war and displacement; a positive future for their children; a self-determined life in dignity; and a command of ecological, technological and social know-how for a sustainable life.
When the total costs of the action – including transport, food, organisation, technical gear and the travel costs for speakers (no speaker fees) – are divided by the number of participants, it adds up to EUR500 per person.

Adopt one (or more) pilgrim(s) and become his/her or their sponsor!

With each sponsorship of EUR500 you open up the possibility for one pilgrim from Colombia to participate!

Your participation in the Caminata por la Vida – Grace Pilgrimage is sincerely welcome! International participation is essential for all actions in Colombia. Only international escorts can protect the Columbian peasants and displaced persons from violations from the police, the military, the guerrilla and/or paramilitary groups. We therefore invite a limited number of international participants to take part in the Caminata por la Vida – Grace Pilgrimage.
For you the pilgrimage may turn out to be a special experience, a challenging time of personal growth, a time of awakening to the world situation and of becoming aware of your own power for change. It is a special experience to be hosted by the courageous people of a peace community, to experience their care and hospitality, their knowledge, their power of vision and to share their unbroken joy of life despite the attacks and threats they suffer.
The participation fee for the pilgrimage and the educational camp amounts to EUR 1.500 excluding your flight or any other travel costs. With this contribution you also finance the participation of two Colombian pilgrims.

Walking hand in hand – this motto is an invitation for direct financial solidarity.

To register your participation in the pilgrimage and/or educational camp please contact Andrea Regelmann at the following addresses:
Email address: info@sos-sanjose.org

Postal address:

Institute for Global Peace Work / Grace Foundation Monte do Cerro
P-7630 Colos,
Portugal
Telephone: +351 – 283 – 635 – 484
For more information: www.sos-sanjose.org

Comunidad de San José de Apartado :
http://cdpsanjose.org/?q=node/82