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PLA Responds To Eta’s Devastation

PLA Responds to Eta’s Devastation

Peacebuilding en las Americas, an initiative of Friends Peace Teams, is responding to the devastation in Central America caused by Hurricane Eta, soliciting donations and working with their partners to supply people with food and other basic needs in this time of crisis. In addition, SEYM Friends have helped with…

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Peacebuilding En Las Americas June Update

Peacebuilding en las Americas June Update

Monica Maher, Peacebuilding en las Americas Coordinator for Friends Peace Teams, sends us this report for June 2020. The Peacebuilding en las Américas (PLA) Peace Baskets Project (PAN PAV) is successfully underway in all five countries where PLA works: Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Colombia and Ecuador.   The project was designed…

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Peacebuilding En Las Américas, Coping With Pandemic

Peacebuilding en las Américas, Coping with Pandemic

Coordinator Mónica Maher sent this report from Peacebuilding en las Américas (PLA). Their network of AVP facilitators in Ecuador, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras are coping with dire pandemic conditions: hunger, human rights violations, the collapse of public health systems, and more. They have set up a special PLA…

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Gainesville Friends Plan Direct Action Campaigns

Gainesville Friends Plan Direct Action Campaigns

Following up on what they learned in the recent George Lakey workshop, ‘How We Win,’ Gainesville Quakers have begun taking steps to wage nonviolent direct action campaigns. First, they held a worship sharing/forum to determine group and individual leadings for waging. Four issues were identified: Rodman Dam area restoration of…

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