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Ecumenical and Inter-Faith Education and Advocacy Resources: Colombia

American Friends Service Committee
Latin American/Caribbean Peacebuilding Program
1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102
Phone: 215 241-5717
http://www.afsc.org

Catholic Relief Services/US Conference of Catholic Bishops
209 West Fayette Street; Baltimore, MD 21201-3443
Phone 410-625-2220
http://www.catholicrelief.org, http://www.usccb.org

Church of the Brethren Washington Office
337 North Carolina Ave. SE; Washington, DC 20003
Phone: 202-546-3202; Fax: 202-544-5852
http://www.brethren.org/genbd/WitnessWashOffice.html

Christian Peace Teams
Box 6508; Chicago, IL 60680-6508
Phone: 773-277-0253
http://www.cpt.org/colombia/colombia.php

Conference of the Major Superiors of Men
Leadership Conference of Women Religious
8808 Cameron St., Silver Spring, MD 20910 USA
Phone: 301-588-4030 Fax: 301-587-4575
http://www.cmsm.org/

The Episcopal Church
Episcopal Church Center
815 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10017
Phone:  212-716-6000 or 800-334-7626
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/

The Episcopal Church Office of Government Relations
Episcopal Public Policy Network
110 Maryland Avenue, NE, Suite 309, Washington, D.C. 20002
Telephone: 202.547.7300 - Toll Free: 800.228.0515 - Fax: 202.547.4457
e-mail:  eppn@episcopalchurch.org; website:  http://www.episcopalchurch.org/eppn

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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
8765 W. Higgins Road; Chicago, IL 60631
Phone: 773-380-2700 or 800-638-3522 Fax: 773-380-1465 TDD: 800-442-3522
http://www.elca.org/

Friends Committee on National Legislation
245 Second Street, NE, Washington, DC, 20002-5795
Phone: 202-547-6000 Fax: 202-547-6019
http://www.fcnl.org

The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society
2020 K St., NW, Suite 7700, Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202-828-5115; Fax: 202-828-4144
http://www.hias.org/

Jesuit Relief Services
1616 P St., NW Suite 300; Washington, D.C. 20036-1405
Phone: 202-462-0400
http://www.jesuit.org

Lutheran Office for Governmental Affairs
122 C Street N.W., Suite 125; Washington, D.C. 20001
Phone: 202-783-7507
http://www.elca.org/advocacy/issues/latinamerica/#Colombia

  • Three Years of “Plan Colombia” – Displacement, Violence… AND No Peace, July 2003
  • Letter to U.S. Senators:  Drug Certification Process, March 2001
  • Letter to President: U.S. Drug Policy and Aid to Colombia, February 2001
  • Action Alert, New Military Aid Likely-Start Saying NO, February 2001
  • Letter to President Clinton: Human Rights in Colombia - Waiver Process, December 2000.
  • Legislative Update: Church Questions U.S. Aid to Colombia, November 2000

Lutheran World Relief - Office of Public Policy
122 C Street NW, Suite 125; Washington, D.C. 20001
Phone: 202-626-7933
http://www.lwr.org/advocacy/index.asp

Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns
P.O. Box 29132
Washington, D.C. 20017-0132
Phone: 202-832-1780 Fax: 202-832-5195
http://home.maryknoll.org/

P.O. Box 311
Maryknoll, N.Y. 10545-0311
Phone: 914-941-7575, x5663 Fax: 914-923-0733

Mennonite Central Committee
MCC Washington Office
110 Maryland Ave., NE; #502; Washington, D.C. 20002;
Phone: 202-544-6564
http://www.mcc.org/

Mennonite Church USA
Mennonite Church USA Executive Board
500 S. Main St., P.O. Box 1245, Elkhart, IN 46515
Phone: 574-294-7523
http://mcusa.mennonite.net/

Mennonite Church Canada
600 Shaftesbury Blvd; Winnipeg,MB;R3P 0M4
Phone: 204-888-6781, Fax: 204-831-5675
http://www.mennonitechurch.ca/

Church World Service
Church World Service
28606 Phillips Street; P.O. Box 968
Elkhart, IN 46515
Phone: 1-800-297-1516, Fax: 574-262-0966
http://www.churchworldservice.org

Church World Service
475 Riverside Dr.
New York, NY 10115
Phone: 212-870-2061, Fax: 212-870-3523

NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby
801 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE; Suite 460; Washington DC 20003-2167
Phone: 202-547-5556; Fax 202-547-5510
http://www.networklobby.org

Presbyterian Church (USA)
Presbyterian Washington Office
100 Maryland Avenue NE #410; Washington, DC 20002
Phone: (202) 543-1126 Fax: (202) 543-7755
http://www.pcusa.org/washington/index.htm

  • Colombia – Resources: http://www.pcusa.org/pcusa/wmd/ep/country/colhome.htm
    • Links, including to partner churches, resources, statements, demographics and history of Colombia, and mission opportunities
  • Redirect Funds, Redirect Lives (July/August 2003) http://www.pcusa.org/pcusa/horizons/HrznNoDc03/WashWatch.htm
    • As the world's attention turns toward the Middle East and the "War on Terror," the desperate situation in Colombia continues to deteriorate. The civil war between the paramilitaries, the rebel groups and the Colombian Army causes the suffering of millions of innocent men, women and children---three million of whom have been displaced by the violence.
  • Quarterly Bulletins – Latin America http://www.pcusa.org/washington/issuenet/latin.htm
  • Human Rights Update and Study Guide 2002-2003, Approved by the 215th General Assembly, PCUSA (fairly large PDF file - see pp. 49-50) http://www.pcusa.org/oga/publications/human_rights02-03.pdf
  • Military Aid to Colombia May Be Massively Expanded (March 2002) http://www.pcusa.org/washington/issuenet/gs-020319.htm
    • Broadening military aid in Colombia could have a drastic effect on the country's already dire humanitarian situation. The 40-year armed conflict in Colombia has left almost 400,000 civilians dead. Many members of Congress have good intentions, and want to support an end to violence in Colombia. But adding more military aid is not the way to do it.
  • Letter to the President from Stated Clerk (July 2001) http://www.pcusa.org/pcusa/wmd/ep/country/col-pres.htm
  • Colombia Displacements Creating a Humanitarian Catastrophe (April 2001) http://www.pcusa.org/washington/marchapril.htm
    • The displacement is a direct result of the violence of a 37-year old internal struggle in Colombia that has claimed at least 35,000 civilian lives in the past decade alone. Originally triggered by confrontation over land, the current violence in Colombia involves state military groups, paramilitary groups, and armed insurgent groups. And, since the 1970' s drug trafficking has introduced a new element into the conflict. Indeed, there are currently so many militarized groups - from the army and police to various guerilla groups, contra-guerilla death squads and criminal gangs - in Colombia's political life that most analysts simply lump them together under the term "the armed actors.
  • Fighting A Misguided War: Drug Policy in the Andes(1st quarter, 2001) http://www.pcusa.org/washington/issuenet/latin-010206.htm
  • Stewardship of Public Life: Latin America Vol. 9, No.4, 4th Quarter, 2000 Colombia: Three Simple Question; Act Now http://www.pcusa.org/washington/issuenet/latin-001100.htm

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United Church of Christ
Office of General Ministries (OGM)
700 Prospect Avenue; Cleveland, OH 44115-1000
Phone: 866-822-8224
http://www.ucc.org/

United Methodist Church
100 Maryland Avenue, N.E. Ste. 400; Washington, D.C. 20002-5620
General Board of Church and Society
General Board of Global Ministries, The United Methodist Church

United Methodist Women

Witness for Peace
707 8th St., SE Suite 100; Washington, DC 20003
Phone: 202-547-6112
http://www.witnessforpeace.org/sites/colombia.html

Multi-Denominational Statements:

Religious Leaders for a More Just and Compassionate Drug Policy
http://www.religiousleadersdrugpolicy.org/

    • U.S. Intervention in Colombia: Fighting a War Against Drugs or a War for Oil and Political Hegemony? To halt drugs, or to increase profits and political domination?
      1. Eradication: A practical policy
      2. Big Money Lobbies
      3. Politics Paramilitaries and US funding in Colombia's Civil War.

Resource list compiled by Colombia Steering Committee Faith-Based Members
To update list forward information to: Carlos Sanchez, Catholic Relief Services

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