Deadline for registration: June 1, 2008

Come, see and be seen. Your presence on this delegation has a tremendous impact for peace in the Philippines. In a nation where human rights violations are rampant, the visible presence of international partners has a measurable impact in reducing violence. Come walk in solidarity with our Filipino sisters and brothers. It can save lives, and it will change yours.

by Sarah Henken, PPF Colombia Accompaniment Coordinator

On March 6, 2008 I was privileged to participate along with a number of other PPFers in a demonstration in Washington DC that remembered the victims of the violence in Colombia—the many thousands who have lost their lives, those who have been disappeared, as well as the millions who have been forcibly displaced from their lands and those who continue to face harassment, persecution, and assassination for their insistence in standing up for human rights.

As a result of their acts of civil disobedience in protest of the SOA/WHINSEC last Novemeber, our two Presbyterian prisoners of conscience reported to begin serving their sentences on April 3. LeAnne Clausen will be in a county jail for 30 days and Chris Lieberman was assigned to a federal prison for 60 days.

Please take a moment to send them a letter of support:

A training for young adults on counter-military recruitment.

Memorial Day weekend, Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, New Mexico.

We will counter military recruitment by recruiting Peacemakers.

"Training for Trainers" - for 16 to 20 year-old young adults.

by Matt Black

Peacemaking is not a fair weather activity.

Last year, at the first Christian Peace Witness for Iraq, I was one of the 222 who were arrested in front of the White House. We had moved through snow throughout the day and struggled in the bitter cold late in the evening until we were arrested.

This year, it was the rain