Media Coverage

What do Avatar (the movie) and Colombia have in common?  Check out this RTTV televised news coverage of our culminating rally for Colombia's displaced in Washington, D.C. 

More English coverage:

Pacifica Radio interviews WFP National Grassroots Organizer Ben Beachy for KPFK 90.7FM's "Sojourner Truth" show in Los Angeles (starts at minute 5:44). 

PalTalk News Network quotes displaced Colombians in an article published for its 4 million online readers. 

"The Surreal News Show" interviews Vanessa Kritzer of the Latin America Working Group for WSLR Radio in Sarasota, Florida. 

The "Jeff Farias Show" interviews Liza Smith of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, broadcast in Phoenix, Arizona on April 15, 2010. 

En Español:

Semana, la revista más leída en Colombia, saca un video sobre nuestra manifestacíon con cienes de desplazados frente la Casa Blanca. 

Metro Latino USA da cobertura a los "Desplazados Colombianos Frente la Casa Blanca" para la comunidad latina de Washington, DC. 

El Financiero da entrevista a activistas manifestando frente la Casa Blanca para un cambio de política hacia Colombia. 

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Snapshots of Nationwide Action

Click here to watch a slideshow of the best Face the Displaced photos from across the country.

Washington, DC

 Asheville, NC                                   Bogotá, Colombia

San Francisco, CA

 Hutchinson, KS                                     Chicago, IL

Techny, IL                                   Venice, CA

Washington, DC

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2010 Participating Groups
National Days of Action for Colombia

Colombia Participation

Click here to see moving footage and photos from a Face the Displaced service in Barranquilla, Colombia.  The Iglesia Presbiteriana de Pital helped craft the posters of the displaced, which advocates then displayed and commemorated in Universidad Reformada. 

Fifty-five Colombian congregations united in prayer and solidarity with this year's Days of Prayer and Action for Colombia.  Click here to see a letter of support from these Colombian churches.

U.S. Participating Groups

American University, Washington, DC
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
BART Station Display, San Francisco, CA
Blossom Hill Mennonite Church, Lancaster, PA
Butler University, Indianapolis, IN
Caitrin's House Party, Silver Spring, MD
CD release party tabling, Berkeley, CA
Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting, Philadelphia, PA
Circle of Mercy, Asheville, NC
College Hill Community Church, Presbyterian, Dayton, OH
College Mennonite Church, Goshen, IN
Columbus Mennonite Church, Columbus, OH
Community Mennonite Church, Harrisonburg, VA
Corvallis First Methodist Church, Corvallis, OR
Corvallis Menonite Church, Corvallis, OR
Corvallis Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Corvallis, OR
Corvallis United Church of Christ, Corvallis, OR
CRLN, 8th Day, USLEAP, Chicago, IL
Crossroads Mennonite Church, Lancaster, PA
Catholic Relief Services Webcast, Online
DC Culminating Rally, Washington, DC
Desayuno Colombiano, San Francisco, CA
Domestic Abuse Intervention Programs, Duluth, MN
East Chestnut Street Mennonite Church, Lancaster, PA
Elon Community UCC, Elon, NC
Etcetera Shop, Newton, KS
Eugene Friends Meeting, Eugene, OR
Evanston Mennonite, Evanston, IL
Faith Mennonite Church, Minneapolis, MN
First Church of Christ, Congregational UCC, Middletown, CT
First Congregational UCC, Washington, DC
First Presbyterian Church, Greensboro, NC
First Presbyterian Church, Santa Fe, NM
First United Pres. And UCC, Oak Park, IL
Green Mercantile Window Display, Duluth, MN
Harrisburg Brethren in Christ Church, Harrisburg, PA
Holy Names University, Oakland, CA
Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters, Antigua, Caribbean
Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters, Bronzeville, IL
Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters, Epworth, IA
Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters, Memphis, TN
Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters, Ridgewood, NY
Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters, Roger Park, Chicago, IL
Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters, St. Kitts, Caribbean
Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters, Techny, IL
Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters, Waukegan, IL
Homeless Mennonites seeking MC USA congregation, Lebanon, PA
Hyattsville Mennonite Church, Hyattsville, MD
Hyde Park Mennonite Church, Boise, ID
Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice, Ann Arbor, MI
InterReligious Task Force on Central America, Cleveland, OH
John's birthday party, Oakland, CA
Joy Mennonite Church, Oklahoma City, OK
Kent State University, Kent, OH
Latin America Solidarity Committee, Eugene, OR
Latin America Solidarity Conference, Olympia, WA
Lyn's House Party, Duluth, MN
Manhattan Mennonite Fellowship, New York, NY
Mennonite Fellowship of Asheville, Asheville, NC
Mennonite Relief Sale, Hutchinson, KS
Merilie Robertson gathering, Canoga Park, CA
Metamora Mennonite, Metamora, IL
Movement for Peace in Colombia, Queens, NY
New Creation Community Presbyterian Church, Burlington, NC
New Holland Mennonite Church, New Holland, PA
New Hope Fellowship, Alexandria, VA
Ojai Valley Community Church, Ojai, CA
Peace Church UCC, Duluth, MN
Portland Mennonite Church, Portland, OR
Presbyterian Peace Fellowship, Stony Point, NY
Redeemer Lutheran Church, Milwaukee, WI
Ridgefield-Crystal Lake Presbyterian Church, Crystal Lake, IL
Rutgers Presbyterian Church, New York, NY
Salem Mennonite Church, Salem, OR
Scottdale Mennonite Church, Scottdale, PA
SOA Watch Spring Event, Washington, DC
St Elizabeths High School, Oakland, CA
St. Harold's, Chicago, IL
St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA
St. Paul & St. Andrew United Methodist Church, New York, NY
Stirling Ave. Mennonite Church, Kitchener, ON
Tanya Cole's Colombian BBQ, Ojai, CA
The Catholic Community of St. Francis of Assisi, Raleigh, NC
UC Santa Cruz Colombia Research Cluster, Santa Cruz, CA
University of Minnesota--Duluth, Duluth, MN
University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Venice beach Display, Venice, CA
Ventura Community College MECHA, Ventura, CA
Wallingford Meaningful Movies , Seattle, WA
Wellington Ave. UCC, Chicago, IL
Wellspring UCC, Centreville, VA
Western Washington FOR Spring Assembly, Seattle, WA