http://witnessforpeace.org/ Witness for Peace (WFP) is a politically independent, nationwide grassroots organization of people committed to nonviolence and led by faith and conscience. WFP’s mission is to support peace, justice and sustainable economies in the Americas by changing U.S. policies and corporate practices which contribute to poverty and oppression in Latin America and the Caribbean. http://witnessforpeace.org/article.php?id=943 <div class="text blurb">See what a New York police officer learns about the roots of migration when he travels to Mexico in this WFP documentary.</div> http://witnessforpeace.org/article.php?id=943 http://witnessforpeace.org/article.php?id=968 <div class="text blurb">An unprecedented 43,000 people participated in this year's National Days of Action for Colombia. Click here to see what they accomplished.</div> http://witnessforpeace.org/article.php?id=968 http://witnessforpeace.org/article.php?id=758 <div class="text blurb">A documentary following a group from North Carolina as they come face to face with the roots of migration in Mexico.</div> http://witnessforpeace.org/article.php?id=758 http://witnessforpeace.org/article.php?id=963 http://witnessforpeace.org/article.php?id=963 http://witnessforpeace.org/article.php?id=881 <div class="text blurb">Two videos of human rights activists from Colombia speaking from the gates of the School of the Americas at the 2009 Vigil to Close the SOA.</div> http://witnessforpeace.org/article.php?id=881 http://witnessforpeace.org/article.php?id=860 <div class="text blurb">Tension surrounding Mexican immigration is growing, and many would say that the system is broken, especially Paola Gutierrez Galindo. From Oaxaca, Mexico, Galindo holds a degree in Indigenous Law and is focused on the impact of migration on identity and family in Oaxacan indigenous communities. At a presentation hosted by the University of Pittsburgh Center for Latin American Studies, she explained her concern about migration as a Mexican worried about the demise of her community, a view unfamiliar to many Americans.</div> http://witnessforpeace.org/article.php?id=860 http://witnessforpeace.org/article.php?id=870 <div class="text blurb">Watch Nicaraguan coffee farmer Eddy Gutierrez Zavala share his experiences on a WFP-sponsored speaker tour.</div> http://witnessforpeace.org/article.php?id=870 http://witnessforpeace.org/article.php?id=717 <div class="text blurb">Watch our organizer Ben Beachy break down the Merida Initiative in the context of Mexico's escalating violence. The speech was part of an Anti-Militarization Teach-In in February, organized by the Latin America Solidarity Coalition and the North American Congress on Latin America. </div> http://witnessforpeace.org/article.php?id=717 http://witnessforpeace.org//downloads/MEX_New Merida Initiative Factsheet .pdf http://witnessforpeace.org//downloads/MEX_New Merida Initiative Factsheet .pdf http://witnessforpeace.org//downloads/MEX_New Merida Initiative Factsheet .pdf http://witnessforpeace.org//downloads/MEX_New Merida Initiative Factsheet .pdf http://witnessforpeace.org//downloads/ROMdoc_2007final_1.pdf <div class="text blurb">Download Witness for Peace's fact sheet, discussion questions and action ideas.</div> http://witnessforpeace.org//downloads/ROMdoc_2007final_1.pdf http://witnessforpeace.org//downloads/ROM Factsheet.pdf <div class="text blurb">Quick and compelling facts on NAFTA's 15-year legacy of forcing Mexicans to migrate north. </div> http://witnessforpeace.org//downloads/ROM Factsheet.pdf http://witnessforpeace.org//downloads/ROMdoc_2007_ESPfinal_1.pdf http://witnessforpeace.org//downloads/ROMdoc_2007_ESPfinal_1.pdf http://witnessforpeace.org//downloads/cafta_and_women.doc <div class="text blurb">Download this short fact sheet on the Central American Free Trade Agreement and its impact on women.</div> http://witnessforpeace.org//downloads/cafta_and_women.doc http://witnessforpeace.org/article.php?id=299 <div class="text blurb">Read about the threatened impacts of CAFTA in Nicaragua. </div> http://witnessforpeace.org/article.php?id=299