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The Southeast Region of Witness for Peace encompasses Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Arkansas and Louisiana. It is one of the most active and longest-lived regional chapters of WFP.
Please also visit our free-standing Witness for Peace Southeast website for more detailed information on past and present activities. For 25 years, Witness for Peace has worked in conjunction with CITCA, the Carolina Interfaith Taskforce on Central America. Gail Phares, Witness for Peace cofounder, also founded CITCA.
Please send email to Gail Phares, SE Regional Director
Further contact info:
By US Postal Service:
WFP SE
1105 Sapling Place
Raleigh, NC 27615
By Phone (919) 856-9468
By Fax (919) 856-9468
Please visit us weekdays 9AM to noon at our office. [Call first to make certain we're in.] The office is located on the third floor of Fairmont United Methodist Church, 2501 Clark Ave. (corner of Clark and Horne, in Raleigh, 2 blocks north of Hillsborough St. near the NCSU campus) Enter through the door from Horne St.
Southeast Region Sponsored Trips
Check the Southeast Region of Witness for Peace website for upcoming delegation trips. Come meet some great people from YOUR region of the country.
VIDEO: Vigil to Close the SOA
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.
Witness for Peace Spokesperson Paola Gutierrez Galindo Discusses Immigration, NAFTA
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.
VIDEO: Merida Initiative 101
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.
2009 Pilgrimage for Justice & Peace
Route and activity information for the 2009 W4P Pilgrimage from Ashville to Raleigh, NC. Also a profile of Gail Phares's Witness for Peace Activities, written by Peter A. Giniesse
Previous Delegation Experiences
We welcome submissions. Please send them to Gail Phares. We love to hear what other travelers before you have to say about their journeys with Witness for Peace.
End the Cuba Travel Ban
HR 4645, the bill that would reinstate U.S. Americans' right to travel to Cuba, just passed through Committee. Your help is needed to make sure it passes through the House.
Tell Congress to Stop Displacing Colombians
Nearly 5 million Colombians have been displaced. Yet, our government continues to send more in military aid than in humanitarian aid to Colombia, assisting the victimizers more than the victims. Help us inundate Congress with calls and emails for policies that would alleviate, not exacerbate, Colombia's crisis.
Follow WFP on Facebook
Follow Witness for Peace on Facebook and receive updates on breaking news regarding U.S. policy toward Latin America.
Honduran Labor Leaders Face Death Threats
Write to the Honduran government,including President of the Republic, Manuel Zelaya Rosales and the Secretary of Security, Jorge Rodas Gamero, to guarantee the lives of the peasant leaders, including that of the compañero Rafael Alegría.
HAMPTONS ONLINE: What Drives Migration? Surprise, It's Corn
Hamptons.com
February 1st, 2010
A delegation of 15 Long Islanders - which included educators, university students, and government appointees from both Nassau and Suffolk counties - traveled to Oaxaca, Mexico and made a surprising discovery. They learned that Mexican migration patterns are inextricably linked to the global price of corn.
People from around the country study coal mining in Appalachia
WYMT
May 29th, 2009
People from across the country stop in eastern Kentucky to see how coal ming affects the local economy and environment. The group Witness for Peace got a first hand look from local miners and saw the beauty of some reclaimed mine lands and learned about other environmental effects of coal mining.
Border Crossings
by Jordan Green, Yes Weekly
March 18th, 2009
This WFP delegate traveled on a delegation of North Carolina leaders to Oaxaca, Mexico to examine the root causes of immigration to their state. This article provides a vivid, in-depth description of what they saw and heard on their trip.
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