[amc] CHICAGO/TORONTO: Call for peacemakers to join Holy Week Borderlands Delegation
- From: "Micheal J. Mc Evoy" <chewy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: AMC List <amc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 20:07:34 -0600
>>>>> "CPTnet" == CPTnet editor, Webster, NY
>>>>> <CPTnet.editor.guest.445947@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
CPTnet> CPTnet 10 March 2006
CPTnet> CHICAGO/TORONTO: Call for peacemakers to join Holy Week
CPTnet> Borderlands Delegation
CPTnet> Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) is seeking participants
CPTnet> for a special Holy Week delegation to the U.S./Mexico
CPTnet> Borderlands, 10-17 April 2006. Based in Tucson and
CPTnet> Douglas, Arizona, delegates will monitor human rights and
CPTnet> meet with representatives of human rights groups,
CPTnet> government officials, and individuals on both sides of the
CPTnet> border. They will confront unjust immigration policies
CPTnet> through a special Holy Week nonviolent public action.
CPTnet> Delegation members arrange their own transportation to
CPTnet> Tucson, Arizona. Cost excluding transportation is $400
CPTnet> U.S. PLEASE APPLY BY 17 MARCH.
CPTnet> In 2005, over two hundred men, women and children perished
CPTnet> in Arizona, because U.S. border policies channeled
CPTnet> migrants into the most dangerous areas of the desert.
CPTnet> Migrants desperate to improve the lives of their families
CPTnet> are vulnerable to attacks by bandits, mistreatment by
CPTnet> unscrupulous guides, and harassment by anti-immigrant
CPTnet> vigilantes. A dramatic increase in the number of Border
CPTnet> Patrol agents has militarized the area.
CPTnet> CPT is a faith-based group that seeks participants for all
CPTnet> delegations who are interested in human rights work,
CPTnet> committed to nonviolence, and willing to participate in
CPTnet> team worship and reflection. Delegates should have plans
CPTnet> to share about the trip upon return to their home
CPTnet> communities and congregations.
CPTnet> On-ground travel, two meals a day, simple accommodations,
CPTnet> and honorariums and delegation fees are covered. For more
CPTnet> information or to apply, contact CPT, (PO Box 6508,
CPTnet> Chicago, IL 60680; phone 773-277-0253; fax 773-277-0291;
CPTnet> e-mail elegations@xxxxxxx <mailto:delegations@xxxxxxx> )
CPTnet> or see CPT's website at: http://www.cpt.org/.
CPTnet> (Click on "Delegations" at the left of the homepage. Go to
CPTnet> the bottom of that page for instructions on downloading
CPTnet> the form. Please include a summary of your experience as
CPTnet> requested, as well as the two page form.)
CPTnet> _______________
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"And what does the Lord require of you but to do justice,
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