WORK FOR PEACE AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN
GUATEMALA
SRI LANKA
COLOMBIA
HAITI
THE BALKANS
and with INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN NORTH AMERICA
PEACE BRIGADES INTERNATIONAL
2642 College Ave. Berkeley, CA 94704
tel: 1-510-540-0749
e-mail: pbiusa@igc.apc.org
Web: http://www.igc.apc.org/pbi/index.html
Peace Brigades International is seeking volunteers for protective
human rights accompaniment and popular education work with people's
movements in Guatemala, Sri Lanka, Haiti, Colombia, the Balkans
and with indigenous people in North America.
1996 VOLUNTEER TRAINING SESSION
Date: September 15-22, 1996
Location: Camp Adahi, Reading, Pennsylvania
Cost: $250(US) -- includes all housing and food.
(volunteers for Colombia are subsidized).
Registration and $75 nonrefundable deposit by September 1.
PLEASE SUBMIT APPLICATION BY AUGUST 15.
For application Call: 510-540-0749, or contact pbiusa@igc.apc.org.
WHAT IS PEACE BRIGADES INTERNATIONAL?
Peace Brigades International (PBI) is a non-partisan international
organization committed to practicing nonviolence in conflict areas.
PBI volunteers, by providing support and accompaniment, create
"breathing space" for groups working nonviolently for social justice.
PBI volunteers respond to requests for protective accompaniment from
individuals and groups threatened with political violence, facilitate
workshops upon request, and disseminate first-hand reports
internationally.
WHO CAN BE A PBI VOLUNTEER?
PBI volunteers come from many countries, backgrounds and philosophical
perspectives. They share a strong commitment to nonviolence and a belief
in the power of local people to create more peaceful and just societies.
PBI seeks volunteers age 25 and older. Volunteers must be able to commit
to a minimum of 7 months of service (excepting North America Project).
Spanish fluency required for Guatemala and Colombia. French for Haiti.
Volunteers must complete a detailed application, with references, followed
by a telephone interview before being accepted for the training session.
WHAT DO OUR PEACE TEAMS DO IN THE FIELD?
GUATEMALA:
PBI has accompanied Nobel Prize winner Rigoberta Menchz, families of the
disappeared (GAM and FAMDEGUA), rural campesino groups (CERJ, CUC, CONIC,
CCDA and others) labor unions (dozens!), returning refugees, Communities
of Population in Resistance, widows groups (CONAVIGUA), internally
displaced (CONDEG and others), and many others. PBI also offers
workshops on demand in Peace Education. (volunteers must be fluent in
Spanish.)
SRI LANKA
PBI provides protective accompaniment for individuals and an international
presence at meetings of local NGOs concerned with human rights and peace.
The Team in Sri Lanka has also been involved with election monitoring and
maintains regular contact with the diplomatic community. This work is carried
out in the capital city of Colombo, the North East and the Hill Country.
COLOMBIA
PBI accompanies national human rights organizations, such as ASFADDES
(Families of the Disappeared), regional groups like CREDHOS (Regional
Human Rights Organization), internally displaced victims of the violence
in the Magdelena region and others. (volunteers must be fluent in
Spanish.)
HAITI
PBI placed its newest team in Port-au-Prince in December 1995, at the
request of the Haitian Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace. PBI has
been asked to facilitate workshops in conflict resolution and other areas
of Peace Education. The team also prepares non-partisan reports for the
international community. (volunteers must speak French, and be prepared
for intensive study of Haitian Creole upon arrival in Haiti.)
NORTH AMERICA PROJECT
Observer teams, listening and reconciliation work, and nonviolence
training in conflicts involving native communities in the US and
Canada. The project has developed relationships with the Innu people
in northern Quebec and Labrador, Anishnabe in Southern Ontario, and
the Western Shoshone in Nevada.
THE BALKANS PEACE TEAM INTERNATIONAL
This coalition maintains peace teams in both Croatia and Kosovo doing
accompaniment, conflict resolution, reconciliation and human rights
support.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CHECK OUR WEB PAGE AT:
http://www.igc.apc.org/pbi/index.html
OR CALL US TODAY AT: 1-510-540-0749.