Building partnerships to transform violence and oppression.

PALESTINE REFLECTION: A right to education

May 16th, 2013
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On May 12, we arrived at Al Fakheit School where we were met by “Al Jazeera” journalists filming a documentary about the difficulty that children face in getting to school in Occupied Palestine. They told us about one school near East Jerusalem where children have to pass through a sewer pipe to reach their school. As we were describing similar difficulties faced by children in the South Hebron Hills, and the dangers of living in a live firing zone, the headmaster approached us looking crestfallen.

Upcoming CPT Events

Title Start: End:
Palestine / Israel delegation Tue, 05/21/2013 Tue, 06/04/2013
Iraqi Kurdistan delegation - German language only Sat, 05/25/2013 Sat, 06/08/2013
Colombia delegation Thu, 05/30/2013 Wed, 06/12/2013
Colombia delegation Wed, 07/17/2013 Tue, 07/30/2013
Aboriginal Justice delegation - Treaty #3 Area (Northwest Ontario) Fri, 08/09/2013 Mon, 08/19/2013
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About CPT

Partnering with nonviolent movements around the world, CPT seeks to embody an inclusive, ecumenical and diverse community of God's love.  We believe we can transform war and occupation, our own lives, and the wider Christian world through:

  • the nonviolent power of God's truth
  • partnership with local peacemakers
  • bold action

CPT places teams at the invitation of local peacemaking communities that are confronting situations of lethal conflict.  These teams seek to follow God's Spirit as it works through local peacemakers who risk injury and death by waging nonviolent direct action to confront systems of violence and oppression. 

CPT understands violence to be rooted in systemic structures of oppression. We are committed to undoing oppressions, starting within our own lives and in the practices of our organization.

Featured CPT Partner

Colombia: Federación Agrominera del Sur de Bolivar (FEDEAGROMISBOL) / Southern Bolivar Agricultural-Mining Federation

The small-scale miners and farmers of FEDEAGROMISBOL have organized to defend their rights to life and land in the Sierra San Lucas Mountain Range. Their resource-rich land is targeted by multinational companies seeking to extract gold. FEDEAGROMISBOL has attempted to dialogue with the authorities, but the Colombian government has not complied with their agreements. Instead the government has continued to militarize the region and persecute the FEDEAGROMISBOL leaders, who are harassed and assassinated by both paramilitary and military forces.

CPT’s Work: CPT Colombia has been accompanying FEDEAGROMISOBOL since 2006 in their struggle for life and to remain on the land.