Prayers for Peacemakers 27 May 2020
Pray for all Indigenous communities subjected to governments that treat them as disposable during this Covid-19 epidemic.
United States
Prayers for Peacemakers, 15 April 2020 U.S./Mexico Borderlands
As the U.S. government uses the excuse of the coronavirus outbreak to make the closure of the U.S./Mexican border even more inflexible, please pray for the people in Agua Prieta, Sonora, waiting to request asylum in the U.S. and for the staff and volunteers at CAME—Centro de Atencion al Migrante “Exodus”—the migrant shelter where the asylum seekers are staying. In the middle of March, U.S. Customs officials stopped accepting asylum requests.
U.S. /MEXICO BORDERLANDS: Prayers for Peacemakers 11 March 2020
Pray with those in Douglas, Arizona who hold a vigil every Tuesday for migrants who have died in Cochise county trying to cross the U.S. Mexico Border.
TURTLE ISLAND: CPTers join the San Carlos Apache and others in prayer and action for Chich’il Bildagoteel (Oak Flat, AZ, USA)
On 22 February 2020, dozens of San Carlos Apache and friends, including CPT reservists Carol Rose, Janie Stein and former CPTer Martin Bates, gathered at the sacred site Chich’il Bildagoteel (Oak Flat), on land also claimed by Arizona, USA. Many of those present had just participated in the 6th annual 45-mile march and sacred run from the San Carlos Apache reservation to Chich’il Bildagoteel.
Prayers for Peacemakers 29 January 2020 U.S/Mexico Borderlands
Please pray for the individuals and families who are making the dangerous migration through Mexico to the U.S. Border. May they be safe from those who would exploit them along the way and may they remain together in God’s loving care as they seek entry into the United States.
TURTLE ISLAND: Apache elder asks for prayer to protect land from copper mine.
Wendsler Nosie Sr., San Carlos Apache elder, has put his body into his call for prayer. In the last week of November 2019, Nosie ran and walked through snow and rain from the San Carlos reservation to Chich'il Bildagoteel (Oak Flat, Arizona, USA).
CPT INTERNATIONAL: Christian Peacemaker Teams statement on U.S./Iranian tensions in Iraq
Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) calls for an immediate end to all U.S. and Iranian military escalations and a deepened commitment to diplomacy in the region. The world has watched as the governments of the United States and The Islamic Republic of Iran teeter on the brink of war as their armed forces launched drone strikes and ballistic missiles at various targets within the borders of Iraq.
Prayers for Peacemakers, 8 January 2020 Iraqi Kurdistan
Please pray for an end of hostilities and escalating threats of war between the U.S.A. and Iran. The world needs people of all faiths and walks of life to rise up and say: No to war! This war, if triggered, would devastate many countries and impact millions of lives.
U.S./MEXICO BORDERLANDS: Specifics and the Systems on the Border
It's easy to get lost in the daily needs, or discouraged by the magnitude of the crushing oppression on the U.S.-Mexico border. CPT's mission to back partners as a part of transforming violence and oppression requires us to attend to the details of the immediate situation, and to the sources of the oppression that grows into violence. Between the specifics and the systems, our presence and action strategically strengthen the forces for good.
CPT INTERNATIONAL: Faith Statement on Escalating Violence with Iran
Christian Peacemaker Teams is among 23 faith groups who have signed on to a statement condemning U.S. aggression towards Iran.
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