Bay Area native Chris Courtheyn will discuss the year he spent on the Fellowship of Reconcilliation (FOR) team providing accompaniment in a remote rural community in a conflicted region in northwest Colombia. His assignment was in the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó, which three years ago established a sister city relationship with Fairfax, Marin County. This community of 1200 peasants farmers and children has suffered more than 170 killings at the hands military and paramilitary forces who accuse them of being allied with the FARC guerrillas. John Lindsay-Poland, co-director of the FOR Task Force on Latin America, will discuss the larger US policy concerns in Colombia. He has written extensively on US militarism in Latin America.
The presentation will be held at the First United Methodist Church, 9 Ross Valley Drive, San Rafael, on Thursday, April 16 at 7:30 PM. A $5-10 donation is requested. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. For more information contact the Task Force on the Americas, 415/924-3227, mitf@igc.org or www.mitfamericas.org.
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