Colombian Human Rights Speaker in Grand Rapids

April 6, 2004 1:05 PM |

Padre Joakin will be speaking on Wednesday, April 7, at 7:00 p.m. at Fountain Street Church, 100 Fountain, in downtown Grand Rapids.

Padre Joakin is co-founder and member of the Executive Board of the National Network for Peace Initiatives in Colombia REDEPAZ, Director of the Commission for LIfe, Justice and Peace at the Diocese of Socorro and San Gil, and Coordinator of the team working in sovereignty processes in the towns of Southern Bolivar. He is currently on tour with the Colombia Support Network.

Co-sponsors of this event are Fountain Street Church's Adult Ed, member groups of the West Michigan Justice & Peace Coalition, GRIID and the People's Alliance.

Download and distribute the flier

For more info on Colombia, check out the following resources, articles, and publications:

Tags:

Related Entries:

Share this article:

Help promote independent journalism by emailing this story to a friend or posting it on your social networking profiles (i.e. Facebook or MySpace). Grassroots promotion is essential for Mediamouse.org to reach new readers. Click on the "ShareThis" link to share this article!

Rating:

Please help us improve the quality of our articles by rating this article or leaving a comment.

  • Currently 0/5
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

Email Updates

Subscribe

Receive our articles automatically:

Donate

Media Mouse is reader funded and relies on contributions to provide unique reporting and research.

donate

Bloom Collective

bloom collective logo

Media Mouse is part of the Bloom Collective, an infoshop and lending library located at 1134 Wealthy St SE. The Bloom Collective offers a wide variety of resources to promote social change.

Promote Mediamouse.org

You can help promote Mediamouse.org by printing and distributing flyers or by adding us as a friend on the following social networks:

News

Search


You can also search the whole site or browse by subject.

About this Entry

This page contains a single entry by published on April 6, 2004 1:05 PM.

Students go on Hunger Strike at Grand Valley State University was the previous entry in this blog.

First Hand Reports from Iraq is the next entry in this blog.

Find recent content on the main index or look in the archives to find all content.

Recent Articles

About Mediamouse.org

Mediamouse.org is a left and progressive website providing independent news, media, analysis, and commentary covering Grand Rapids, Michigan and beyond. We aim to inspire grassroots activism to transform our community, our lives, and our world.

Get Active

We hope that this site will function as a catalyst for action. We urge you to get involved either with the groups listed in the Progressive Directory or by attending local events.