Stand up for Peace & Justice in Colombia!

Ask Your Representative to Stand Up for Peace and Justice in Colombia! For over fifty years, Colombians have suffered through unspeakable violence.  They have been forced to flee their homes; they have been kidnapped, raped and killed. Human rights defenders, journalists, and union members have been subjected to death threats and assassinated for the work they do. Indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities have been brutally affected by the war as well as by social and economic exclusion. The internal armed conflict has affected every sector of Colombian society, leaving generations of Colombians knowing only war. Click here to send a message to your Representative today! Representatives McGovern and Schakowsky have drafted a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry asking the State Department to continue supporting peace negotiations, but to also advocate for including victims of violence and civil society in the peace process, to press for an independent truth commission and strong measures to ensure justice for severe human rights abuses by all parties to the conflict, and to transform U.S. aid to Colombia from a budget that supports war to a package that promotes peace.  This letter is a great opportunity to make real change, but it will only be effective if we can convince at least 70 members of Congress to join Representatives McGovern and Schakowsky in speaking for peace and justice. Click here to send an email urging your member of Congress to sign on to this important letter!