Mennonite Weekly Review

Articles : Christian Peacemaker Teams

Oct. 31, 2011 issue

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  Christian Peacemaker Teams marks 25 years

  EVANSTON, Ill. — About 160 people gathered Oct. 13-16 at Reba Place Church to celebrate Christian Peacemaker Teams’ 25 years of nonviolent peacemaking and to focus on “Re-imagining Partnerships for Peacemaking.”

  The 11th Peacemaker Congress brought together participants from across North America, as well as Colombia, Iraq, Palestine, the Philippines and the Netherlands.

Sept. 19, 2011 issue

• New CPT co-director served in Africa, Asia

  CHICAGO — Merwyn De Mello, a veteran of peace and justice work in Africa and Asia, has been appointed co-director of Christian Peacemaker Teams.

May 16, 2011 issue

• Two events mark 70th anniversary of CPS

  Celebrations in Relay, Md., and Newton, Kan., this month are marking the 70th anniversary of Civilian Public Service.

Aug. 16, 2010 issue

• CPT Iraq organizes meal with displaced people, urban group

  ZHARAWA, Iraqi Kurdistan — When Golstan Saeed Mohamad visited a displaced persons’ tent camp near Zharawa, she was reminded of hardships under former president Saddam Hussein.

Aug. 9, 2010 issue

• Peacemaker put love of enemies in action

  Art Gish, 70, a longtime peace activist and Anabaptist author, died July 28 in a tractor accident on his farm near Athens, Ohio.

July 12, 2010 issue

• Seeking a safer home, Iraqi Kurds come to CPT

  SULEIMANIYA, Iraqi Kurdistan — Bapir Hadji Amin’s village was attacked during the time of harvest.

May 3, 2010 issue

• Transatlantic peacemaking

  CHICAGO — Marius van Hoogstraten, 24, has learned some of the reasons why U.S. military recruiters are effective.

March 22, 2010 issue

• Peacemaker who took risks

  In 1963, Gene Stoltzfus was a volunteer aid worker in Vietnam.

• CPT founding director dies at 70

  CHICAGO — Gene Stoltzfus, founding director of Christian Peacemaker Teams and an international human rights activist, died March 10. He was 70.

Jan. 4, 2010 issue

• CPT requests donations to end freeze on full-time workers, finish renovation

  In the new Christian Peacemaker Teams Chicago office, Sophia Hochstedler and Dave Corcoran open envelopes of donations with gratitude.

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