Write a Letter to the Editor: Set the Record Straight on Colombia
by LAWG Colombia Team
on April 17, 2012
 Write a Letter to the Editor: Call for U.S. policies to support a place to call home for everyone in Colombia!
Did you hear what President Obama did while in Colombia last weekend? Despite ongoing murders of union leaders and land rights activists, he glossed over all the human rights violations, ignored the continuing displacement crisis, and announced that Colombia had fulfilled its requirements on labor rights that would allow the U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement to go into effect on May 15.
Click here to set the record straight on what’s really happening in Colombia!
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Are Your Valentine's Flowers From Colombia?
by Vanessa and Lisa, LAWG's Colombia Team
on February 14, 2012
Did you know that 60% of flowers bought in the United States come from Colombia? Nearly 100,000 mostly female flower workers have been working 16- to 18-hour days for poverty-level wages to get us the flowers that thousands of people will buy today.
This Valentine’s Day, take action to support these flower workers in their struggle for fair wages, equal treatment, justice, and dignity!
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A Place to Call Home: Get Involved in the National Days of Action for Colombia in April
by Vanessa and Lisa, LAWG Colombia Team
on April 04, 2012
It’s April and you know what that means… the National Days of Action for Colombia have arrived! We've come up with more ways than ever for you and your community to participate. So get involved!
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Deadly Attacks Against Colombian Human Rights Defenders
by Lisa Haugaard
on February 06, 2012
Colombian human rights activists, defensores or “defenders” as they call themselves, take huge risks for speaking out. Fifty-four defenders were murdered in Colombia from July 2010 to May 2011. Whenever a community objects to the way their territory is being used, especially by mining companies and other extractive industries, then death threats, and worse, follow. Whenever a family member seeks justice for the death or disappearance of their loved one, they face threats and attacks as well. This past December, I participated in an international mission to Colombia to investigate the threats to human rights defenders, and what we learned was shocking.
To read my blog post about what we heard from hundreds of human rights activists across Colombia, click here.
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Sign Our Petition to Protect Colombian Land Rights Leaders
by Vanessa Kritzer
on March 01, 2012
Our Colombian partners need our help! This Tuesday, March 6th, the National Movement of Victims of State Crimes (MOVICE) will lead rallies across Colombia demanding protection, respect, and complete return of lands to those who have had to flee their homes due to paramilitary, guerrilla and army violence in Colombia.
Will you add your name to our letter supporting their march and calling for their protection? (Para leer y firmar la petición en español, haga clic aquí.)
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Watch and Share New PBS Documentary about Afro-Colombian Women Leaders from La Toma
by Vanessa Kritzer, LAWG Colombia Team
on November 01, 2011
Great news! Two of the women leaders of the Afro-Colombian community La Toma, which we have told you about in blogs and action alerts, have been featured on a program called Women, War & Peace on PBS!
Please help us spread the word about this show and click here to watch it online!
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