Tag: Indigenous peoples

THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE TALAANDIG INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND PBCI-CFP IS RENEWED AND ENHANCED

Our teams at PeaceBuilders Community, Inc. (PBCI) and Coffee For Peace (CFP) are being led, spiritually, to work with the leaders of the Indigenous Peoples (IP) who seek The Creator’s heart and who walk with what we mutually understand as The Creator’s just and peaceful statutes as they serve as stewards of their ancestral domains and as they struggle to realize their right to self-determination. This spiritual perspective of partnership govern the inclusive development strategies we practice in the field.

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Permanent link to this article: https://peacebuilderscommunity.org/2019/08/the-partnership-between-the-talaandig-indigenous-people-and-pbci-cfp-is-renewed-and-enhanced/

REFLECTIONS ON MY TURTLE ISLAND LEARNING TOUR

I was sent by my organization, PeaceBuilders Community, with the help of our peacebuilding partners to attend an indigenous conference in Syracuse, New York. The main objectives of this trip were to learn and understand the culture of the first nations of Turtle Island (North America), as well as how the Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island were treated, and are being treated, by their colonizers — the United States of America.

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Permanent link to this article: https://peacebuilderscommunity.org/2018/09/reflections-on-my-turtle-island-learning-tour/

REFLECTIONS ON INDIGENOUS IMPERATIVE FOR BBL PROVISIONS

Under the leadership of the Mindanao People’s Peace Movement, the Lakbay Tribu para sa Karapatan sa Sariling Pagpapasya, or Indigenous Peoples’ Journey for the Right to Self Determination, brings to the fore of public and civil society discussion the issue of Indigenous People’s rights and representation in light of current discussion on the Bangsamoro Basic …

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Permanent link to this article: https://peacebuilderscommunity.org/2014/10/reflections-on-indigenous-imperative-for-bbl-provisions/

OUR GLOBAL PEACE COMMUNITY

We are sent by Mennonite Church Canada Witness in partnership with our international community.