Through stories, music, conversation and reflection, we will share the experience of the churches of Colombia engaged in peacemaking in communities where civilians are often threatened with violence and death by Colombian military, paramilitary, and guerilla soldiers.

Walter Ceballos is a leader of the Mennonite Church in Armenia, a city in the heart of Colombia's coffee growing region, and works closely with Justapaz, the justice and peace ministry of the Colombian Mennonite Church. He is a physiologist by training and a member of the pastoral team. He surfaced as an important community and peace ministries leader after the 1998 earthquake that left hundreds if not thousands homeless. He led accompaniment and helped organize rebuilding efforts. In recent years he has focused on overcoming trauma with victims of Colombia's armed conflict. He both attends to individual cases and participates in the national Coalition for Managing and Overcoming Trauma. Walter and his wife have two children.

Janna Hunter-Bowman is a member of Bally Mennonite Church and currently resides in Washington DC where she works as the National Grassroots Organizer on Colombia with Witness for Peace. Prior to joining Witness for Peace in July of 2004, Janna was the International Education and Advocacy Coordinator for Justapaz, the Center for Justice, Peace and Nonviolent Action in Bogotá, Colombia (2002- 2004). There she monitored the implementation of Plan Colombia around the country, specializing in the impact of war and US military assistance on faith communities. She also organized and led international campaigns for threatened peace, human rights and church workers. In 2003 she spearheaded and co-led the only college course with institutional support in Colombia. Janna has provided leadership and translation for workshops on peace policy and activism from a faith perspective in Palestine, Zimbabwe, Colombia and the United States. In 2001 she established the on-going Sister Peace Church partnership program, also from Bogotá with Justapaz. Janna, along with her husband Jess, are planning to move back to Colombia in early 2006.

Janna's work experience also includes a paralegal position with a pro-bono immigration law office on the Texas-Mexico border (2000-2001); she has also done anthropological research.

In addition to action alerts, communiqués for organizational constituencies and memos for Congress, she has written for Sojourners, Common Dreams, and numerous church press periodicals. Her articles also appear in several books including, "Where was God on September 11?" and "Chicken Soup for the Soul--Stories for a Better World."

Janna graduated from Goshen College in 2000 with a major in Anthropology/ Sociology and a minors in communications and Justice, Peace and Conflict studies.

Youth Program:

This is an interactive, practical workshop on the meaning of Christ's peace in Latin America ...

Julie Prey-Harbaugh is an elder at West Philadelphia Mennonite Fellowship, a chaplain at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and director of the Program in Universities, Communities of Faith, Schools, and Neighborhood Organizations at the University of Pennsylvania

Doug Burkholder has been a leader for high school youth delegations to Nicaragua with the Witness for Peace program. He has a Masters in Social Work degree, and works at Philhaven Hospital in the adolescent day treatment program. He serves as a youth advisor for his congregation and is gifted in and committed to connecting with youth and nurturing their spiritual and peacemaking journey Doug is also active with the Lancaster Area Victim-Offender Reconciliation Program.

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