Walk With Me: Nonviolent Accompaniment in Guatemala
In the early 1980s, I learned about the destruction being caused in Central America, with the military and economic support, and actual training and participation of the U.S. government. I learned of the holocaust which had taken place in Guatemala. In Europe for a year as a teenager, soon alter World War II, I had been deeply affected by the holocaust there. I had asked myself then, what would I have done if I had been a German citizen, or if my own country behaved in similar ways? After that Central America unveiling, I felt compelled to focus my energies on Central America. Way opened for me to give up my counseling career and to return to full-time volunteer activism.
As a young adult, raising my family in the 1960s, I often dreamed of huge numbers of people gathering from all over the world, including myself to stand in testimony against the tribal massacres that were taking place in Africa. During that period the modern movement of international accompaniment began. I am glad I have been able to follow that dream, doing a small amount of accompaniment in Guatemala.
And so, the theme of this pamphlet is "Walk with Me" – not with me, Peg, except vicariously. The pamphlet invites us to enter into the lives of people of other cultures and colors, the lives of those who have been forced into poverty, massacred, threatened, and enslaved. This experience was short, only four months. Nonetheless, it affected me deeply and leads me to share it with you. I hope, as you read about my experience, you will not only build awareness of the nature of accompaniment, but also of the depth of the nonviolent resistance of the people I was accompanying.
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As a young adult, raising my family in the 1960s, I often dreamed of huge numbers of people gathering from all over the world, including myself to stand in testimony against the tribal massacres that were taking place in Africa. During that period the modern movement of international accompaniment began. I am glad I have been able to follow that dream, doing a small amount of accompaniment in Guatemala.
And so, the theme of this pamphlet is "Walk with Me" – not with me, Peg, except vicariously. The pamphlet invites us to enter into the lives of people of other cultures and colors, the lives of those who have been forced into poverty, massacred, threatened, and enslaved. This experience was short, only four months. Nonetheless, it affected me deeply and leads me to share it with you. I hope, as you read about my experience, you will not only build awareness of the nature of accompaniment, but also of the depth of the nonviolent resistance of the people I was accompanying.
Walk With Me: Nonviolent Accompaniment in Guatemala
In the early 1980s, I learned about the destruction being caused in Central America, with the military and economic support, and actual training and participation of the U.S. government. I learned of the holocaust which had taken place in Guatemala. In Europe for a year as a teenager, soon alter World War II, I had been deeply affected by the holocaust there. I had asked myself then, what would I have done if I had been a German citizen, or if my own country behaved in similar ways? After that Central America unveiling, I felt compelled to focus my energies on Central America. Way opened for me to give up my counseling career and to return to full-time volunteer activism.
As a young adult, raising my family in the 1960s, I often dreamed of huge numbers of people gathering from all over the world, including myself to stand in testimony against the tribal massacres that were taking place in Africa. During that period the modern movement of international accompaniment began. I am glad I have been able to follow that dream, doing a small amount of accompaniment in Guatemala.
And so, the theme of this pamphlet is "Walk with Me" – not with me, Peg, except vicariously. The pamphlet invites us to enter into the lives of people of other cultures and colors, the lives of those who have been forced into poverty, massacred, threatened, and enslaved. This experience was short, only four months. Nonetheless, it affected me deeply and leads me to share it with you. I hope, as you read about my experience, you will not only build awareness of the nature of accompaniment, but also of the depth of the nonviolent resistance of the people I was accompanying.
As a young adult, raising my family in the 1960s, I often dreamed of huge numbers of people gathering from all over the world, including myself to stand in testimony against the tribal massacres that were taking place in Africa. During that period the modern movement of international accompaniment began. I am glad I have been able to follow that dream, doing a small amount of accompaniment in Guatemala.
And so, the theme of this pamphlet is "Walk with Me" – not with me, Peg, except vicariously. The pamphlet invites us to enter into the lives of people of other cultures and colors, the lives of those who have been forced into poverty, massacred, threatened, and enslaved. This experience was short, only four months. Nonetheless, it affected me deeply and leads me to share it with you. I hope, as you read about my experience, you will not only build awareness of the nature of accompaniment, but also of the depth of the nonviolent resistance of the people I was accompanying.
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| BN ID: | 2940157193195 |
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| Publisher: | Pendle Hill Publications |
| Publication date: | 04/22/2017 |
| Series: | Pendle Hill Pamphlets , #333 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 187 KB |
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