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Taking a stand : a guide to peace teams and accompaniment projects /
"Putting your body in the way of violence is a dramatic way of standing up for peace. Taking a Stand describes how to go about doing just that. It outlines the work done by delegations, peace teams and accompaniment projects - who runs them, what is involved in joining, and the social and emoti...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Gabriola Island, BC, Canada :
New Society Publishers,
[2005]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Why Go?
- Taking a stand
- Chickening out
- Galvanizing forces
- Individual examples
- Go where and do what?
- Reasons
- Delegations
- Peace teams
- Accompaniment projects
- Real-life examples
- What will people say?
- "Coming out" as a peace activist
- Challenges and reactions
- Talking to people from different groups
- More hard questions
- Isn't it dangerous?
- Fear and grace
- Limelight and stage fright
- Traveling in a strange land
- Dangers
- When should we leave?
- Who will know or care?
- Variations
- Specific roles for supporters
- Moral support
- Logistical support
- Publicity management
- So many are involved
- Others who care
- Learning about soldiers
- Reading about soldiers
- Real soldiers and real guns
- Soldiers for peace
- Christian Peacemaker Teams
- Organization Training
- The application process
- What CPT provides
- Language
- Room, board and guidance
- Short-term delegations
- Expenses and spending money
- Civil disobedience
- Danger
- Sharing the news
- Headquarters
- Demographics
- Destinations
- Voices in the Wilderness
- Training
- Peace Brigades International
- Organization
- Training, What PBI provides
- Other travelers, other work
- International Solidarity Movement
- Friends Peace Teams
- American Friends Service Committee
- Fellowship of Reconciliation
- Services International para la Paz
- Reality tours and delegations
- Humanitarian aid
- Radical fringe
- Other work
- The way of the future.