ACTIONS AND EVENTS

Upcoming and Ongoing Actions and Events:

Accompaniment work in Colombia - Espacio members are engaged in on-going solidarity and accompaniment work with social organisations in Colombia. More details and blogs. 

 

Some Recent Events and Actions

On 15-16th November 2008 Espacio held a weekend training workshop for people interested in doing accompaniment in Colombia, following the success of the last one. See our Orientation Weekend page for full details.

From July 16 - August 15 2008 Espacio participated in an international encuentro of the Red de Hermandad in Colombia. This was the first gathering of all groups in this network we are part of. The Final Session of the Permanent People's Tribunal into multinationals' responsibility into crimes against humanity from July 21-23 formed part of this.

On 16 April 2008 we hosted a a talk by Teofila Acuna, of the Farmers' and Miners' Federation of Southern Bolivar, who members of Espacio have been accompanying.

On 15 April 2008 together with Bristol Rising Tide we took part in an international day of action against biofuels to highlight the catastrophic impact of biofuel monocultures on communities in Colombia and across the world. The action at Eastville Tesco attracted interest from passers by.

On 6 March 2008, we took part in an international mobilization in memory of the victims of state crimes in Colombia.  Espacio and Colombia Solidarity did some street threatre in Bristol, while Espacio members in Bogota marched alongside displaced campesinos.

On 16th-17th Feb 08 there was a two-day training workshop for people who are interested in doing international accompaniment in Colombia, working with the Network of Friendship and Solidarity with Colombia (Red de Hermandad y Solidaridad con Colombia). For more information please read our press-release, which will tell you all you need to know.

Delegation to BP's oil exploration zone in Casanare, Colombia, July-August 2007. We helped organise this delegation of international and Colombian organisations in response to the on-going humanitarian crisis in the region. More details and the delegation's report are available here.

"BP's Corporate Social Responsibility? Stories from the Frontline in Colombia "
28th June 2007, University of Bristol
Manuel Vega Vargas, the President of COSPACC a social organisation formed by rural community members who had been forcibly displaced from BP's exploration zone in Colomia.
Edgar Mojica from the Human Rights Commission of the Colombian Oilworkers' Union, USO."

Trip to Neath and Trebanos, 29 June 2007. Espacio also took Manuel and Edgar to meet communities in South Wales who are resisting the construction of a high-pressure gas pipeline. The Welsh community members were some of the first people to sign up to twin with threatened Colombians in BP's oil exploration zone in Casanare.

Sembrando desarraigo/sowing displacement photo exhibition lauch party and speaker event 15 April 2007, Cafe Kino, 3 Ninetree Hill.

Faces removed from the pictures in BP's National Portraits Awards 14 April 2007. Espacio and Bristol Rising Tide held a vigil in in memory of the people who have been killed as a consequence of BP's activities in Colombia and worldwide. http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/04/368045.htmlhttp://bristol.indymedia.org.uk/newswire.php?story_id=26164&topic=corporations