....Against Patriarchy: 20 Tools for Men to Further Feminist Revolution..basadaEn contra del patriarcado: 20 Herramientas para que los hombres impulsen la revolución feminista....

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A list of tools and suggestions for those struggling to understand what it means to be a man working for feminism.

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Todos nosotros que somos hombres que creen en la justicia social, que queremos vidas saludables y hermosas para nuestros seres queridos, y que estamos trabajando para lograr cambios positivos en el mundo, comprometámonos o re-comprometámonos a hacer el feminismo central en nuestras vidas, valores y acciones. Es hora de que miles de hombres actúen valientemente en nuestra sociedad para impulsar la revolución feminista.

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Light in the Absurdity • Luz en el Absurdo

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Easy answers and quick decisions are so often employed when it comes to immigration. The rhetoric that we often hear and accept (whether passively or actively) includes statements such as “immigrants would rather be in the US than their country”, “immigrants are a drain on our social services”, “terrorists are coming in through our southern border”, and “NAFTA was a positive economic move.” Our list continues to grow as the debate continues. Why do we so easily accept statements such as these for truths? Why do we allow these to dictate our opinions, lifestyle, hospitality, action, and inaction? We have betrayed a gift of our culture. Friends, our values of investigation, truth, and hard work have given way to blind acceptance, false truths, and negligence.

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A menudo se emplean respuestas fáciles y decisiones rápidas cuando se trata de la inmigración. La retórica que a menudo oímos y aceptamos (pasiva o activamente) incluye declaraciones como "los inmigrantes prefieren estar más en los Estados Unidos que en su país", "los inmigrantes son un drenaje en nuestros servicios sociales", "los terroristas están entrando a través de nuestra frontera sur" y "el TLCAN fue un movimiento económico positivo". Nuestra lista continúa creciendo a medida que continúa el debate. ¿Por qué aceptamos tan fácilmente declaraciones como éstas como verdades? ¿Por qué permitimos que éstas dicten nuestras opiniones, estilo de vida, hospitalidad, acción e inacción? Hemos traicionado un regalo de nuestra cultura. Amigos, nuestros valores de investigación, verdad y trabajo duro han dado paso a la aceptación ciega, falsas verdades y negligencia.

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Justice at the Border: Equipping People and Communities of Faith to Respond to Injustices on the US-Mexico Border

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Peach Jack was an attendee on the Justicia en la Frontera/Justice at the Border Friendship Tour to Ciudad Juárez and El Paso, TX. Originally published in "The Spire," the newsletter of Seattle First Baptist, her article addresses some of the important details of the trip itself as well as provides some useful information to help others formulate responses to questions concerning immigration and the issues around it.

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Peach Jack fue una asistente en la Gira de Amistad Justicia en la Frontera / Justic at the Border a Ciudad Juárez y El Paso, TX. Originalmente publicado en "The Spire", el boletín de la Primera Bautista de Seattle, su artículo aborda algunos de los detalles importantes del viaje en sí, así como proporciona información útil para ayudar a otros a formular respuestas a las cuestiones relativas a la inmigración y las cuestiones en torno a ella.

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Christians and Commitment to Truth and Justice: Ayotzinapa Case • La cristiandad y su compromiso con la verdad y la justicia: el caso de Ayotzinapa

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On September 26th and 27th of 2014, the forced disappearance of 43 students shook and outraged Mexico and provoked solidarity of many people around the world, all weary of the escalating violence and repression that was finally and publicly exposed.

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El 26 y 27 de septiembre de 2014, la desaparición forzada de 43 estudiantes sacudió e indignado México, y provocó la solidaridad de muchas personas en todo el mundo, todas cansadas de la escalada de violencia y represión que fue finalmente y públicamente expuesta.

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Unsettled by Truth: A Border Awareness Experience • Perturbados por la Verdad: una experiencia de la conciencia de Frontera

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“It’s important to come to the border. To come here is to be unsettled by truth.” These were the words spoken to us by Ruben Garcia, one of the founders and the current executive director of Annunciation House, our host for the week in El Paso. Being unsettled by truth was the unofficial theme during the Justicia en la Frontera/Justice at the Border Friendship Tour.

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"Es importante llegar a la frontera. Venir aquí es ser perturbado por la verdad". Estas fueron las palabras dichas por Rubén García, uno de los fundadores y actual director ejecutivo de la Casa Anunciación, nuestro anfitrión para la semana en El Paso. Ser perturbados por la verdad fue el tema oficial durante la Gira de Amistad Justicia en la Frontera / Justice at the Border.

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Group of 15 attend Friendship Tour to El Paso and Ciudad Juárez • Grupo de 15 asiste a la Gira de la Amistad a El Paso y Ciudad Juárez

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From February 8-15 a delegation of 15 attended the BPFNA-Bautistas por la Paz Friendship Tour in El Paso, TX and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. Called Justicia en la Frontera/Justice at the Border, the experience educated participants about the injustices occurring at the U.S./Mexico border and equipped them to assist others in strengthening their responses to border-related issues including economic and immigration policy, humanitarian aid, labor organizing, and border militarization. The group was hosted by Annunciation House in El Paso and stayed at Casa Vidas, one of the two migrant shelters owned and operated by Annunciation House.

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Del 8 al 15 de febrero una delegación de 15 personas asistieron a la Gira de Amistad BPFNA-Bautistas por la Paz en El Paso, Texas y Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. La experiencia educó a los participantes sobre las injusticias que ocurren en la frontera México-Estados Unidos y los equipó para ayudar a otros en el fortalecimiento de sus respuestas respecto a asuntos relacionados con la frontera, incluyendo la política económica y de inmigración, la ayuda humanitaria, la organización de la mano de obra y la militarización de las fronteras. El grupo fue recibido por la Casa de la Anunciación en El Paso y se quedó en Casa Vidas, uno de los dos refugios de migrantes que es propiedad y operado por la Casa de la Anunciación.

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Chico Peace and Justice Center Viewspaper: Priorities

The following story is part of the Vocation of Peacemaking series where we asked members and friends of BPFNA-Bautistas por la Paz to write brief essays on their peacemaking work. Each story is a wonderful reminder that there are as many ways to live a life of peace as there are people, and that we can act for peace in real and important ways wherever we find ourselves. This essay comes from Sandi John, a pastoral counselor and behavioral health nurse who also serves as secretary on the BPFNA board.

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A PET Project: My Vocation of Peacemaking

The following story is part of the Vocation of Peacemaking series where we asked members and friends of BPFNA-Bautistas por la Paz to write brief essays on their peacemaking work. Each story is a wonderful reminder that there are as many ways to live a life of peace as there are people, and that we can act for peace in real and important ways wherever we find ourselves. This essay comes from Sid Rooy, retired pastor, missionary, and educator who now lives at Penney Retirement Community and volunteers in the PET (Personal Energy Transportation) production workshop.

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Here I Am: My Vocation as a Peacemaker

The following story is part of the Vocation of Peacemaking series where we asked members and friends of BPFNA ~ Bautistas por la Paz to write brief essays on their peacemaking work. Each story is a wonderful reminder that there are as many ways to live a life of peace as there are people, and that we can act for peace in real and important ways wherever we find ourselves. This essay comes from Eh Nay Thaw, a member of Crescent Hill Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky and a student at Centre College who frequent attends at the BPFNA ~ Bautistas por la Paz Summer Conference.

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Dispatches from Ferguson: A Two-Part Account of a Week in St. Louis

Nathan Watts, a BPFNA ~ Bautistas por la Paz board member, works in Tucson, AZ, as a program organizer with BorderLinks, a nonprofit that specializes in education, immigration justice and social ethics. Nathan was in St. Louis to support Fellowship of Reconciliation representatives (Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou and Gretchen Honnold) who are organizing and training participant protestors in nonviolent civil disobedience.

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My Vocation as a Peacemaker

The following story is part of the Vocation of Peacemaking series where we asked members and friends of BPFNA ~ Bautistas por la Paz to write brief essays on their peacemaking work. Each story is a wonderful reminder that there are as many ways to live a life of peace as there are people, and that we can act for peace in real and important ways wherever we find ourselves. This essay comes from Joao Matwawana, a former BPFNA board member who has served in a wide variety of peacemaking roles all around the world.

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A Meditation for Advent 2014

“I’m in no mood for Advent, “ I thought, glimpsing the purple banner emblazoned with the candle of hope. From Freetown to Ferguson, mothers are weeping over the bloody bodies of their children. From Ayotzinapa to New York City, fathers are crying out over the murder of their daughters and their sons. Children sob for their parents. Parents wail for their children. Widows and orphans are being created day by day by bloody day. How can we speak now of hope, peace, love, and joy? And yet...

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Vincent Harding, Rest in Peace

When I received the news that one of my dearest mentors, “Uncle” Dr. Vincent G. Harding had passed away, I had just finished some research he invited me to do for him as he was preparing to dedicate time to a memoir he’d long planned to write. Dr. Harding had asked me to collect some of the essays he wrote in the 1960s. When I heard of his aneurysm, I called his cell phone and left him a message saying that I was thinking of and praying for him, and that I looked forward to hearing what he wanted me to do with the essays I’d collected. As I write these words, I still have those essays on my desk, and I wish so badly that I could call Uncle Vincent and have his voice advise me on what I ought to do with them.

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When Justice and Peace Kiss

The incidents in Ferguson and New York have not only highlighted longstanding racial tensions, but have also laid bare the disparities facing black citizens throughout our country. While these cases raise questions about the prevalence of racial profiling and police misconduct, they also reach far beyond that, stressing ongoing issues of economic inequality, housing discrimination and unequal access to adequate education. And it rises from the deep fear and despair that clings to walls of inner-city tenements, and reeks from the tar paper shacks that still dot the Old South.

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Being There for Kids in Foster Care: My Vocation as a Peacemaker

The following story is part of the Vocation of Peacemaking series where we asked members and friends of the BPFNA to write brief essays on their peacemaking work. Each story is a wonderful reminder that there are as many ways to live a life of peace as there are people, and that we can act for peace in real and important ways wherever we find ourselves. This essay comes from Sterling Oliver who has been a Guardian ad Litem (a court-appointed, trained volunteer who advocates for abused and neglected children) for more than four years.

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