Christian Peacemaker Christian Peacemaker Teams in Iraqi KurdistanTeams in Iraqi Kurdistan

IRAQI KURDISTAN © NPR

CPT isCPT is• an ecumenical Christian organization • dedicated to peacemaking • working in places where there is violent conflict

CPT is

NONVIOLENCE TRAININGS WITH IRAQI KURDISH and ARAB

GROUPS

NONVIOLENCE TRAINIGS WITH

IRAQI KURDISH and ARAB GROUPS

Iraqis are already working on building a nonviolent movement within their country.

Their efforts are in need of support and recognition.

BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS ISBUILDING RELATIONSHIPS IS CRUCIAL CRUCIAL TO CHRISTIAN NONVIOLENCETO CHRISTIAN NONVIOLENCE

FACES OF IRAQFACES OF IRAQ

I do not know the words of her story, but I do know that violence has not just broken her heart; it

has ripped her in two. - Rev. Beth Pyles, Christian Peacemaker Teams: Iraq

Said Ali

Young Man with fruit

GLIMMERS OF HOPEGLIMMERS OF HOPE

Sami in schoolMuslim Peacemaker TeamsMuslim Peacemaker Teams

windowIraqi art is

flourishing.

The subjects

are painful and the works

evoke great emotion.

Not all Not all children children

have have forgotten forgotten

how to how to smile.smile.

Sharing a mealWar happens on the large

scale of human affairs.

Small communities

& human rights groups often address root causes of

war on the small scale.

Kurdish picnic

Part of the work of peacemaking is bringing social relationships back to scale.

The impersonalism of transnational relations contributes to war.

CPTer, Tom Fox, martyred in CPTer, Tom Fox, martyred in Baghdad, Iraq, March 2006Baghdad, Iraq, March 2006

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Victory/ peaceFor More Information…Christian Nonviolence– centerforchristiannonviolence.org

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Iraq News– www.electroniciraq.org

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