{"id":343,"date":"2015-03-05T17:09:03","date_gmt":"2015-03-05T21:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cpnn-world.org\/temp\/?p=343"},"modified":"2026-02-02T20:12:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T19:12:01","slug":"sonia-ines-goez-orrego-on-a-speaking-tour-in-the-u-s-to-share-her-experience-building-peace-in-colombia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=343","title":{"rendered":"Sonia Ines Go\u00e9z Orrego on a speaking tour in the U.S. to share her experience building peace in Colombia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FREE FLOW OF INFORMATION<\/p>\n

an article by Pressenza International Press Agency<\/a> (Reprinted according to creative commons licenses 4.0)<\/p>\n

The presentation was organized by Colombia Human Rights Committee & Latin America Working Group Education Fund at The Graduate Center, CUNY in NYC.<\/p>\n

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\nSonia Ines Go\u00e9z Orrego speaking at The Graduate Center, CUNY in NYC on March, 2nd 2015 (Image by David Andersson)<\/center><\/p>\n

Sonia Ines Go\u00e9z Orrego is the executive director of CEDECIS, a community organization working in some of the most violent areas of Medell\u00edn. With two decades of experience in community organizing and building a culture of peace, she discussed how people have come together to prevent forced recruitment of young people by gangs, paramilitary, and guerrilla organizations, to train children and adolescents in nonviolence, and to build more resilient and peaceful communities. There are a lot of invisible borders in Medell\u00edn.\u201d The 13th District, locally known as the Comuna 13, is known to be one of Medellin\u2019s most troubled and dangerous districts, and is continually suffering from gang warfare and violence. Two powerful crime networks, the Caribbean-based Urabe\u00f1os and Medellin\u2019s own Oficina de Envigado crime syndicate, have vied for control of the neighborhood for years, causing repeated territorial wars in the streets of Comuna 8.\u201dWhat\u2019s an invisible border? It\u2019s a place where nobody can be, only those who belong to the combo that controls the territory,\u201d<\/p>\n

CEDECIS\u2019s experience is especially relevant today as the Colombian government and FARC guerrillas steadily advance the peace negotiations in Havana, Cuba, that would end the Western Hemisphere\u2019s longest running conflict.<\/p>\n

Ms. Go\u00e9z is also a representative of the Coordinaci\u00f3n Colombia Europa Estados Unidos (CCEEUU), the main network of some 245 Colombian human rights and nongovernmental organizations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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