Contacts and Information

• Visits to the Jungle and Northern regions to dialogue with diverse social/political and religious actors.
• Receiving various international delegations to introduce them to the current situation in Chiapas and the work of SIPAZ: United Churches of Christ, Pax Christi Italy, a high profile delegation from Norway and the Swiss Peace Program (PROPAZ).
• Coordinated a visit of the German Ambassador to indigenous communities in the Highlands and his meeting with different organizations in Chiapas.
• Meetings in Mexico City with advisors, NGOs, Embassies and the European Commission’s office.
• Interview with Juan Gonzalez Esponda, Commissioner for Reconciliation of the Chiapas government.
• Sojourn of a SIPAZ collaborator in the civil peace camp of Moises Ghandi (Jungle region).

Inter-religious Dialogue

• Meetings with religious leaders from the county of Chenalho and with the Pluralistic Ecumenical Group.
• Continuation of the Peacebuilding Exchange Project between religious leaders from Chenalho and the Nicaraguan Peace Commissions.
• Visits to various communities in the county to make them aware of the project.
• Participation in ecumenical prayers for peace in San Cristobal de las Casas and Los Chorros (county of Chenalho).

Peace Education

• Participation in the Network for Peace, a space for exchanging on action and reflection that seeks to support peace and reconciliation processes at the community and organizational level in Chiapas.
• Participation in the Second Meeting on Experiences of Peace and Community Reconciliation (May 24-26 in San Cristobal de las Casas).
• Series of three workshops on Conflict Transformation with the students of CEDECOs (Centers for Community Development) in San Cristobal de las Casas.

International

• Exchanging workshop on experiences of peacebuilding in the Central American region, in Guatemala (part of the project Reflecting on Peacebuilding Practices)
• Participation in the IV Meeting of Latin American Peacebuilders Network, in Peru.