Jessica Varat » families http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/jvarat EPAF in Peru Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:47:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Words to action: the humanitarian umbrella http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/jvarat/blog/2009/08/27/words-to-action-the-humanitarian-umbrella/ http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/jvarat/blog/2009/08/27/words-to-action-the-humanitarian-umbrella/#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:33:06 +0000 Jessica Varat http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/jvarat/?p=112 I am taking advantage of being AP’s featured fellow to repost the english version of the web page my friends at EPAF have created for tomorrow’s mass action in Lima.  For those of us that are not in Lima, we can show we care about the plight of the families of the disappeared in Perú (and all over the world for that matter) by sending in a picture holding an umbrella. Here is more information:

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Open Up Your Umbrella! - For the Families of the Disappeared in Peru

In Peru, thousands of families lost their loved ones as a result of forced disappearances during the 20-year internal armed conflict from 1980 to 2000. Today, both the state and society have a moral obligation to help the families search for the disappeared so that they can recover their remains and bury them with dignity.

On August 28th, Peruvians will gather together at 6:30 pm GMT and open umbrellas in the Plaza San Martín in Lima to draw attention to the unresolved issue of the disappeared. We invite you to take part, wherever you might be, by taking a picture of yourself with your umbrella and uploading it to the Open Up Your Umbrella! group on Flickr. (If you don’t have a Flickr account, you can always send your photo to openupyourumbrella@gmail.com, and we’ll upload it for you!)
Better yet, get a group of friends together with umbrellas and take a photo. Make it creative, artistic or just plain fun. The important thing is that you participate and pass the word on to others so that we can raise consciousness about this important issue and make the recovery of the disappeared in Peru a priority once and for all.
There are over 15,000 disappeared persons in Peru, and we hope to have a photo to represent each and everyone of them.

On August 28th at 6:30 pm GMT, open an umbrella, take a picture, and help the cause!

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