GLOBAL CAMPUS

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THE TEAM

 

Iris Wacker (62)
 

“A few years ago I was in the Peace Community of San José. It happened that I became a teacher for a short period of time for their older children. That´s how I came into a more intimate contact with the women, the children and the needs of the community. For me the most important task in this visit is that a community meets a community for an intensive time to learn from each other. A community, built up in trust, is the existential base for a peaceful life especially in a conflict area like theirs. We, coming from a quite peaceful area can support our sister-community, which is deeply involved in daily life struggle, in building up a space for the Gospel, the contact with the divine forces. As there will be a lively exchange between our youth, me as an Elder I will support that process wherever I can.
Me personally I will give my knowledge about medicinal plants, an important knowledge for the self-sufficiency in this war area they are living in.”

 

 

Ludwig Schramm (24)
 

“I was fifteen when I first came in contact with members of the Peace Community
San José de Apartadó. Getting to know people my age living in the midst of a brutal civil war in Colombia, refusing to be enemies and using non-violence as their way of resistance brought a radical change to my life; from this moment on I committed to dedicate my life in service for peace. I became a documentary filmmaker in order to truthfully present the world situation and at the same time help bring messages of hope to the world. Growing up in a community myself, Tamera, I am aware of the challenges a young person faces when it comes to taking on responsibility and continuing the work of the founders.
In this sense, I want to help to empower the young generation of San José.
I see great potential in the success of this Peace Community as a model for many conflict areas in Latin America. If they succeed, many will follow!”

 

 

Rita Moreno (24)
 

“My research question for this project is:
How can we build sustainable models that can resist the violence of a globalized system through non-violent means?
For me, part of the answer is about ecological solutions and empowerment of the young people, through education and art. These have been the main areas of my education in the last years. And this is what I would love to share with the people of the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó, in Colombia.
A reason why I go to this community is because this is a living example of a peaceful resistance. I've met Gildardo (one of the leaders of this community) last year on a pilgrimage in Portugal. I was astonished by the strength of this man, who carries such a violent past and shares such a hopeful vision for the future. Hopefully, this will be a time to get more answers to the initial question.
May the exchange of knowledge be the new weapon for a future without war!”

 

Laure Luciani (29)
 

“I first spent few years exploring the world searching for a better understanding and feeling of Life and the human being, to discover little by little what is my efficient and meaningful role. Finally it is in Colombia five years ago that I met the cruelest violence at the same time as the most powerful hope: from an activist against the system to a creator of resilient and unifying present for a future on this planet without violence. I thus progressively searched for integral solutions from Tamera in Portugal. It is about ‘becoming the change I want to see in the world’ with the support of my fellows’ mirrors, and act daily on a personal level as well as on a professional level.
Today, from the coordination of the Global Campus as well as from the partnership between Tamera and the Peace Community in Colombia, I am ready to accompany its next step of development. I am called to go to bear witness, to solidify a sense of global community, support and offer whatever of my gifts may serve.”

 

 

Lukas Mauermann (28)

 

“The topics I will take on during this journey are youth empowerment, and construction work to prepare the Farmers University, and being witness of this warzone in my ongoing education as a peace worker. It is my first time to go to the Peace Community San José de Apartadó. The deep respect and wish to understand and support this people will guide me through these seven weeks. And I am looking forward to see the vision and the perspective of this place as well as its meaning in the framework of a deeper global peace work; especially the vision and the need to strengthen Mulatos as the holistic model in the middle of the Peace Community call me to participate this year of the Global Campus in Colombia.

To make this journey with co-workers and friends from Tamera will be part of my learning. I am grateful for this chance.”

 

 

Irma Knittel (62)

 

“I was born in 1950 and I lived half of my life in a peace community.

I love to support community wherever it is needed and I like to work practically and artistically. With my trip to Colombia I want to support and strengthen the vision of Mulatos: To become a training place for peace workers. Now for me, it is about joining the people living there in the Peace Community, creating community within our group and caring for the land where we will be living.

A challenge for me will be to stay joyfully in this region of the world where there is so much violence.”

 

 

Laura von Raffay (28)

“In former visits to Colombia I had the luck to experience the most beautiful sides of this place. I was amazed by the diversity and fertility of the nature and I was always received with a lot of love and care by the people I met. I was deeply moved by the question how to deal with the knowledge about the paralyzing violence that is still happening in many parts of Colombia and I was wishing for a way how I could support the peace development.
The opportunity to be part of the Global Campus team as a clown and theatre maker, and to support the youth in the Peace Community seems to be an answer to many of my questions: the deep longing for community, the wish to be in service for peace and healing, the empowerment of the youth and the research about healing powers of art and culture. I hope to be a supportive partner for the young people to realize their dream of a new culture. “We are challenged to create a new common vision and to dream a conscious dream of our further life on earth in connection with all beings. It is the dream of a desired reality that is deeply rooted in our hearts and thoughts.“ (S. Lichtenfels).”

 

 

Juliane Eckmann (29)

“I have been growing up in the Community of Tamera that exists since more that 30 years. In my whole live the word community was very present. However only now that I got to know many other communities in the world - like San José de Apartadó - the word community gained a very deep political meaning. When I look at the crisis we face on a global level I can only see a survival of humanity on this planet if people find out how to live together in full trust, support and in full cooperation with nature.
I got to know the Peace Community 7 years ago. I was shocked by their dedication to stand for nonviolence in the middle of the conflict. I want to go there for the third time to strengthen the vision of a community of communities worldwide - a network of support and belief in the future. In Tamera I am working with the Youth and the Children. We are developing a new concept of schooling.  So I want to especially connect with the Youth.”