Human rights activist Alice Winters at Dallas Peace Center

Published: July 27, 2007, 1:33 pm

Dr. Winters is a Bible scholar and human rights activist in Colombia. Here's a press release with details about her visit: Tuesday, July 31, at Noon. Brown Bag Lunch: Dr. Alice Winters Presbyterian Mission Worker Dr. Alice Winters teaches Bible and biblical languages in the School of Theology of the Reformed University of Colombia. In response to the increasing violence in Colombia, Alice, along with others in the Presbyterian Church of Colombia, has become involved in the struggle for human rights. She is active in the Ecumenical Network of Churches and Christian Organizations for Human Rights and in the work with displaced persons in the area of Barranquilla, where she lives. Says 2003 Peacemaker of the year Cat Bucher, Alice is amazing for her ability to interpret current events in Latin America, particularly with regard to implications for faith-based groups living in militarized conflict zones; her wisdom has been honed by at least three decades of living in

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