The Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization is an international religious community whose stated aim is to ensure justice for the oppressed peoples of the world. IFCO was founded in 1967, originally by the
United Presbyterian Church.
[https://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/archivalcollections/pdf/scmmg330.pdf] The IFCO has a controversial history due in part to "its
funding of community groups involved in militant and protest activities."
Through the affiliated project Pastors for Peace, IFCO works in
Cuba
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...
,
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...
,
Haiti
Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of the Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican ...
, and other nations of
Central America
Central America is a subregion of North America. Its political boundaries are defined as bordering Mexico to the north, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. Central America is usually ...
and the
Caribbean
The Caribbean ( , ; ; ; ) is a region in the middle of the Americas centered around the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, mostly overlapping with the West Indies. Bordered by North America to the north, Central America ...
.
References
External links
Official Websiteby Maria Armental, July 8, 2009
Church Offers help to Cuban Victims by Rondrell Moore, Terre Haute Channel 10 News, July 13, 2009
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KOWA 106.5 LP FM present
an interview with the 22nd Pastors for Peace Cuba Caravanistasin Olympia, Washington on July 6, 2011.
Cuba solidarity groups
Political advocacy groups in the United States
Religious organizations established in 1967
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