Community Peacemaker Teams

Online Gathering tomorrow: Join us to celebrate 40 years of peacemaking on 26 September! Sign up now at cpt.org/forty

Judy Da Silva, Anishinaabe Elder and Water Protector from Asubpeeschoseewagong First Nation (Grassy Narrows), will help us reflect on the power of community, resistance, and solidarity in the struggle for justice.

And CPTers past and present will share stories that stand out from our journey.

Visit cpt.org/forty to register

Join us to celebrate 40 years of peacemaking on 26 September! Sign up now at cpt.org/forty

Judy Da Silva, Anishinaabe Elder and Water Protector from Asubpeeschoseewagong First Nation (Grassy Narrows), will help us reflect on the power of community, resistance, and solidarity in the struggle for justice.

And CPTers past and present will share stories that stand out from our journey.

Visit cpt.org/forty to register

Across North America and the world, we are seeing a frightening rise of authoritarian governments. In the United States, ICE is tyrannizing communities by kidnapping, imprisoning, and deporting loved ones. The administration is steadily eroding the rights of groups including migrants, LGBTQ+ people, women, and people with disabilities and dismantling life-saving public services. In Canada, we are seeing both federal and provincial governments bring forth multiple oppressive bills: restrictions on migration that will result in many students and workers losing their status, “security” and “tough on crime” bills that will increase surveillance and incarceration, and “economic security” bills that fast-track resource extraction projects with little regard for Indigenous rights or environmental impact. The violence of empire is all around us.

As followers of Christ, the church is called to emanate Jesus’ life, teachings, and ministry here on earth. As governments attack and imprison our neighbours, we are called to stand alongside them – to join them in community and work together for liberation. The church’s witness during this turbulent time is critical. It is at times like this that we look to Jesus on how to love our neighbours and resist violence.

We know that as congregations of faith and peace, you are striving to support your local communities that are witnessing and experiencing violence. Despite the violence and fear around us, we want to stand together and work for peace. On November 8th, 2026, CPT wants to invite your congregation to take part in a Peace Sunday. CPT has put together a Peace Sunday Worship Toolkit for congregations that includes scripture, stories, poetry, litanies, and sermon prompts. We also want to encourage you to invite a CPT speaker that Sunday to speak to your congregation either virtually or in-person. And as we look forward to another 40 years of peacemaking, we ask that your morning offering be a donation CPT.

https://cpt.org/peace-sunday

Join us to celebrate 40 years of peacemaking on 26 September! Sign up now at cpt.org/forty

Judy Da Silva, Anishinaabe Elder and Water Protector from Asubpeeschoseewagong First Nation (Grassy Narrows), will help us reflect on the power of community, resistance, and solidarity in the struggle for justice.
And CPTers past and present will share stories that stand out from our journey.

Visit cpt.org/forty to register

On September 23 at 12 pm, walk with Grassy Narrows youth and community members to show that we are with them on their path to achieve mercury justice and freedom! This is a family-friendly event. Rain or shine!

Grassy Narrows secured a historic ban on logging on their territory for the next 10 years and important promises to clean their river and build a Mercury Care Home. They have the longest-running blockade in Canadian history, which has helped foster Indigenous resistance across Turtle Island and saved 15 million trees from being cut.

But so much is still needed to right the wrong of mercury poisoning in Grassy Narrows.

On Wednesday September 23rd, 2026, community members and leaders will travel 1,700km from Grassy Narrows to Toronto to demand that Ontario and Canada:

1. Compensate everyone in Grassy Narrows fairly for the mercury crisis
2. End the pollution by stopping the Dryden mill and ending mining and nuclear waste plans that threaten Grassy Narrows
3. Support Grassy Narrows in restoring their community and way of life from the damage that mercury has done.

Register here: https://tinyurl.com/3x57pmjc

After 40 years, what has CPT accomplished? Perhaps the better question is: Who have we become by walking alongside communities resisting violence and building peace? Read Caldwell Manners’ Friday Bulletin on accompaniment, solidarity, and learning from our partners. https://cpt.org/2026/09/18/what-has-cpt-accomplished

After a CPT delegation in the US-Mexico Borderlands, David Leaman joined our team in Palestine. In both places, he came across oppressive dividing walls. Here, he reflects on their role as colonial tools, and the common call of CPT in different parts of the world to dissolve them.

Walls Community Peacemaker Teams builds partnerships to transform violence and oppression. Over 35 years of action for peace and justice.