Vieques, Puerto Rico

The small Puerto Rican island of Vieques has been used for 60 years for U.S. military training. The people of Vieques live with the environmental and economic impact of these exercises and have for many years asked the world to notice the injustices they suffer. The Puerto Rican Mennonite Conference has joined with many religious and social organizations to try to bring about change in a nonviolent way. Mennonite Church USA in Nashville adopted a resolution calling for the immediate end of the military activities, together with a cleanup of the affected areas and a return of the land to the people of Vieques.

The Resolution

Nashville 2001 Vieques Resolution

Other links

Mennonite Agencies

Christian Peacemaker Teams Vieques

Followup Resources

Congregational Follow-up (915k PDF)

Bulletin Insert (400k PDF)

Letter to President Bush from Ervin Stutzman and James Schrag

Vieques Resources

Bulletin Inserts		View All Bulletin Inserts
Title	Date	Author
Vieques Resolution Followup Bulletin Insert (PDF)	8/31/2001	by MC USA
Nashville 2001 delegate action: Vieques Resolution Followup (400K .PDF)
Statements		View All Statements
Title	Date	Author
Letter to President Bush about Vieques	7/20/2001	by MC USA
Letter to President Bush addressing the presence of the U. S. Navy on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques.
Vieques Resolution, Nashville 2001	7/1/2001	by MC USA
Resolution passed by delegate body at Nashville 2001 regarding the US military use of Vieques, Puerto Rico.
Vieques Resolution, Nashville 2001, Followup		by Susan Mark Landis
Congretational follow-up on Nashville 2001 Resolution on US military use of Vieques, Puerto Rico.
Writings		View All Writings
Title	Date	Author
Nashville 2001 Vieques Resolution,Congregational Follow-up (PDF)
(915K .PDF)