What's so great about January 16, 1992? It's the day the Salvadoran Peace Accords were signed in Mexico, putting an end to the bloody 12-year civil war. But what does that mean for 2012? A 20-year anniversary, but where are we 20 years after this supposed negotiation? 13+ homicides daily nation-wide, assaults, machismo, poverty, major structural violence. What have the Peace Accords accomplished? An end to the organized killing that was the civil war.
But small things are happening too. Building the social conscience with the church youth. Reinforcing historic memory ... so we are not bound to repeat history. What can the youth of today, many of whom were born in the years following the Peace Accords, do to improve society? (I wish I'd taken better notes yesterday at the conversation that was organized between the youth and various war veterans ... ) Stay in school, learn, develop new ideas ... so that there will never be a need to take up arms again.
More reflections on this historic day to come later ...
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