Friday, February 26, 2021

Mark Colville

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'''Mark Colville''' is an American social justice activist and [[Catholic Worker]]. He is the founder of the Amistad Catholic Worker community in [[New Haven, Connecticut]].<ref>https://ift.tt/3uB4ArT>

He is a graduate of [[Manhattan College]] with a major in religion and peace studies.<ref>https://ift.tt/2ZYdHoo>

In 2014, he was sentenced to one year conditional discharge for demonstrating outside the gates of [[Hancock Field Air National Guard Base]]. Colville was protesting the drone attacks that are remotely controlled from the base.<ref>https://ift.tt/3qUhU8F>

Amistad provided support to New Haven's homeless during the Covid 19 epidemic.<ref>https://ift.tt/3sxTkuF>

He and his wife were 2019 [[New Haven Register]] Persons of the Year.<ref>https://ift.tt/2ZVFxSA>

==Kings Bay Plowshares==
On April 4, 2018, he took part in the [[Kings Bay Plowshares]] action.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

He refused to post bail as participating in home confinement and wearing an ankle band violate his conscience.<ref>https://ift.tt/3bGHqrD>

==Personal life==
He raised six children with his wife Luz Catarineau: Keeley, Soledad, Justin and Isaiah Colville, and Crystal and Mario Fernandez.<ref>https://ift.tt/3uBldDQ>

==References==


[[Category:Catholic Workers]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American Christian pacifists]]
[[Category:Anti–nuclear weapons movement]]
[[Category:Catholic Worker Movement]]
[[Category:Christian anarchists]]
[[Category:Civil disobedience]]
[[Category:Peace movements]]


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