American social justice activist
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 .[ 1] [ 2]
He is a graduate of Manhattan College with a major in religion and peace studies.[ 3]
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.[ 4] [ 5]
Amistad provided support to New Haven's homeless during the Covid 19 epidemic.[ 6] [ 7]
He and his wife were 2019 New Haven Register Persons of the Year.[ 8]
Kings Bay Plowshares
On April 4, 2018, he took part in the Kings Bay Plowshares action.[ 9]
He refused to post bail as participating in home confinement and wearing an ankle band violate his conscience.[ 10]
Personal life
He raised six children with his wife Luz Catarineau: Keeley, Soledad, Justin and Isaiah Colville, and Crystal and Mario Fernandez.[ 11]
References
^ "TAKING IT TO THE STREETS: Fighting for food, housing and health" . Yale Daily News . May 13, 2020.^ "Longtime Anti-Nuke Activists Face Prison, Again, After Breaking Into Naval Base" . NPR.org .^ "Jailed Activist Targets "Culture Of Death" | New Haven Independent" . www.newhavenindependent.org . October 17, 2019.^ "Peace Activist Sentenced for Protesting at Drone Base Near Syracuse, NY" . Democracy Now! .^ "Amistad Catholic Worker freed after protesting drones, surprised by judge's ruling" . New Haven Register . December 13, 2014.^ "Living in tents as COVID surges, some of New Haven's homeless prep for winter" . CTInsider.com . December 5, 2020.^ Lambert, Ben (December 26, 2020). "Branford Catholic students, faculty, offer Christmas donation to New Haven worker house" . New Haven Register . ^ "Register Persons of the Year: Mark Colville and Luz Catarineau-Colville" . CTInsider.com . December 31, 2019.^ "Explainer: Who are the Kings Bay Plowshares 7, the Catholics convicted of protesting nuclear weapons?" . America Magazine . 2019-11-20. Retrieved 2020-12-29 .^ "New Haven Catholic Worker activist Mark Colville leaves jail after 1½ years" . CTInsider.com . October 1, 2019.^ "Mark Colville" .