Mark Colville (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

1. "TAKING IT TO THE STREETS: Fighting for food, housing and health". Yale Daily News. May 13, 2020.
2. "Longtime Anti-Nuke Activists Face Prison, Again, After Breaking Into Naval Base". NPR.org.
3. "Jailed Activist Targets "Culture Of Death" | New Haven Independent". www.newhavenindependent.org. October 17, 2019.
4. "Peace Activist Sentenced for Protesting at Drone Base Near Syracuse, NY". Democracy Now!.
5. "Amistad Catholic Worker freed after protesting drones, surprised by judge's ruling". New Haven Register. December 13, 2014.
6. "Living in tents as COVID surges, some of New Haven's homeless prep for winter". CTInsider.com. December 5, 2020.
7. Lambert, Ben (December 26, 2020). "Branford Catholic students, faculty, offer Christmas donation to New Haven worker house". New Haven Register.
8. "Register Persons of the Year: Mark Colville and Luz Catarineau-Colville". CTInsider.com. December 31, 2019.
9. "Explainer: Who are the Kings Bay Plowshares 7, the Catholics convicted of protesting nuclear weapons?". America Magazine. 2019-11-20. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
10. "New Haven Catholic Worker activist Mark Colville leaves jail after 1½ years". CTInsider.com. October 1, 2019.
11. "Mark Colville".