Author Archives: Kelly Calles

Día de la persona migrante

En el día internacional de la persona migrante, queremos invitarles a escuchar el podcast realizado gracias al proyecto de migraciones de la Universidad de Cornell, con la tremenda participación de la profesora Patricia Rodríguez. En el último capítulo hablamos de cómo la migración ha afectado específicamente el trabajo de CRIPDES. Esperamos que lo disfrute.   […]

A new group will graduate in San Vicente /Un nuevo grupo se graduará en San Vicente

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   Yesterday the last assembly of the year was held with the beneficiaries of the scholarship program sponsored by the Austin and Philadelphia committees. 14 out of a total of 30 young people will complete their high school studies. Several of them were accompanied by their mothers, fathers or guardians. The participants […]

Report of our 2022 National Gathering

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   On October 8 and 9 our network held a virtual National Gathering for the third year in a row. This post aims to provide a short summary of the highlights from the weekend. If you want to get more into the weeds, you can read the full meeting minutes or watch […]

TPS at risk – Call your representative

THE WASHINGTON POST reports: Hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mainly from Central America, are at risk of losing their work permits after negotiations with the Biden administration to extend them broke down this week, advocates said Wednesday.   “>More than 300,000 immigrants from El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Nepal are seeking in federal court to […]

On-going human rights violations during the exception regime in El Salvador

Lissette Lemus recently reported for EL DIARIO DE HOY that seven social organizations of El Salvador have collected a total of 4,071 complaints of human rights violations commited by State agents during the on-going exception regime declared in March 2022.   According to the data collected, thousands of people have been victims of abuses by […]

Los impactos de la tormenta Julia en San Vicente / Tropical Storm Julia in San Vicente

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   Last weekend, Tropical Storm Julia demonstrated, once again, how fragile El Salvador continues to be in the face of tropical storms, even when they are downgraded to a “tropical depression.” Despite the reports that showed the magnitude of the event, many people had to use their personal days or take time […]

Our 2022 national gathering is coming!

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   We are just wrapping up the mini-tour and it is already time to prepare for our national gathering. As we mentioned before, we hope that this will be the last online gathering we develop. As always, we will have the participation of CRIPDES and we hope that you will invite several […]

A third update / un tercer reporte

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   Our friends continue their hard work during our tour. Yesterday, at Western Connecticut State University they met with both students and a team of teachers, who showed interest in the popular education schools that we were developing before the pandemic hit. In both classes, the groups wanted to discuss the loss […]

More photos of our 2022 Tour / Más fotos del tour

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   Today we bring you more photos from our 2022 Speaking tour. Lorena and Zulma had the opportunity to speak with various groups of students, with people interested during a hybrid event (in person and on zoom) and also spoke with the local media. We will continue to share the news of […]

Speaking Tour 2022: Cambridge

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   So far, the mini-tour developed by Zulma Tobar and the president of CRIPDES, Lorena Araujo, has allowed them to visit friends who, despite health problems, have continued to support solidarity work with El Salvador, as is the case of our dear Susan Klaw and Edwin Argueta. In addition to this, our […]