(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) During our 2019 delegation focused on migration, participants had the opportunity to visit the Santa Marta community in San Vicente. There, SOA Watch participants Patricia Rodriguez and Beth Harris told youth about the continental summit SOMOS ABYA YALA that was being planned for December. Thanks to this link, Douglas Cruz could […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Last december, the Bangor committee (sistered with Carasque) brought a delegation and one of its participants shares her perspective from the trip with us: I traveled to El Salvador in December, 2019 with a Sister Cities delegation. This was my first trip to the country and my first trip with […]
(EN ESPAÑOL AQUÍ) In all of the CRIPDES regionals there are workshops to discuss Sexual and reproductive rights. They are sponsored by different donors. In San Vicente’s case, the organization is SOLIDAR SUIZA. Different people are the facilitators. One of them is Alfredo Lopez, who also facilitates the high school scholarships assemblies. Alfredo […]
En todas las regionales de CRIPDES se desarrollan temas de Derechos sexuales y reproductivos en proyectos financiados por diferentes donantes. En San Vicente, la contraparte es Solidar Suiza. Diferentes personas desarrollan dichos talleres. Una de ellas es Alfredo López, quien también facilita las asambleas de becarias y becarios de bachillerato. Alfredo me contó las particularidades […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Last march, the delegation from Austin visited Guajoyo and ran into their annual sad tradition: fighting wildfires. Guajoyo and the neighbor communities got together to fight it without a quick response from firefighters, the municipality of Tecoluca or the Government’s office of civil protection. This is a reality they […]
Sister Cities is one of the organizations that have signed this letter in solidarity with the people of Bolivia and, especially to denounce the words of the U.S. government. Please read it here: International Organization Denounce Coup d’Etat & Increase in Violence Against the People of Bolivia Ciudades Hermanas es una de las organizaciones […]
Sombrero Azul is the annual newsletter of the Binghamton-El Charcón Sister City Project. Follow them on Facebook. They are a 501(c)3 tax deductible organization affiliated with the US-El Salvador Sister Cities Network. You can read the newsletter here: El Sombrero Azul 2019
The upcoming year Sister Cities, through the Philadelphia Committee and the Climate Change working group, will support initiatives to raise awareness about the link between bad practices in the sugar cane industry, including the use of chemicals such as glyphosate in its production, and the number of people diagnosed with kidney disease and kidney failure. […]
(EN ESPAÑOL AQUI) On June 2016, Paulina Dominguez, community leader, shared the history of how the community of El Charcon started, its relationship with CRIPDES and their link with their sistered committee in Binghamton. Some parts have been edited for clarity. The family started with families that were fleeing from the war that […]
Paulina Domínguez, lideresa comunitaria, compartió en junio de 2016 los inicios de la comunidad El Charcón, su relación con CRIPDES y el vínculo con el hermanamiento de Binghamton. Se han editado algunas partes para mayor claridad. La comunidad nació de familias que venían huyendo del conflicto armado que se dio en el año 1980, […]