By Alexandra Early, originally published on www.counterpunch.org As someone who just returned from living and working in El Salvador, I’m still having a hard time adjusting to our mainstream media’s never-ending wave of know-nothing commentary on the subject of immigration. A case in point is the column penned by New York Timescolumnist Ross Douthat on […]
Today, June 28, 2014, on the 5th anniversary of the military coup d’état in Honduras that was tacitly supported by our own government, U.S.–El Salvador Sister Cities, SHARE El Salvador, and CISPES reaffirm our solidarity with the Honduran people and pay tribute to the martyrs of the Honduran resistance movement who have offered their lives […]
The MCC Board approved a second compact with El Salvador nine months ago, but its signing and entry into force have been delayed and new conditions demanded by the Obama administration that are inconsistent with the country’s development plan and with general MCC practice. The MCC Board approved a $277 million compact for El […]
June XX, 2014 Dear Secretary Kerry; We were heartened by your comments following the election of El Salvador’s new president, Salvador Sánchez Cerén, which expressed your commitment to maintaining a strong relationship between our two governments. More than two decades after the country’s Peace Accords were signed, El Salvador is now a mature and stable […]
SAMPLE CALL SCRIPT – Asking your Rep to send a letter to Kerry about MCC manipulation and threats against the Family Agriculture Plan Hi my name is ________, a constituent from [your city] and a member of the U.S. – El Salvador Sister Cities Network. I am calling because we need Representative ______ to […]
Call your Congressperson TODAY and ask them to sign on to a Dear Congress letter sponsored by Congressman Pocan and Honda telling Secretary of State John Kerry, also the head of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, to stop intervening in El Salvador’s domestic policy through the conditioning of the development aid funds.
2014 may be winding down, but U.S.- El Salvador Sister Cities sure isn´t! We still have 2 opportunities for network members nationwide to engage in social justice and solidarity here in El Salvador. November 14- 21 This November, learn about the organizing work being done in the Salvadoran countryside in historic communities and their experiences […]
Y.O.I.K. 2014 Youth Organizing Immersion Kamp!! Dates: December 14-21, 2014 Cost: $650* plus cost of flight U.S. El Salvador Sister Cities is hosting its FIRST EVER youth activist immersion camp, bringing together young people who want to make change happen in their communities from El Salvador and the U.S. Visit historic communities in El Salvador and […]
The Trade Union Federation of Food, Beverage, Hotel, Restaurant and Agro Workers (FESTSSABHRA), the Salvadoran Union and Social Front (FSS), the Trade Union Confederation of Workers of El Salvador (CSTS), the Popular Resistance Movement of October 12 (MPR-12), U.S. – El Salvador Sister Cities, the International Union of Food Workers (IUF) and the Permanent Bureau […]
Buy or reserve your tickets now! The National Gathering will be held in Austin, Texas this year on Columbus Day weekend (Oct. 11th and 12th). This is the same weekend as the Austin City Limits music festival so flights into Austin may fill up early.