(La versión en español aquí) Last year, on October 2nd, I sat down with Miguel Mejia from SALVAIDE. Then, we talked about april 19th, 1989, the day military forces raided the CRIPDES’ offices and captured him, then-president Isabel Hernandez and others. Our talk has been condensed for clarity. We were in the middle […]
El 2 de octubre del año pasado me senté a platicar con Miguel Mejía de SALVAIDE. En esa conversación hablamos de aquel 19 de abril de 1989 en que las autoridades hicieron una redada en las oficinas de CRIPDES, en la que lo apresaron a él y a varios más, incluyendo a Isabel Hernández, entonces […]
On april 3rd, Ronald Douglas Johnson got closer to be appointed as U.S. Ambassador in El Salvador. Our friend Joan Laurion, from the Madison-Arcatao Sister City Project (MASCP) shares a letter she sent to her congressman urging him to vote against it. You might also use it to reach out to your representative(s). Dear […]
By Judy Brubaker I’m in a small village in El Salvador with 3 friends through a Sister city program between here and Concord, New Hampshire. We were lucky to be here on the one day of the year that 3 women’s credit groups were meeting to have the women pay back their loans. Many […]
“Those of us from Bangor who participated in a similar immigration-focused delegation last year found some of our thinking about the issues re-arranged by our experience. It also prepared us to be able to offer with confidence multiple presentations on the immigration crisis that a variety of community groups have found compelling. We urge folks to go!” […]
We are once again preparing for a great popular education workshop in Cinquera. WHAT IS THIS ABOUT? The week we are planning will be a combination of workshop sessions and time spent with people in several rural communities, learning about their lives, the ways they support themselves, their history, in particular of the civil […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Last friday I had the chance to talk with Osmin Sibrian, from the water board of Teosinte, San Francisco Menéndez, a community sistered with Arlington. That’s how I got to learn more about the water situation in the area. The first challenge is that main pipes are 80 years old and […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Last weekend the Austin committee visited its sister comunity, Guajoyo, in San Vicente. There we had an exchange with two members of the community Santa Monica, organized by CRIPDES regional office in San Vicente, to learn about their experience with water projects and handling its scarcity. New visitors got to meet […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) In 2018, several youth from our program graduated from high school. This year new people were elected to take their place by the boards of the beneficiary communities. The young folks that are receiving a small amount that helps with their transportation or educational material are: NOMBRE 1 Maria Jose Panameño 2 […]
