Category Archives: Get Involved

U.S. stance on mass incarceration of innocents in El Salvador

  #RégimenDeExcepción | 66 víctimas de personas capturadas de las comunidades del Bajo Lempa, con apoyo de @Cristosal, han denunciado al Estado salvadoreño ante la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) por violación sistemática de sus derechos humanos en el régimen. pic.twitter.com/gz7BB4mNdJ — Revista GatoEncerrado (@GatoEncerradoSV) March 10, 2023 On March 6th, the U.S. government […]

Remembering Oscar Romero

As many of you may already know, last year we encouraged folks from our network to raise money (any amount!) for our Romero fundraiser. And they sure did deliver! From a walk-a-thon to brunch with friends, from a basketball statistics bet (March madness is upon us…) to a stations of the cross display that Madison […]

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 […]

Café in Spanish

USESSC is happy to invite you to our upcoming event! Come and have a virtual coffee with us while you get to practice (or learn!) a bit of Spanish while talking about El Salvador. Don’t be afraid to join even if you know just a couple of words. We want you to have a good […]

Rural youth and the state of exception in El Salvador

The Share Foundation and U.S.-El Salvador Sister Cities (USESSC) would like to invite you to our upcoming webinar: Rural youth and the state of exception in El Salvador   We will have the participation of three young persons from the regions of UCRES, La Libertad and Chalatenango. They will share what the state of exception […]

Results of the State of exception / Resultados del estado de excepción

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   After the Nayib Bukele administration declared a state of emergency on March 27 in response to the rise in homicides over a weekend, several human rights violations have been reported. In addition to the unjustified raid on PROCOMES yesterday (April 20) and the reports of arrest “quotas” imposed on police officers […]

Event: Salvadoran rural communities facing the decision to migrate

You’re invited to this webinar where we will talk about the context leading to the phenomena of migration from El Salvador. We will also have guests from a rural community in San Vicente who will provide their own perspective of the situation. Guest speakers: Zulma Tobar and Mario Guevara, coordinators of Sister Cities in El […]

Cambridge’s walk-a-thon

Cambridge is planning two walk-a-thons to raise money and remember Oscar Romero’s martyrdom. Friday March 25 – 3 PM  City Hall to Harvard Square and back. Saturday March 26 – 11 am at Fresh Pond.  You can walk in your own neighborhood, organize a team, walk on a treadmill, wheel yourself  or simply think about moving […]

USESSC Romero fundraiser

The murder of Monsignor Óscar Arnulfo Romero, committed by a death squad 42 years ago in El Salvador, remains unpunished. Even though Tutela Legal denounced this last year and questioned the slowness of the Attorney General’s Office (FGR), nothing has changed. Many people still don’t know about Romero’s work and how he became “the voice […]

U.S. Committees send letter of solidarity to sistered communities

Context/Contexto  Back in December, we drafted a letter for U.S. committees and National Members to sign and share with our sistered communities in El Salvador. After gathering signatures, Zulma and Mario worked with CRIPDES to distribute the message below to our communities. // En diciembre, escribimos una carta para que los comités y miembros nacionales […]