Category Archives: Get Involved

First Days in Chilama, La Libertad

From our volunteer Cori Ring-Martinez’s blog, Learning from Mi Pueblo. Check it out for more updates on Chilama and El Salvador!     As I mentioned in my previous post, I have been in El Salvador now for two months, and I have spent the majority of that time in La Libertad, the department south […]

Last chance to get your Representative to stand up for democracy in El Salvador -Call TODAY!

Join CISPES, SHARE, and US-El Salvador Sister Cities in taking action today! Given the US government’s appalling eagerness to rubber stamp the dirty elections in Honduras and recognize the contested right-wing “victor” Juan Hernández, it’s critical that we push for truly free and fair elections – WITHOUT US INTERVENTION – in neighboring El Salvador. Call […]

Sign Petition Demanding that the Victims of Human Rights Abuses be Heard

November 11th, 2013 www.cispes.org Click here to sign and share the petition today to help us collect 1000 signers  by  the end Monday, Nov 11 to deliver to the Archbishop!  This petition will be presented to the Archbishop in the next week. On September 30, Archbishop Escobar of San Salvador abruptly shut down the Archdiocese’s historic human […]

Reporting Back from the Cambridge and Austin Sister Cities Delegations

By Catie Johnston Austin Sister Cities Volunteer in San Vicente   Delegations are at the heart of what Sister Cities is all about: they are the incarnation of the solidarity relationships that make things like projects, advocacy, and development possible. In April and May, our sister communities in El Salvador received not one, not two, […]

Austin Sister Cities Volunteer Learning to Eat, Sleep, and Breathe Solidarity

We talk a lot here at Sister Cities about solidarity, emphasizing that our sister communities are working “in solidarity” with one another, but what does that mean? And even more important, what does it look like in practice? I arrived here in El Salvador on January 5th to start my six month volunteering adventure with […]

Demand the Honduran Government Protect Gay Rights Activist Erick Vidal Martinez!

On Sunday January 13th, 2013, Erik Vidal Martinez, a well know human rights defender and gay rights activist was assaulted and arrested by police while defending while defending patrons from police harassment at an LGBT bar in Tegucigalpa. Erick was released but his safety could be in danger because Honduran police are known for retaliation and […]

Ask Your Rep to Support the Rights of Afro-indigenous Communities in Honduras

Contact the Foreign Policy Staffer in the Washington DC Office of Your Representative to Sign on to the Hank Johnson Dear Colleague Letter Today!   On Monday, January 07, 2013, U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) circulated a House sign-on “Dear Colleague” letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Attorney General Holder addressing ongoing human […]

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SC Mainers React to Attack on Environmental Protections by Mining Interests

March 30, 2012 Mining companies are not just aiming to start operating in El Salvador, they also are trying to loosen regulations and move in to states like Wisconsin and Maine. As we reported in February, Wisconsin is facing the destructive effects of corporate mining with proposed gold and iron mines and the expansion of […]

94 House Members call on Secretary Clinton to Suspend Assistance to Honduras

March 18, 2012 Michael Ring, for the US-El Salvador Sister Cities Honduras Solidarity Committee Thanks to the advocacy work of people around the country, including many in our own network, 94 Congresspeople signed on to a letter sponsored by Ill. Rep Jan Schakowsky calling for the cutting of US military aid to Honduras because of […]

Urgent Action: Honduras Human Rights Congressional Letter!

On Tuesday, February 14, 2012, U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) circulated a House sign-on “Dear Colleague” letter (found below) addressing the ongoing human rights crisis in the Aguán region of Honduras.    We need your help in securing the signature of your Congressperson on this letter by Wednesday, March 7, 2012!   To identify your […]