Today, Zulma Hernández (from CRIPDES Sur La Libertad), Zulma Tobar (Sister Cities’ staff in El Salvador), Jonathan Falk and Jacey Anderson led a 6-hour PopEd workshop for about 20 members of the staff of Workers Defense Project, a Texas grassroots organization that works with immigrant workers to help them defend their rights. The workshop focused […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) At the beginning of 2019, a group of representatives from Naya Global Health, formerly HDCP, visited the community of Las Anonas (sistered with Philadelphia) and started to learn more about kidney disease that for many years has been affecting many residents of the area. They learnt about the direct connection with the […]
Originalmente escrito por Jacey Anderson (VIEW ENGLISH VERSION HERE) “Recuerdo cuando huíamos de la guerra, nos agarrábamos del delantal de nuestra mamá y ella sostenía nuestros dedos para que no nos perdiéramos cuando caminábamos de noche”. Bernardo Belloso al ver una foto del projecto fotográfico solidario “Fluye” Era un húmedo domingo de octubre […]
Artículo original de Rafi Barglow / Arlington Teosinte Sister City Project La semana pasada, Zulma Tobar y Bernardo Belloso vinieron desde El Salvador a visitar la escuela de Arlington para hablar con casi cuatrocientos estudiantes sobre importantes temas que nos unen. Tobar es la co-coordinadora de Ciudades Hermanas, una organización que coordina las relaciones […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) On October 23rd, Sister Cities joined the press conference where CISPES, The Share Foundation, the Water Forum and organizations of Salvadorans in Los Angeles (CUSE) made an urgent call to stop water privatization initiatives. After the press conference, the group went to the Legislative Assembly where they delivered signatures from Salvadorans abroad […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) In August, an article was published in Arlington celebrating the sister relationship with Teosinte. Thirty years later, Arlington is still making a meaningful difference in Teosinte and Teosinte is making a difference in Arlington. Volunteers in Arlington sell handmade textiles sewn in Teosinte at Arlington Town day and craft fairs, providing […]
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(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Yesterday, I was one of the hundreds of Salvadorans that marched asking for justice in the case of Monsignor Romero. Oscar Romero was assassinated 38 years ago and this weekend he will be proclaimed the first saint of El Salvador. Nevertheles, and despite what was stablished by the report of the United […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Our friends from PICA sent this invitation to celebrate Bangor’s relationship with Carasque: En agosto de 1995, cuatro años después de que iniciara el hermanamiento de Bangor a través de Ciudades Hermanas, Bangor le dio la bienvenida a Julia y Mario, los primeros carasqueños en visitar. Como un acto […]
Now more than ever is important to think about the effects of climate change in our planet. The most affected countries will always be the poorest. El Salvador has been placed in the 16th spot of most vulnerable countries to climate change. We are indeed facing its effects: after a severe drought that affected the […]