By Dennis Chinoy In March 2020, after the Bangor committee had recently visited Carasque, Dennis Chinoy wrote the following article that invites us to reflect on the similarities of the history of El Salvador and its small communities and the difficult social situation in the United States. As El Salvador commemorates one year since […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) In 2020, USESSC said goodbye to two other committees that could no longer keep their commitments with their sistered communities. We had to say goodbye to the relationship between Wichita and La Bermuda, and the one between Manhattan and El Papaturro. That sadly means we will have less resources to support […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Many of the sister cities from our network are located in the department of Chalatenango (one of the most affected during the civil war). Therefore, they support several aspects of CCR’s work. The team shares the following report to end this year: ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT IN THE REGION WITH FUNDS […]
Dear Friends of US-El Salvador Sister Cities, Happy holidays to you and all your loved ones. We hope you are all staying safe and healthy! We thank you for your continued support throughout the years and especially during this tumultuous 2020 in which, with your help and the always inspiring organizing of our sister communities […]
Last weekend we held our annual National Gathering for 2020. Due to COVID, we held the event on Zoom. Although it was sad not being to be surrounded by friends, this modality enabled the participation of some who were never able to travel before (or never received their traveling VISAs). The weekend was facilitated by […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) STATEMENT ON JOE BIDEN’S VICTORY IN THE U.S. ELECTIONS THE ORGANIZATIONS IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE SALVADORAN PEOPLE SPEAK The Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES), the SHARE Foundation, Voices on The Border and the U.S. – El Salvador Sister Cities Network speak about the electoral results […]
By Catherine Hoffman Dear friends of Sister Cites and Mario Davila, Mario died Friday morning – peacefully in his sleep. Mario was the catalyst for our Cambridge El Salvador Sister City Project and remained faithful to it for the whole time. His experience as an activist in El Salvador guided our inception and […]
Calling all the network, national members and friends! November 14 and 15 will be a time for internal and external reflection and analysis. On November 14th we will even have the participation of CRIPDES board members, Marixa Amaya and Francisco Martínez who will answer questions from our working groups and share their views on the […]
To commemorate the International Day of Rural Women, U.S.- El Salvador Sister Cities (USESSC) in alliance with the women’s roundtable of CRIPDES are organizing a new online event titled: Rural Women organizing and violations to their Human Rights during the COVID19 Pandemic During one hour, our speakers will talk about the different challenges […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Thanks to the donations made to our fundraising due to the COVID crisis and tropical storms Amanda and Cristóbal, The U.S.- El Salvador Sister Cities Network was able to raise 19,763 dollars that have been used for the organization and delivery of food kits to communities affected in the five CRIPDES […]