Category Archives: Sister Cities

What does being a “national member” of the Sister Cities Network mean?

Sometimes people fall in love with the relationship our network has had with CRIPDES and El Salvador for many years. Sometimes they join a Committee in the U.S. to remain engaged in dealing with the problems El Salvador still faces, even though it’s a country that is no longer of importance in the international news. […]

Complex Trauma, Trauma Sensitive Yoga, and the El Salvador Mental Health Project

On May 6th, Clare Norelle will join Ian Davies and Marc Rosenthal’s COR II class on El Salvador.   Clare Norelle is a bilingual yoga teacher who offers Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY), an evidence-based adjunct treatment for complex trauma, to Medicaid clients in Dane County. She is also helping to develop the El Salvador […]

Reactivating the Youth National Round Table of CRIPDES / Reactivando la Mesa Nacional de Jóvenes de CRIPDES

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   The Youth National Round Table of CRIPDES has been reactivated and endorsed by AIETI through the project “Active and Empowered Citizenship to Promote a Culture of Peace In La Libertad and San Salvador”. The  five regions of CRIPDES (CRIPDES San Vicente, CRIPDES Sur La Libertad, CCR, UCRES, PROGRESO) have active work […]

Judith Paradis – Presente!

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   One of the founders of the Arlington Committee has passed away: Judith passed away on April 28, 2019. Dear daughter of Mary (Colgan) and the late John R. Paradis. Beloved wife of Bob Carter of Arlington. Loving mother of Abby Carter and her partner Ronan Hanley of North Carolina and Rob […]

Miguel Mejia on CRIPDES’ raid

(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 […]

Miguel Mejía – La redada en CRIPDES

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 […]

A delegation focused on migration!

“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!”  […]

The 2019 popular education workshop in Cinquera is coming!

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 […]

Meet the new scholarship recipients in San Vicente / Conozca a las y los nuevos becarios de San Vicente

(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 […]