Sister Cities’ 25th Anniversary Marathon Midwest Tour Starts October 3rd!

Starting October 3rd we are going to be visiting committees and making presentations with community activists Agustin Menjivar and Estela Garcia in Wisconsin, Illinois and Kansas. Agustin Menjivar is the president of the Association of Communities for the Development of Chalatenango and leader of the historic community of Arcatao. Estela Garcia grew up in the repopulated communities of Chalatenango and has worked for USAID, Oxfam and the Lutheran World Federation in outreach, education and the documentation of human rights abuses through Central America.
Check out our schedule below to see what’s happening in your area and so you can pass the word on to your friends and family in the Midwest:

Monday Oct. 3rd – 6pm- Speaking event at 206 Ingraham Hall at the University of Wisconsin  

Tuesday Oct. 4th – 6pm-MASCP event at the Madison City Council

Wednesday Oct. 5th –  6pm-Speaking event at Ferris University (IRC 120), Big Rapids,  Michigan

Thursday Oct. 6th– 9am & 6pm-Speaking events at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan

Friday Oct. 7th -5:30pm- meeting with environmental activists at University of Wisconsin

Saturday Oct. 8th National Gathering at the Centro Hispano in Madison

Sunday Oct. 9 National Gathering at the Centro Hispano

Monday Oct. 10th – 8am- Sister Cities Board Mtg,

                             6pm-Celebration of the Madison committee’s  25th Anniversary at the Cardinal Bar

Tuesday Oct. 11th – Community tour and meeting in Crystal Lake, IL

  Wednesday Oct. 12th – 6pm- Speaking event at the Dorothy Stang Popular Education Adult High School in Chicago

Thursday Oct. 13th -5:30pm- Speaking event at

                             Northeastern Illinois University

  Friday Oct. 14th – noon- Speaking event at Loyola University

Saturday Oct. 15th –Chicago to Wichita, KS

Sunday Oct. 16th – Community meeting in Wichita

Monday Oct. 17th -11am- Speaking event at Newman University in Wichita

                            7pm- Community presentation in Manhattan, KS

Tuesday Oct. 18th – 6:30pm- Community presentation at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries in Lawrence, KS

Wednesday Oct .19th The End!

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