(En Español abajo) Rosa Rivera, founder and current member of the Living Memory Committee in Arcatao (Chalatenango) was invited to Madison by the Sistered Committee. Her scheduled was exciting. She met with Marc Rosenthal’s health care group, she went to a tour at the capitol with Rep. Chris Taylor, she also had a meeting at […]
(Versión en español abajo) We are thrilled to receive a delegation with the desire to see the organizational structures and challenges in El Salvador. The delegation is formed by Rabbi Laurie Zimmerman from the Congregation Shaarei Shamayim; Fabiola Hamdan, Immigration Affairs Specialist with the Dane County Department of Human Services, Senator LaTonya Johnson for the […]
ARTHUR LLOYD December 5, 1927 – August 4,2015 The Reverend Arthur “Art” Selden Lloyd moved to Madison, Wisconsin, in 1968. Over the next decades, Art played a key role in developing several of the solidarity initiatives that ultimately gave rise not only to the Madison-Arcatao Sister City Project, but also the U.S.-El Salvador Sister Cities […]
March 18, 2009 U.S.-El Salvador Sister Cities led an observation mission with the Social Initiative for Democracy for the March 15th, 2009 Presidential Elections in El Salvador. The mission included 24 International and Salvadoran observers and observed in the municipalities of El Puerto, La Libertad; Arcatao Chalatenango; Cinquera, Cabanas; Tecoluca, San Vicente and Suchitoto, Cuscatlán […]
From the Madison-Arcatao Sister City Project, Madison, Wisconsin: This spring, in collaboration with several Madison churches, the Madison Arcatao Sister City Project (MASCP) presented “Stations of the Struggle,” a traveling art exhibit during the 2008 Lent season. The Stations of the Struggle exhibit honors the fact that the people of our sister city of Arcatao, […]