Tag Archives: Cambridge

Sarah Bruhn: reflection after visiting Las Flores / reflexión después de visitar SJLF

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   Beauty and Connection in Times of Struggle   At dawn, I tiptoed out of the room I shared with a fellow educator and three vivacious high school girls, all of us from the Boston area, all of us grateful for the chance to be in solidarity with the community of San […]

More photos of our 2022 Tour / Más fotos del tour

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   Today we bring you more photos from our 2022 Speaking tour. Lorena and Zulma had the opportunity to speak with various groups of students, with people interested during a hybrid event (in person and on zoom) and also spoke with the local media. We will continue to share the news of […]

Speaking Tour 2022: Cambridge

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   So far, the mini-tour developed by Zulma Tobar and the president of CRIPDES, Lorena Araujo, has allowed them to visit friends who, despite health problems, have continued to support solidarity work with El Salvador, as is the case of our dear Susan Klaw and Edwin Argueta. In addition to this, our […]

2022 Speaking tour

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   As previously mentioned, we are preparing a small tour and we are finalizing some details with the help of friends and committees in the United States. The two speakers will be our very own Zulma Tobar and CRIPDES’ president Lorena Araujo.   Lorena Araujo is the current president of the Association […]

Cambridge’s walk-a-thon

Cambridge is planning two walk-a-thons to raise money and remember Oscar Romero’s martyrdom. Friday March 25 – 3 PM  City Hall to Harvard Square and back. Saturday March 26 – 11 am at Fresh Pond.  You can walk in your own neighborhood, organize a team, walk on a treadmill, wheel yourself  or simply think about moving […]

Voices from the Ground / Voces desde nuestras comunidades

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   As we approach the day of our conversation with Roberto Lovato, the Cambridge committee is inviting you to this online event to learn about what’s happening in El Salvador.     REGISTER HERE   ZOOM LINK HERE   TAX- DEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS TO THE COMMITTEE HERE   ***   En ruta a […]

A conversation with Roberto Lovato

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   It’s a new year and we already have big plans!   Arlington-Teosinte Sister City Project Presents: A Conversation with Roberto Lovato   When Thursday, February 3, from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. ET   Where On Zoom   Register here https://bit.ly/LovatoBookTalk   Spanish interpretation available. All are welcome!   This event […]

Jim Wallace presente!

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   We’re sad to inform that Jim Wallace, a founding member of the Cambridge committee, passed away on July 31st, 2021. We thought that a good way to honor him was to share this story of his: “In the late 1980s I was part of a medical assistance delegation to San Jose […]

Mario Dávila presente!

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 […]

The story of San Jose Las Flores

We currently think of “popular education” as an educational approach that has the purpose of awakening people’s minds, raising awareness and driving their organizational process. During the war, El Salvador had its own popular educators. Their main purpose was sharing with others the basic knowledge they already had. You can learn more about that and […]