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 […]
This morning the Environmental Alliance – made up of 5 environmental coalitions in El Salvador – invited Salvadorans to hear the environmental platforms of candidates to the Legislative Assembly from various political parties. Of the seven who were invited, only three showed up, a silence that spoke clearly to those present and to the thousands […]
For the first time in Sister Cities history, the National Gathering was held in the Lone Star committee´s hometown of Austin, TX, also kicking off the 2014 Speaking Tour. Thanks to the outstanding behind-the-scenes work of members of the Austin Committee (also known as the East Side Group), locals and out-of-towners alike from Chicago, […]
By Catie Johnston, former volunteer in San Vicente and new Sister Cities Co-Coordinator This weekend I went down to Houston to visit my host brother. The last time I saw him he was riding into the sunset in the back of a pickup truck, leaving El Salvador to try for the American Dream. I stood […]
By Catie Johnston Austin Sister Cities Volunteer in San Vicente Delegations are at the heart of what Sister Cities is all about: they are the incarnation of the solidarity relationships that make things like projects, advocacy, and development possible. In April and May, our sister communities in El Salvador received not one, not two, […]
We talk a lot here at Sister Cities about solidarity, emphasizing that our sister communities are working “in solidarity” with one another, but what does that mean? And even more important, what does it look like in practice? I arrived here in El Salvador on January 5th to start my six month volunteering adventure with […]