This year Chicago-Cinquera Sister Cities continues to participate in the Pedal for Peace project which this year celebrates 35 years of people and organization in Chicago coming together to fundraise in support of projects in Latin America and Immigrant Rights. The project continues this unique tradition of connecting people to the work for human rights […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) After the Nayib Bukele administration declared a state of emergency on March 27 in response to the rise in homicides over a weekend, several human rights violations have been reported. In addition to the unjustified raid on PROCOMES yesterday (April 20) and the reports of arrest “quotas” imposed on police officers […]
After Nayib Bukele made his big announcement of “Bitcoin City”, José Miguel Cruz, the director of research at the Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center at Florida International University made the following statement: “It’s crazy to think that everything will be done in a few years. In fact, I don’t remember any project in a […]
Emma Folkerts was another participant in our popular education workshop in Cinquera. Yet another friend from Montana! She shares her experience in a more creative way. Give it a look: Reflection – Emma Folkerts
We’ve been away for a while. Most of our efforts in the past months were dedicated to organizing, executing and evaluating the 2019 Popular Education Workshop, a week-long experience in Cinquera. As we did last year, we chose to ask the participants to share their personal experience. This time, we present you Bill Silvia’s account […]
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 […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) From January 9th to January 20th, a delegation of students from Edgewood College visited El Salvador as a way to understand more of the themes already discussed in their class led by Ian Davies and Marc Rosenthal, from the Madison-Arcatao Sister Citiy Project. Most of the participants are studying to become […]
Puede leer el informe en español aquí: DÉCIMO NOVENO FORO ECOLÓGICO – ARDM On October 19th, ARDM organized their environmental forum, in which they try to raise awareness about environmental issues to all the inhabitants of the communities that surround the forest of Cinquera. In this event there was participation from the mayor’s office, […]
Artículo original de Rafi Barglow / Arlington Teosinte Sister City Project La semana pasada, Zulma Tobar y Bernardo Belloso vinieron desde El Salvador a visitar la escuela de Arlington para hablar con casi cuatrocientos estudiantes sobre importantes temas que nos unen. Tobar es la co-coordinadora de Ciudades Hermanas, una organización que coordina las relaciones […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) For a week, we were not the experts. For a week, we silenced our cultural biases and opened our hearts, listening to Salvadoran experiences, Salvadoran pain, Salvadoran justice and healing. My experience during the Popular Education School was transformational, and I emerged from the week energized, motivated, and ready to take […]