Written by Molly Todd Sister Cities is sad to inform that Susan S. Lloyd died on February 3, 2022. She was 86 years old. Sue was a long-time supporter of US-Latin America solidarity work. Alongside her husband, the Reverend Art Lloyd (whom she married in 1960), she played a foundational role in the formation […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Dick Williams passed away a year ago. Given his commitment to El Salvador, we thought it was only fair to show a bit of our appreciation. Professor Molly Todd writes the following: Dick Williams by Molly Todd At the 2015 National Gathering of the US-El Salvador Sister Cities network in […]
Mike Ring sr. passed away last Saturday in his sleep. He and recently deceased Jim Wallace took part years ago on the delegation in support of the 13 people arrested during Tony Saca’s administration for protesting against the initiatives of water privatization. Dennis Chinoy took part on that delegation as well and he wrote the […]
(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 […]
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 […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Raymundo Centeno, “Víctor” passed away on July 16th, 2020. Víctor was a founding member of CRIPDES and the father of the former president Rosa María Centeno. A pioneer in the organization of farmers in Chalatenango. He worked with CRIPDES all through the eighties until the peace accords were signed. Isabel […]
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 […]
We at US El Salvador Sister Cities are sad and heart broken to be mourning the recent death of our dear friend and sister in solidarity, Pat Arvidson. Beloved by all in the USESSC family, Pat was devoted to the work of solidarity with El Salvador and committed to the New Jersey sister communities, Los […]