(Español abajo) Written by the National Gathering Planning Team: Emma Folkerts, Sheila Brady, Olivia Petipas, Jon Falk, Stephanie Koontz, Jacey Anderson, and Zulma Tobar The 2023 National Gathering was held via Zoom on October 7 and 8. Over 50 people attended and more than 10 people helped facilitate and take notes. If you were able […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) On October 8 and 9 our network held a virtual National Gathering for the third year in a row. This post aims to provide a short summary of the highlights from the weekend. If you want to get more into the weeds, you can read the full meeting minutes or watch […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) We are just wrapping up the mini-tour and it is already time to prepare for our national gathering. As we mentioned before, we hope that this will be the last online gathering we develop. As always, we will have the participation of CRIPDES and we hope that you will invite several […]
We want to share with you the agenda for our 2021 national gathering that’s happening this weekend Don’t forget to register here: https://maine.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0kce-hrD4vHNM2E5_oxBuNpeJp28yd6mmR TIME (East) DURATION ACTIVITY DAY 1 1:00 10 min Welcome and logistics (including Zoom, website) – introductions on the chat 1:10 5 min Reviewing the agenda 1:15 15 min Icebreaker activity […]
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 […]
Calling all the network, national members and friends! November 14 and 15 will be a time for internal and external reflection and analysis. On November 14th we will even have the participation of CRIPDES board members, Marixa Amaya and Francisco Martínez who will answer questions from our working groups and share their views on the […]
Last weekend we held our national gathering. Thanks to the secretary of our board, Delia Landers, we have some notes to share with all of you that could not attend. On El Salvador Felicia Mijango, from CRIPDES regional UCRES, gave an update on El Salvador. The new directiva has six women and one man. […]
Hey! October is around the corner. Will you be part of our National Gathering? The event will be held at the Unity Evangelical Lutheran Church. 1212 West Balmoral Ave, Chicago, IL 60640 If you are participating, let us know by filling out this form. The event on facebook.
Originalmente escrito por Jacey Anderson (VIEW ENGLISH VERSION HERE) “Recuerdo cuando huíamos de la guerra, nos agarrábamos del delantal de nuestra mamá y ella sostenía nuestros dedos para que no nos perdiéramos cuando caminábamos de noche”. Bernardo Belloso al ver una foto del projecto fotográfico solidario “Fluye” Era un húmedo domingo de octubre […]
Now more than ever is important to think about the effects of climate change in our planet. The most affected countries will always be the poorest. El Salvador has been placed in the 16th spot of most vulnerable countries to climate change. We are indeed facing its effects: after a severe drought that affected the […]