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2016 US-El Salvador Sister Cities Speaking Tour

US-El Salvador Sister Cities is excited to announce our annual Speaking Tour, where we bring conversations about social justice, development, community organizing, the environment, immigration, solidarity, and so much more to you! Join the conversation by attending some of the local events near you. We also encourage everyone to join us for the National Gathering, where […]

2015 Midwest Speaking Tour

Come join Sister Cities on the 2015 Midwest speaking tour! Claudia Elizabeth Castro will be leading the discussion on continued Salvadoran efforts for sustainable development. When and Where: Chicago, IL: Sep 30- Oct 3 Madison, WI: Oct 4- Oct 6 Big Rapids, MI: Oct 7 Grand Rapids, MI: Oct 8 Lawrence, KS: Oct 9- Oct […]

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Meet Sister Cities 2014 East Coast Tour Speaker Edith Portillo!

Edith Portillo is the Secretary of the CRIPDES National Board of Directors, works as the Coordinator of Women’s programs for CRIPDES San Vicente, and is part of the leadership of the National Roundtable of Rural Women. She started working with CRIPDES in 1999, and considers herself the fruit of the work of CRIPDES in rural […]

2012 Tour Report Back: Connecting and Strengthening Movements for Social Justice

From October 5th to 17th, Sister Cities’s traveled up and down the East Coast, from Pennsylvania to Maine with CRIPDES’s leader Zulma Hernandez who shared the challenges, successes and lessons of the Salvadoran social movement .   This year, the National Gathering was hosted by the Philadelphia committee on October 6th-7th, where members of the […]

Announcing the Sister Cities October East Coast Tour

In October 2012, Sister Cities will be hitting the road on our East Coast speaking tour. We will be going all the way from Pennsylvania to Maine along with Zulma Hernandez, a dynamic young CRIPDES organizer with years of experience in youth, political and women´s organizing. Our tour starts at the Sister Cities National Gathering […]

Stories from the Sister Cities 25th Anniversary Midwest Tour

From October 3rd to October 19th, Sister Cities celebrated its 25th Anniversary out on the open road between the cornfields visiting our committees in the Midwest. Sister Cities staff members were accompanied by Agustin Menijivar, president of the CCR (the Chalatenango regional wing of CRIPDES), and leader of the historic community or Arcatao; Kenia Ortiz, […]

Sister Cities’ 25th Anniversary Marathon Midwest Tour Starts October 3rd!

Starting October 3rd we are going to be visiting committees and making presentations with community activists Agustin Menjivar and Estela Garcia in Wisconsin, Illinois and Kansas. Agustin Menjivar is the president of the Association of Communities for the Development of Chalatenango and leader of the historic community of Arcatao. Estela Garcia grew up in the […]

October 2011- Sister Cities Midwest Tour and National Gathering

From October 4th to 20th Sister Cities is going to be touring the Midwest with two representatives from our Salvadoran sister organization, CRIPDES. On October 7th and 8th we will hold our National Gathering in Madison, one of our oldest sister cities, and the sight of the February rebellion against conservative attacks on social services […]

October Midwest Speaking Tour

El Salvador: Hope, Change and Human Rights A Speaking tour of Salvadoran Community Leader Rosa Centeno   USESSC is excited to announce our 2009 Midwest speaking tour featuring Rosa Centeno, president of the Association of the Communities for the Development of El Salvador (CRIPDES).   El Salvador is changing. For the first time in history, a […]