Pipsqueak Community Space: 173 16th AVE

Please join Seattle CISPES for a screening of “María en tierra de nadie” [“María in Nobody’s Land”]. This award-winning documentary follows the difficult journey of three Salvadoran women to the United States. The event will be a chance to discuss this powerful film, enjoy a Salvadoran dinner, and meet friends from the solidarity community. We’ll also be making a pitch to support our partners in El Salvador, including an association of women unionists.

Join Seattle CISPES for a special event:

Date: Thursday, April 4 Time: 6 PM – 8 PM
Location: Welcome Table Church
1322 S. Bayview St, Seattle, Washington 98144

Join a discussion about the political situation in El Salvador, including a report back from CISPES’s international election delegation, as well as updates on the current challenges faced by Salvadoran immigrants, especially related to the legal limbo of those with Temporary Protected Status (TPS).

Plus, enjoy pupusas from a Lily’s Salvadorean Catering!

Featuring:
Laura Hart, recently returned Seattle CISPES delegate
Maria Isabel Quijano, TPS beneficiary
Emily Gaggia, Casa Latina

Please sign up and invite friends on Facebook.

(información en español aqui)

2015 is a landmark year for the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador. We’re celebrating 35 years of anti-imperialist resistance!

Join us on Thursday, December 17 at 6pm for the CISPES 35th Anniversary Celebration!

At this inspiring moment of leftist leadership in El Salvador, come and learn about the progressive changes underway in recent years – from the expansion of community health services, to the strides towards food sovereignty under the Family Agriculture Plan.

Enjoy a typical Salvadoran dinner, raffle, and dancing! And meet the generations of CISPES supporters who have accompanied the ongoing struggle for social and economic justice in the Americas.

Please register to reserve your spot and purchase your ticket in advance!

Tickets can also be purchased at the door but advance tickets are strongly encouraged.

¡En el 2015 se celebran 35 años de solidaridad con el pueblo de El Salvador!

Esto requiere la fiesta más grande en muchos años – ¡y se le invita a usted a estar presente!

Estaremos reflexionando sobre estos últimos 35 años de lucha revolucionaria popular, tanto en El Salvador como en los Estados Unidos, y esperamos que usted comparta sus historias con nosotros. Si ha sido activo desde el 1980, si recién se ha involucrado con CISPES, o sea cual sea el tiempo de su asociación, ¡necesitamos de usted para hacer de esta celebración la más fabulosa jamás!

Celebración del aniversario de 35 años de CISPES

Fecha: Thursday, December 17 at 6:00 pm

Lugar: Southside Commons, 3518 S Edmunds St, Seattle, WA (Columbia City)

Favor de confirmar asistencia!*

*Será también posible comprar los boletos en la entrada, pero es recomendable comprarlos por adelantado

Nuestro trabajo de solidaridad popular sigue avanzando gracias a personas como usted. Es por eso que esperamos que usted pueda acompañarnos el 5 de diciembre para celebrar todo lo que hemos logrado en la lucha por la justicia, conectarse con amigos viejos y nuevos, y tomar impulso.

¡Que haya 35 años más de acompañamiento a la lucha revolucionaria por la justicia y la autodeterminación en El Salvador!

¡Que viva la solidaridad internacional! ¡Que viva CISPES!

P.D. Estamos contactando a todos los que han ayudado a CISPES y a nuestros compañeros en el movimiento social salvadoreño a través del año – ¡esperamos que nos ayuden a correr la voz entre amigos y aliados del movimiento de solidaridad con América Central y a los que puedan haberse perdido de vista!

Summer Book Group – Undoing Border Imperialism &  Drug War Capitalism

July 20th and August 24th

Join us for one or both sessions — Register by filling out this survey.

Hosted by: Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES)

We will be having a summer study group, where we will be reading excerpts from Drug War Capitalism (Dawn Paley) and Undoing Border Imperialism  (Harsha Walia).    We study together to deepen analysis, build relationships, and support each other in our development as organizers.  This will be a fun, social, and (hopefully) outdoor summer activity.  And it is open to all.

Further Info: seattle@cispes.org

ACTION ALERT

Take action today to stop the US government from manipulating development aid to promote the interests of Big Agra and seed-selling giants like Monsanto at the expense of El Salvador’s farmers and the millions of families they support. Sign the petition to US Secretary of State John Kerry today!

Local, non-GMO seeds are cultivated on a family farm. (Photo: UN Food and Agriculture Organization)

Background:

By 2009, El Salvador, along with many other countries in the developing world, was facing a food crisis. After years of corporate-driven agricultural and free trade policies, over 75% of corn and 85% of beans – the country’s primary dietary staples – were being imported, rather than grown domestically.

In 2011, El Salvador launched the Family Agriculture Plan to support small-scale farmers living in poverty and promote national food sovereignty. The program includes the purchase of locally-produced, non-GMO corn and bean seeds for family farmers to cultivate and sell on the domestic market. The Family Agriculture Plan has led to record harvests in 2012 and 2013 – local corn and bean seed production is now able to meet the country’s demand.

In April, the US Embassy in El Salvador announced that El Salvador must allow foreign corporations to bid on the same seed contracts currently offered to local producers in order to receive $277 million in development aid from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC).

Take action today to stop the US government from manipulating development aid to promote the interests of Big Agra and seed-selling giants like Monsanto at the expense of El Salvador’s farmers and the millions of families they support.

Sign the petition to tell MCC President and US Secretary of State John Kerry: family farmers come first in El Salvador, not Monsanto!