GUATEMALA UPDATE: ROOTS OF MIGRATION
¡BIENVENIDOS A TODAS Y TODOS! Please join us for a fun and informative program on SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 4 – 6 PM at Martha Pierce’s home 1231 Oak Avenue, Evanston GUATEMALA UPDATE: ROOTS OF MIGRATION Current political situation: expulsion of CICIG, US response Ongoing struggles for indigenous rights and economic justice Celebration of 25[…]
2018 Pedal for Peace Bike-a-thon
Lincoln Park, Grove 13 Barry Ave. underpass to Lakefront Bike Path, Chicago, ILPedal for Peace supports health, education, legal aid, and community organizing in Latin America and Chicago. For a list of beneficiaries, click here. Sign up to ride 12- or 24-miles and find sponsors and people to pledge to donate to your ride to support Pedal for Peace projects. Registration: Click here to register online and select your[…]
Immigrant Justice Vigil
4th Presbyterian Church 126 E. Chestnut St., Chicago, IL
“Memory, Truth and Justice in Guatemala”
Maria Luisa Rosal, staff person at the School of the Americas Watch, will be in Chicago to talk about the importance of historical memory in relation to the disappearance and assassination of people during the Guatemalan civil war (1960-1996), U.S. involvement in that war, the efforts of family members to find out the truth of[…]
“Healing a Broken World: Allies in the Non-violent Struggle for Justice”: Pax Christi Illinois Annual Gathering
St. Mary Margaret Catholic Church 1450 Green Trails Drive, Naperville, ILHow can we become allies of poor communities of color around the world in their nonviolent struggles for social justice and peace? Join Pax Christi Illinois at their Annual Gathering. All are welcome! PRESENTER: Marie Dennis is co-president of Pax Christi Interna-tional (the global Catholic peace movement). From 1989-2012 Marie served as the director the[…]
Support Refugees, Not Dictators! Press Conference and Rally in Solidarity with Honduran Refugee Caravan
Across from Trump Tower Wacker and Wabash, Chicago, ILThousands of Hondurans, refugees from the U.S.-backed dictatorship of Juan Orlando Hernandez and its effects, have set out on foot to reach the U.S. U.S. foreign policy is directly responsible for their plight, with its long history of interference and its support for the 2009 coup and subsequent repressive governments, disastrous economic policy, and, most[…]
Margarito’s Forest: Expressions of Community, Survival and Partnership
Art Exhibit Celebration Friday, October 26th 6:30-9pm 7:30 Program Attend this celebration of original collage art by Allison Havens that illustrated Margarito’s Forest, a children’s book written in K’iche’, Spanish, and English. The story emerges from a 30 year partnership between a Mayan community in Guatemala and the congregation at University Church who welcomed a[…]
2018 CRLN Annual Luncheon: Sanctuary for All
Old St. Patrick's Parish Hall 700 W. Adams, Chicago, ILSanctuary for All! Join us for the 2018 CRLN Luncheon with guest speaker Rev. Dr. Marilyn Pagán-Banks We have always known that our work leads us to a path that many other activists share. Our aims – while focused differently—seek the same ends of social justice and human dignity. In the current political and cultural[…]
Webinar on Refugee Caravan
Please join this Honduras Solidarity Network webinar to understand the origins of the Refugee Caravan, which finds its roots in US interventionist policies in the region. Hear about the current situation of the more than 7,000 people that are part of the caravan, and learn about ways to join in solidarity. President Trump's announcement to send[…]
Popular Education and a Salvadoran Perspective: An Alternate View of Migrant Caravans, Violence, and US Immigration Policy
University Church 5655 S. University Ave., Chicago, ILAlison Janus, a member of University Church in the Hyde Park nieghborhood of Chicago, spent 5 months teaching English in El Salvador at the Center for Exchange and Solidarity using a popular education methodology. She brings back to her community the perspectives of her Salvadoran students and their alternate views of migrant caravans, violence and[…]