This fall, CISPES will be organizing three regional tours to form our national fall tour program. The tours will host different speakers, but will be tied together by addressing similar issues, including the upcoming Salvadoran elections, confronting US intervention in those elections, the experiences of immigrant Salvadorans in the US, and CISPES’ solidarity work with Salvadorans living both in the US and in El Salvador.
The tours will be a chance for community members to learn about and contribute to the specific social movement organizations that CISPES is supporting this year through our annual material aid fundraising. Events will also provide information about how community members can get more involved in local CISPES work or participate in the upcoming elections-observing delegations.
Regional Tours
- Northwest: Olympia, Portland, and Seattle – contact Cameron at seacispes@igc.org for more information
Francisco López , Salvadoran organizer with the Oregon Immigrant Rights Coalition
Events
Tuesday, November 18, Portland – 4:30 p.m. at Portland State University – Smith Center, 1825 SW Broadway in downtown Portland, Multicultural Center
Wednesday, November 19, Olympia – Evergreen State College, Lecture Hall 1, 1 – 3pm
Wednesday, November 19, Seattle – Dinner and discussion at University Friends Center (4001 9th Ave. NE), 6:30-8:30 p.m. More info and flyer here
- California: Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay Area – Contact Francesca at bayareacispes@yahoo.com for more information on Bay Area events, and prettycelina1@aol.com for Los Angeles events.
Filmmaker Oscar Torres , from Voces Inocentes
November 19, San Francisco:
Dialog and film screenings
6:30pm sliding scale donation
Womens Building, Salon A
3543 18th St. San Francisco
November 20, San Rafael:
6pm Dialog and Film Screenings
6pm sliding scale donation
Canal Welcome Center
141 Alto Street
San Rafael, CA 94901
November 22, Los Angeles:
JoinLA CISPES as we continue the work of Don White by kicking off thecampaign to Defend the Right to Free and Fair Elections in El Salvador! (more info here)
Time: 12:30-3:30pm
Location: Salon Acapulco
1929 S Los Angeles Street 90021
- East Coast: Boston, New York, DC – contact Rebecca at rebecca@cispes.org for more information
Salvadoran movement organizer and recent immigrant Claudia de Cuellar
Events
Monday, Nov. 10, Washington DC: Unidos Para 2009: Democracy, USIntervention, and Elections in El Salvador – 8:00 pm at ICC room 116,Georgetown University. More info
Tuesday, Nov. 11, New York: "Unidos para 2009: Democracy in El Salvador"- 7:00 pm at NACLA. More info
Thursday, Nov. 13, Boston: " The Struggle for Democracy in El Salvador! w/ Claudia de Cuellar" – 7:00 pm at Tufts University. More info
