What We Do

Through grassroots organizing and action, CISPES leads strategic, national campaigns to stop US economic, political and military intervention in El Salvador. By hosting speaking tours of Salvadoran social movement leaders in the US and bringing delegations to El Salvador, we educate people in the US about the real impacts of US foreign policy and create opportunities to build cross-border solidarity.

The driving force of our work is to accompany the Salvadoran popular movement as it organizes to build a just alternative to corporate globalization. We support organizations at the forefront of this struggle through direct material aid. 

Meet some of the sustainers who power our work!

"I am a CISPES supporter because continuing to fight for social justice and a more people-centered country means continuing the dream and sacrifice of thousands of my fellow Salvadorans who died for that vision.” - Padre Carlos, New York City

Join Padre Carlos by becoming a sustaining donor to CISPES today!

Recent Posts

Students occupy university campus

University students occupy campus in response to eviction notice from Ministry of Education. Photo credit: Fuerza Estudiantil Salvadoreña (FES).

Feminists protest outside a courthouse in San Salvador, demanding "freedom, justice, and reparation" for women unjustly prosecuted under El Salvador's harsh abortion laws

Feminists protest outside a courthouse in San Salvador, demanding "freedom, justice, and reparation" for women criminalized under El Salvador's harsh abortion laws.

El Salvador's Water Forum holds a press conference on October 22 to warn of monopolies embedded in the government-proposed Water Resources Law. Image Credit: Foro del Agua.