Portland Central America Solidarity Committee
Portland Central America Solidarity Committee
Father Melo (Rev. Ismael Moreno, SJ), the Jesuit priest who has accompanied the Honduran people for a more than 20 years is appealing to the international community for immediate emergency help. “We need you to organize delegations that come to accompany us, to witness what is happening here and to share it with the world.” …
See these articles from The Guardian and The Nation for the most recent news. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/nov/17/berta-caceres-murder-case-honduras-land-rights https://www.thenation.com/article/new-report-sheds-light-on-the-plot-to-murder-honduran-activist-berta-caceres/
Join us at our monthly general meetings, 3rd Wednesday of every month, 7-9 pm at the PCASC office, 2249 E Burnside St. We will be starting to set our 2018 agenda for general meetings, events, delegations and other work. Please join us to share your ideas and information! We have big hopes for bringing more people into our …
November 26, 2014 By William Loren Katz (taken from: https://zinnedproject.org/2014/11/the-politics-of-thanksgiving-day/) With family excitement building with the approach of Thanksgiving, you would never know November was Native American History Month. We would do well to recognize Native American resistance to colonialism on Thanksgiving instead of the myths about Native American dinner with Pilgrims. Thanksgiving remains the most treasured holiday in …
DELEGATIONS ARE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF VOICES’ VISION OF ACCOMPANIMENT. Since the late 1980s, Voices has been hosting groups coming from the US. Delegations usually run from 7-9 days and offer participants the opportunity to learn about the country’s history and its current important social movements for justice, peace and development taking place. → TYPES …
We are very pleased to share that our community will be welcoming two guests in the coming week from Colombia and Cuba. Please join in the learning and sharing! SATURDAY, APRIL 15th, 6-9pm PSU Smith Memorial Student Union 338, Vanport Room. We are pleased to welcome Carmenza Tez-Juagibioy: Solidarity: “For the Earth, For Life, …
Five Days of Opportunity! Saturday April 15th – Wednesday April 19th Read More »
When: Saturday, January 14th, 11:30 AM – 3:00 PM What: United for Immigrant Rights March & Rally Who: Causa Oregon Where: Oregon State Capitol 900 Court St. NE, Salem When: Sunday January 15 at 3 PM – 5 PM What: Oregon Sanctuary Assembly: Faith Institutions & Members Who: Interfaith Movement for Immigrant Justice Where: 1314 …
Friends, I would like to attend the event announced here, and would like to invite others to carpool with me from Portland. It would be nice to go with someone who is bilingual, as last time I attended an event at this church I was the only non Spanish-speaking person in the audience….. Call or …
10/30 in Hillsboro: Caravan w/ Ayotzinapa Reps & Others from Mexico Inbox Read More »
Friday, October 21, 7:00 PM $5 – $20 donation requested. No one turned away. The First Unitarian Church of Portland 1011 S.W. 12th Ave., Portland, OR Brian Willson will be present for Q&A following the film. Vietnam veteran S. Brian Willson paid the price for peace as he was run over and nearly killed by a military train during …
Fri Oct 21 Paying the Price for Peace: The Story of S. Brian Willson, a Film Read More »
Join us to engage with Venezuelan organizers Maria Gabriela Pilar del Blanco & Paola Martucci Gómez, of the Sex and Gender Diversity Revolutionary Alliance (ASGDRe). ASGDRe is an organization focused on building consciousness about the LGBTQ struggle in Latin America and the Caribbean. Their organization recently celebrated 7 years since its founding and has worked …
Oct 23-24 Bolivarian Grassroots Organizing – LGBTQ Collective, Afro-Venezuelan organizer Read More »