Welcome!
Community Action on Latin America (CALA) is a Madison, Wisconsin-based student and community organization, founded in the early 1970s as a group committed to pursuing issues of social justice and U.S. accountability in Latin American affairs. CALA is funded in part by Community Shares of Wisconsin.
Thanks for a successful Fair Trade Holiday Festival. We tentatively plan to hold the 2009 festival on Saturday, December 5. Stay tuned for our 2009 programming schedule. Meanwhile our report on our 2008 activities is now available.
Check out our calendar for upcoming Latin American Events in the Madison area.
Suppport the new sistering relationship with Venezuela! See Dane-Andres Eloy Blanco Sistering Alliance (DASA).
co-sponsored by Community Action on Latin America, The Madison-Camaguey Sister City Association
Reception party for 20th Annual Pastor for Peace Caravan to Cuba
CELEBRATE THE TRIUMPH OF DEMOCRACY IN EL SALVADOR !
After centuries of violent
inequality and repression, a dozen years of armed struggle against a brutal,
U.S.-backed military, and two decades of rule by the right-wing AR
E NA party, the Salvadoran people elected the first
leftist president in their country’s history on March 15th, 2009.
President Mauricio Funes of the FMLN takes office on June 1st, bringing
E l Salvador
into a growing community of Latin America
nations seeking to chart their own, independent economic and political course.
Join CISPES to learn about the platform, plans, and strategy of the new FMLN government... ...and what W E can do in the U.S. to support the strengthening of REAL democracy in El Salvador !
Call (978) 394-0425 or visit www.cispes.org for more information about this event our our guest Breny Massiel from the Women’s Secretariat of the FMLN.
Friday, July 10 from 7-9 pm
Rainbow Bookstore Co-op
426
W. Gilman St.
in Madison
Suggested
Donation $5-25
Bilingual
event. All are welcome!
C E L E BR E E L TRIUNFO D E D E MOCRACIA E N E L SALVADOR !
Después de siglos de anos de lucha
armada en contra de un ejercito cruel, que contó con el apoyo de
E stados Unidos, y dos décadas en el poder
del partido derechista AR E A,
el pueblo salvadoreño eligió el 15 de marzo de 2009 a su primer Presidente
izquierdista en la historia del
país. E l Presidente Mauricio Funes
del FMLN tomó el poder el primero de junio, llevando a E l
Salvador a ser parte de la creciente comunidad de naciones Latinoamericanas que
están buscando liderar independiente su propia economía y curso político. Únete
con nosotros para aprender sobre la nueva plataforma, planes y estrategias
del nuevo gobierno del
FMLN & para aprender como NOSOTROS en los
E stados Unidos podemos apoyar el fortalecimiento de
la democracia R E AL en
E l
Salvador !
Favor de llamar a (978) 394-0425 o visitar a www.cispes.org para mayor informacion del evento o de nuestra invitada Breny Massiel de la Secretaria de Mujeres del FMLN!
Viernes, 10 de Julio de 7-9 pm
Rainbow Bookstore Co-op
426
W. Gilman St.
en Madison
Donacion
sugerida $5-25
Evento bilingue. Tod@s son bienvenid@s!
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