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LASC DirectoryNo War On Cuba Movement (NWC) – http://www.nowaroncuba.org We are a coalition of groups and individuals in the Washington DC metro area dedicated to improving ties between the peoples of the US and Cuba and committed to bringing about a 180 degree turn in U.S. policy towards Cuba. Contact: phone (202) 362-2190, Creative Commotion: Voices for Social Change Creative Commotion: Voices for Social Change is providing venues for people to find their unique voice in demanding the shift of government's priorities and spending away from war and weapons of mass destruction and toward environmental and social issues; and to re-shape corporate behaviors that drive abusive US foreign policies. We are committed to organizing at the grassroots level while maintaining a global vision; empowering people to become community activists; and providing a creative environment for a diverse community to explore and be actively involved in nonviolent social change. Creative Commotion represents the SOA Watch Legislative Working Group in the Southwestern US, and works in solidarity to raise awareness of labor and human rights violations in Latin America. Contact: phone (505) 982-2609, CUSLAR - http://www.rso.cornell.edu/cuslar Founded in 1965, the Committee on U.S.-Latin American Relations (CUSLAR) is a project of the Center for Religion, Ethics, and Social Policy (CRESP) a non-profit umbrella organization affiliated with Cornell University. CUSLAR works for peace, justice, and human rights in Latin America through local and international education, solidarity, and activism. Our members are a diverse group of students, faculty, and local residents united in our concern about U.S. intervention in Latin America. CUSLAR's programming varies depending upon the interest and experience of its active members and includes educational and cultural events, advocacy campaigns, fundraising, and promoting alternative media. Our current activities include the Bikes for Chiapas project, a Close the SOA campaign, supporting workers' rights locally, a Colombia Sister City Project, and a FTAA educational campaign. Contact: phone (607) 255-7293, Chicagoans for a Peaceful Colombia – Chicagoans for a Peaceful Colombia informs, educates and organizes to promote human rights, democracy, economic justice and a just negotiated solution to the conflict in Colombia, in the context of globalization. Chicagoans for a Peaceful Colombia is an independent, not-for-profit, nonpartisan organization, working primarily trough and with existing grassroots organizations and networks. Contact: phone (773) 454-0820, COCAMTROP (Coordinating Committee of Women Peasants of the Tropics - Chapare - of Cochabamba, Bolivia) and the Bolivian National Peasant Women's Movement Bartolina Sisa The Bartolina Sisa and COCAMTROP represent the national and its Chapare regional women's peasant movements of Bolivia. They are both members of the CSUTCB (national peasant movement) and the COB (Bolivian labor Confederation). In addition to defending and promoting peasant women's rights, the Bartolina Sisas and COCAMTROP are dedicated to global economic justice and national sovereignty issues and campaigns such as opposing FTAA, land rights for those who work the land, protection of natural resources and the environment, etc. Contact: gapotter@albatros.cnb.net Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES) -http://www.cispes.org CISPES has been working since 1980 in solidarity with the Salvadoran social justice movement to promote an alternative to the oppressive US-backed policies of the Salvadoran right. Today, a decade after the signing of the Salvadoran Peace Accords, the struggle for a more just society continues on many socio-economic fronts. CISPES currently works within the solidarity and anti-corporate globalization movements, to build a movement that confronts the injustices of the neoliberal economic model that is ravaging El Salvador and much of the globe. In particular, CISPES has helped to launch a cross border campaign against CAFTA, a proposed free trade agreement between the United States and Central America. Contact: phone (212) 465-8115, fax (212) 465-8998, Committee to Free Lori Berenson - http://www.freelori.org, The Committee to Free Lori Berenson, a project of the Committee for Inter-American Human Rights, was formed in order to defend the basic human rights that Lori has been wrongfully denied while she was defending the rights of others. Our goal is to pressure the United States, and Peruvian governments to act to secure Lori's release from her wrongful incarceration, and to spread the word about the human rights abuses that still occur in Perú. With this in mind, we are:
Contact: phone (202) 548-8480, fax (202) 544-9613, Enough Is Enough – http://www.Zapatista.de.vu Zapatista strategies of organization and outreach provide an inspiring example of radical social empowerment and movement building for grassroots organizers, community leaders, and activists worldwide. The Enough Is Enough project aims to spread the Zapatista approach in North-American activist circles. Be active in the creation of alternatives to a world where so many are exploited for the lifestyle of a few. The future is unwritten… still! Contact: ZapatistaBlock@RiseUp.net The Friends of the MST (FMST) - www.mstbrazil.org The Friends of the MST (FMST) is a network of supporters of Brazil's Landless Workers Movement (MST) in the struggle for social and economic justice while securing respect for human rights. The FMST is a network for building solidarity and educating the public in the US and English-speaking world to raise the international profile of the MST. The objectives of the FMST are to: (1) organize support for MST’s economic, social and political development projects, (2) make background information, news and ways to get involved accessible via the internet, print materials and events (3) build a network capable of responding to political and human rights alerts and; (4) offer support with communication and coordination between the MST and US-based groups interested in the MST. Contact: phone (212) 253-8850, Global Exchange – http://www.GlobalExchange.org Global Exchange is an international human rights organization dedicated to promoting environmental, political and social justice. Since our founding in 1988, we have increased the US public's global awareness while building partnerships worldwide. Global Exchange has worked in Latin America on several diverse issues including human rights campaigns in Brazil, Cuba, Colombia and Mexico; Economic Rights campaigns against policies and agreements damaging to local populations such as the WTO, IMF, World Bank, NAFTA and now the FTAA. We raise public awareness about these issues through educational action campaigns, speaking tours and grassroots advocacy in the United States. In addition, through our Reality Tours, we have taken thousands of US citizens to Cuba, Colombia, Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Brazil, Argentina, and Venezuela to see for themselves the realities of Latin America and grassroots led struggles. Global Exchange is committed to supporting the struggles for environmental, social and economic justice in Latin America, as the rest of the world. Contact: phone (415) 255-7296, Guatemala Human Rights Commission/USA - GHRC/USA has been on the forefront of the struggle for peace and human rights in Guatemala since its founding in 1982. GHRC/USA is committed to monitoring, documenting and reporting on the human rights situation in Guatemala while advocating for victims of human rights violations through our two main programs. The Information and Documentation Program monitors and documents the human rights situation in Guatemala through our bi-weekly human rights UPDATE, and special reports. The Info-Doc program works on political asylum cases by providing legal research and expert testimony. Puentes de Paz women’s community mental health project empowers indigenous women by training lay health workers in mental healthcare techniques. Through the Puentes training, women develop the leadership skills necessary to develop women’s support groups, thus multiplying the reach of mental health services. Contact: phone (202) 529-6599, fax (202) 526-4611, Marin Interfaith Task Force on the Americas (MITF) – The Marin Interfaith Task Force on the Americas (MITF) is a grassroots organization that has achieved recognition for its positive contribution to ending human rights abuses in Central America. Founded in 1985 in response to the U.S. role in El Salvador, MITF has since expanded its focus to include all of the Americas. "Proceeding from our hope for and commitment to world peace, our mission is to educate North American citizens about realities in the Americas and the role the U.S. plays there; and provide humanitarian aid and support for projects in those regions." Contact: phone/fax (415) 924 3227, Mexico Solidarity Network – http://www.mexicosolidarity.org The Mexico Solidarity Network is a coalition of organizations struggling for democracy, economic justice and human rights on both sides of the US-Mexico border. Contact: Nicaragua Network – http://www.nicanet.org The Nicaragua Network is a 25 year-old grassroots network of local committees working to defend the gains of the Sandinista Revolution and to change US policy. Nicaragua Network operates under the injunction given by the Sandinistas in the 1980s that we can help them by "changing your own government." Therefore Nicaragua Network takes leadership roles in the anti corporate globalization movement, the anti-war movement, and the Latin America solidarity movement. Our monthly Nicaragua Monitor and weekly hotline provide news and organizing campaigns for activists and our $60/year weekly New Service provides summaries of the news for activists, academics, journalists and foreign diplomats. Our primary program areas are indigenous rights, labor rights, environmental justice, and alternatives to neo-liberal economics. Intern opportunities available. Contact: phone (202) 544-9355, fax (202) 544-9359, Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISGUA) - http://www.nisgua.org In 1981, at the height of Guatemala’s 36-year civil war, solidarity committees in the U.S. sought to end U.S. support for Guatemala’s brutal military regime and further Guatemalan efforts to create a democratic society based on socioeconomic justice and human rights. The Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISGUA) was formed to coordinate the actions of these committees and has, since 1981, benefited from a strong and active grassroots base of thousands. Today NISGUA spearheads grassroots advocacy and lobbying campaigns, distributes two publications and ongoing reports, organizes annual fall tours of Guatemalan speakers to the U.S., and leads delegations to Guatemala. As one of the only U.S.-based organizations currently providing international accompaniment, NISGUA maintains anywhere from 10-14 human rights monitors in-country at all times Contact: phone (202) 518-7638, fax: (202) 223-8221, Rights Action – http://www.rightsaction.org Rights Action supports and collaborates with popular organizations and community associations in Southern Mexico, Central America and Peru. We work to raise awareness in the international community about the issues our partner organizations confront and as well as raise funds for community-initiated development, human rights & emergency relief projects. Our aim is to foster north-south alliances of people and organizations working together to actively challenge endemic impoverishment, repression and racism.
Contact: phone (416) 654-2074, School of the Americas Watch (SOA Watch) - http://www.SOAW.org SOA Watch is a grassroots movement that works to stand in solidarity with the people of Latin America, to close the notorious School of the Americas (SOA, renamed "Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation") and to change oppressive U.S. foreign policy that the SOA/WHISC represents. As part of an uncompromising nonviolent direct action campaign, over 230 SOA Watch activists have been found guilty in federal court for actions to close the SOA. Over 190 people served or are currently serving federal prison sentences. We are grateful to our sisters and brothers throughout Latin America for their inspiration and the invitation to accompany them in their struggle for economic and social justice. Contact: phone (202) 234 3440, fax (202) 636 4505, |
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