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Linking Study and ServiceLinking Study and Service
Sponsored by the Department of World Languages and Sponsored by the Department of World Languages and Cultures, Campus Ministry and The Office of Community Cultures, Campus Ministry and The Office of Community
ServiceService
Guatemala History and Current ConditionGuatemala History and Current Condition
CBO’s and NGO’sCBO’s and NGO’s
Colegio Miguel Angel Asturias and serviceColegio Miguel Angel Asturias and service
How you can take actionHow you can take action
Guatemala History and Guatemala History and Current ConditionCurrent Condition
The Current The Current ConditionsConditions
-Land Restoration to Campesino Groups
-The Teacher’s Strike
-State of Siege
Community Based Community Based Organizations and Non-Organizations and Non-
Governmental OrganizationsGovernmental Organizations Rights ActionRights Action Committee of Peasant Committee of Peasant
UnityUnity US Labor Education in the US Labor Education in the
Americas Project (USLEAP)Americas Project (USLEAP) HIJOSHIJOS Alliance against ImpunityAlliance against Impunity Guatemalan Guatemalan
Accompaniment ProjectAccompaniment Project Movimiento Tzuk Kim-PopMovimiento Tzuk Kim-Pop Education and HopeEducation and Hope Colegio Miguel Angel Colegio Miguel Angel
AsturiasAsturias
Rights Action - Derechos en Acción
Umbrella organization that funds and supports smaller organizations
Who they are:With offices in the United States, Canada and Guatemala, Rights Action (a
tax-charitable organization) supports community-designed and implemented projects in southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador & Peru.
Rights Action:Provides funds and technical support for development, relief and human rights projects of partner NGOs and community-based organizations.
Publishes information and does educational and activism work related to the issues being addressed by our partners.
Organizes funds and educational delegations to visit with partner organizations in the south.
Brings key leaders and activists on tours in the north.
Committee of Peasant UnityCommittee of Peasant Unity
U.S./Labor Education in the Americas Project U.S./Labor Education in the Americas Project (US/LEAP)(US/LEAP)
US/LEAP (formerly the U.S./Guatemala Labor Education Project) is an independent non-profit organization that supports economic justice and basic rights for workers in Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, and Mexico. US/LEAP focuses especially on the struggles of those
workers who are employed directly or indirectly by U.S. companies such as Starbucks (coffee), Dole (bananas), and Phillips-Van Heusen
(clothing).
HIJOS and Alliance Against ImpunityHIJOS and Alliance Against Impunity
HIJOS:HIJOS: Sons and Daughters for Identity,Sons and Daughters for Identity, Justice,Justice, and against and against Forgetting and Silence (Hijos/as para la identidad y justicia Forgetting and Silence (Hijos/as para la identidad y justicia
contra olvido y silencio)contra olvido y silencio)
Group composed of relatives of disappeared and murdered Group composed of relatives of disappeared and murdered individuals, people who were living in exile, had relatives living individuals, people who were living in exile, had relatives living in exile, or were internally displaced.in exile, or were internally displaced.
Group developed as a way to share their stories and pain in Group developed as a way to share their stories and pain in order to break their silence to society.order to break their silence to society.
Individuals work as activists for human rights, social justice, Individuals work as activists for human rights, social justice, and initiate legal cases to raise consciousness in the and initiate legal cases to raise consciousness in the community about these issues.community about these issues.
www.hijosguatemala.8m.com
HIJOSHIJOS
The peopleThe people
The artworkThe artworkThe activismThe activism
Guatemalan Accompaniment Project (GAP)Guatemalan Accompaniment Project (GAP)
Accompaniment creates a non-violent response to the threats, harassment, and violence suffered by Guatemalan communities and grassroots organizations.
The Guatemala Accompaniment Project (G.A.P.) places U.S. volunteers side-by-side with at-risk communities and organizations in an effort to deter human rights violations.
These volunteers, known as accompaniers, monitor the situation and alert the international community to abuses.
The accompaniers’ presence provides a measure of security and creates space for Guatemalan communities and organizations to organize to defend their rights.
Movimiento Tzuk Kim-PopMovimiento Tzuk Kim-Pop
Colegio Miguel Angel AsturiasColegio Miguel Angel Asturias
What Can I Do?What Can I Do?
Learn more about Guatemala and the challenges faced by the Guatemalan people
Subscribe to Rights Action’s e-list by contacting info@rightsaction.org
Subscribe to the Guatemala Human Rights Commission – USA’s e-list by contacting ghrc-usa@ghrc-usa.org
Subscribe to the Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala’s (NISGUA) Report on Guatemala, published four times a year, by sending a check or money order for $25 to:
NISGUA1830 Connecticut Ave.NW Washington, D.C. 20009
Learn MoreLearn MoreTake action in support of human rights and
development in Guatemala
Respond to urgent action appeals issued periodically by Rights Action and Guatemala Human Rights Commission, which often involve calling, writing, or faxing government or business leaders to lobby on behalf of human rights
Get involved in the partnership with Colegio Miguel Angel Asturias through the Stone Church Guatemala Circle, the Juniata Spanish Club, or by making a financial contribution (see brochure or contact Henry at thurston@juniata.edu for more info about a health delegation being organized for May of 2004)
Go to Xela to study Spanish and to volunteer at the Colegio or at other worthy community based projects such as Education and Hope, while possibly receiving Spanish and internship credits
Become a human rights monitor through NISGUA’s Guatemala Accompaniment Project (GAP) by contacting them at nisgua@igc.org (minimum of 6-month commitment required)
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