Speak up for the Global 99% at EAD
by Ben Leiter
on March 13, 2012
I know you have a lot going on. Whether it’s that big project at work or a 20-page paper for school, making dinner or getting the car fixed (or in my case, the bike!), free time is hard to come by.
But sometimes, we just need to take a break from everyday life, and do something that inspires us, rejuvenates us, and teaches us something we didn’t know before. For activists—especially those of us who are in it for the long haul—we need to renew our energy so we can continue our important work for justice and human rights.
That’s why we’re so excited to invite you to join us in Washington, DC on March 23-26th for Ecumenical Advocacy Days 2012, where you will hear women and men from across Latin America and the United States talk about the most pressing issue of our time: Economic Justice and Our National Priorities.
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Stop Funding Abusive Military in Honduras
by Vanessa Kritzer and Lisa Haugaard
on February 26, 2012
In the Bajo Aguán region of Honduras, not a day goes by in which human rights activists do not face threats, torture, repression of free speech, and assassinations. Who is committing these abuses? Not only private security guards and hired assassins, but also Honduran military and police agents that receive aid and training from the U.S. Government.
Take action today to end the violence and push for justice in Honduras!
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LAWG Celebrates International Women's Day
by The LAWG Team
on March 08, 2010
Happy International Women's Day!
Although we rarely remember to celebrate it in the United States, today many of our partners in countries like Colombia, Mexico, and Guatemala are participating in marches, teach-ins, and even parties. Why? Because there are so many strong and brave women to honor and there's still so much more education to be done before we see equal rights and an end to violence against women in Latin America.
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Support Displaced Indigenous Families in Guatemala
by Vanessa Kritzer
on January 20, 2012
We need your help to support hundreds of indigenous families in Guatemala who are facing violence, homelessness, and starvation as a result of a brutal displacement.
Please sign our petition today to get them the food aid and protection they need!
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Honduran Elections
by Lisa Haugaard and Vanessa Kritzer
on November 30, 2009
Elections took place yesterday, November 29th, in Honduras with National Party leader Porfirio Lobo declared the winner. But elections carried out
- under a state of emergency
- with visible military and police presence
- by a government installed by a military coup
- with a significant civil society movement opposed to the coup calling for abstention
- and with the deposed President still deposed and holed up in the center of the capital city in the Brazilian Embassy
are no cause for celebration.
If you haven't sent a message to our U.S. government about Honduras, click here now!
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Contribute to a Just Foreign Policy
by Lisa Haugaard, Mavis Anderson, and Jennifer Johnson
on March 31, 2010
We know you want to see a just U.S. foreign policy to Latin America.
We're working on it. But we need your help. We need you to stay active and keep those calls and letters coming. And we need you to generously support our work, with a non-tax-deductible gift to the LAWG for our advocacy efforts. Or give a tax-deductible gift to the LAWGEF for our educational work.
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What I Learned In Honduras
by Lisa Haugaard
on November 25, 2009
I have just returned from Honduras, and I can tell you, there is no
possible way that there are the basic conditions for free and fair
elections on November 29th.
Click here to tell Secretary of State Clinton to call these elections what they really are—far from free and fair!
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