"Why must some of us deliberate between brands of toothpaste, while others deliberate between damp dirt and bone dust to quiet the fire of an empty stomach lining?"
-- Barbara Kingsolver

LINKS


The Guatemala Accompaniment Project (G.A.P.) places U.S. volunteers to live side-by-side with at-risk communities and organizations in an effort to deter human rights violations.

NISGUA advocates on behalf of human rights Guatemala, produces literature, and maintains a team of accompaniers in Guatemala through its GAP project.

Look here to find other GAP Sponsoring Communities, our partners throughout the country.

The Center for Legal Human Rights Action (CALDH) is a Guatemalan human rights organization representing the witnesses for the genocide cases against the former military dictators during the civil war.

Amnesty International has an extensive library of documents on Guatemala as well as information on campaigns and urgent actions.

The School of the Americas Watch is dedicated to closing the US Army School of Americas, based in Georgia, which has trained many of the most notorious human rights abusers in Latin America.

The Stop CAFTA Coalition offers information, strategies and events designed to inform the public and elected officials on the effects of unfair trading practices.

ACERCA has the best of available information on Plan Puebla Panama.

The Community Alliance for Global Justice is a Seattle-based organization dedicated to not only defeating an unfair trade agenda but providing information and events in support of fair trade.

Jonathan Moller is longtime supporter of human rights in Guatemala and a brilliant photographer. We thank him for some of his pictures on this site but check out his work for yourself.

SeattleActivism maintains a terrific calendar of events for the Northwest.

Congress.org allows you to find your representatives and senators to tell them that you care about human rights and fair trade policies in this country and in Central America.
 

3/10/05

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