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2007 has begun with a series of alarming attacks against Guatemalan human rights organizations. Send an email to the Guatemalan government today. more >>> |
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Did You Know?
> Guatemala has the most unequal land distribution in the Western Hemisphere, with large landholders who comprise only 2% of the population possessing 70% of the productive lands. > Attacks against human rights defenders in Guatemala increased between 2004 and 2005. In 2005, El Movimiento Nacional por los Derechos Humanos documented 224 attacks against human rights defenders, in comparison with 122 attacks in 2004. > On March 30, 2006, the 11th anniversary of the signing of the indigenous accord, tens of thousands of workers, farmers and indigenous people marched in Guatemala City to demand the strengthening of indigenous rights, restriction of open pit mining licenses, and funds for the Ministry of Agriculture to purchase land for redistribution. |
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printer-friendly Board of Directors
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| Position | Name | Affiliation/Occupation | Date Joined Board |
| President | Christie Keith | Development Director for Global Alliance
for Incinerator Alternatives & Senior Development Associate
at Health Care Without Harm, Member of GNIB Committee/ Sponsoring
Community |
2005 |
| Secretary | Melinda Van Slyke | Owner of Heart of the Sky Fair Trade, Former G.A.P. Accompanier | 2006 |
| Treasurer | Todd Kolze |
Community/Labor Organizer, Member of GNIB Committee/Sponsoring Community | 2000 |
| Emily Arfin | Owner of Bear Print Press and UKUSH Fair Trade, Co-Founder of El Quetzal Project for Sustainable Development, Member of UUCAN Sponsoring Community | 2003 | |
| Jonathan Fried | WeCount! Community Organizer | 1998 | |
| M. Christian Hansen | Carpenter in Commercial Construction Company, Central American and Peace Activist, Member of NH-VT G.A.P. Sponsoring Community | 2002 | |
| Kaaren Johnson | Teacher of English as a Second Language, Member of the UUCAN Sponsoring Community | 2000 | |
| Sue Ellen Kingsley | Nurse, Founder of CCGAP Sponsoring Community, and Former G.A.P. Accompanier | 2004 | |
| Marianne Mollmann | Americas Researcher in the Women’s Rights Division at Human Rights Watch | 2004 |
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| Josué Revolorio Illéscas | Student, Founder of gender-focused Guatemalan NGO Enlace, Member of GNIB Sponsoring Community | 2002 | |
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