printNISGUA’S U.S. Alliances
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Although NISGUA works on several issues independently of other organizations,
NISGUA also plays an active role in many coalitions. Working in coalition with
solidarity, human rights, religious, policy, and community organizations that
share common goals increases our movements’ ability to coordinate outreach
and education, network local activists, affect policy change, and gauge impact.
LAWG
The
Latin America Working Group is one of the nation's longest standing coalitions
dedicated to foreign policy. The Latin America Working Group and its sister
organization, the Latin America Working Group Education Fund, carry out the
coalition's mission to encourage U.S. policies towards Latin America that
promote human rights, justice, peace and sustainable development. The Guatemala
Subgroup of LAWG consists of nearly a dozen non-governmental religious, humanitarian,
grassroots, and policy organizations committed to changing U.S. foreign policy
toward Guatemala. The Subgroup is a trusted voice in Congress, and provides
reliable guidance to policymakers who want their decisions affecting Guatemala
to be grounded in human rights. http://www.lawg.org
CAFTA
Coalition
The
Coalition Against Free Trade Agreements is made up of civil society organizations
in the United States working to promote human rights and democracy in Central
America. The Coalition supports fair trade and sustainable development, including,
but not limited to, transparency in trade negotiations, parity of enforcement
for labor and environmental provisions, and the protection of basic public
services such as social security and access to water. It therefore rejects
any trade agreement that follows the NAFTA model, which has caused a “race
to the bottom” in labor and environmental standards, attacked institutions
of democratic governance and national sovereignty, and has compromised food
security in Mexico, the U.S., and Canada. This model should not be extended
to Central America. http://www.stopcafta.org/
LASC
Coalition
The
Latin America Solidarity Coalition (LASC) is an association of national
and local U.S.-based grassroots Latin America and Caribbean solidarity groups,
many of which have long histories of working with grassroots organizations
throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. LASC’s objective is to define common
goals and shared strategies for these groups. LASC’s work circles around several
hemisphere-wide issues as well as country-specific topics. LASC follows a solidarity
model and determines its strategies based on the expressed needs of partners
in Latin America and the Caribbean. LASC has six key calls: resist the Free
Trade Area of the Americas and other exploitative free trade efforts; oppose
Plan Colombia; close the School of the Americas/WHISC and U.S. military bases
throughout Latin America; end U.S. military aid and training, respect indigenous
treaty, land, and cultural rights; end the drug war’s assault on people of
color and the poor; and stop attacks against immigrants. http://www.lasolidarity.org/index.shtml
NoPPP
Network
The
Network Opposed to Plan Puebla-Panama is a network of Northern organizations
working to stop Plan Puebla-Panama and the model of corporate globalization
behind it. The purpose of the network is to share information between organizations
and build strategic alliances to support both the movements in the region and
actions taken in the North (U.S./Canada/Europe) to stop the PPP. The NoPPP
Network seeks to include grassroots groups, immigrant organizations, working
class groups, students, and other constituencies that oppose the PPP and takes
direction from grassroots organizations and anti-PPP movements in the region
of Mexico and Central America. http://www.asej.org/ACERCA/ppp/ppp.php
WICC
The Washington Working Group on the International Criminal Court (WICC) is
an independent coordinating group of the Washington offices of U.S. non-governmental
organizations committed to the cause of the International Criminal Court.
The WICC supports, coordinates, and provides materials and information for
the work of its members in education and advocacy about the Court in Congress
and the Administration. www.wfa.org/issues/wicc/wicc.html
IRTK Campaign
Coalition
The
International Right to Know Campaign Coalition is made up of more than
200 environmental, labor, social justice, faith, and human rights organizations
in the U.S. that believe U.S. companies should be required to disclose information
about labor and human rights practices and the environmental impacts of their
international operations. http://www.irtk.org