Participate in the Fall Speakers Tour
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Each year in October, NISGUA hosts 4-5 Guatemalan activists who travel throughout the U.S. to speak with church, solidarity, women’s, university, activist, and community groups about grassroots organizing and the social, political, and economic situation in Guatemala. They discuss their ongoing struggles for democracy, human rights and socioeconomic justice; work that continues to put their lives at risk. Speakers also address the historical and present situation in Guatemala and the U.S. government’s role in creating that situation. The tours educate the U.S. public about Guatemala, reach out to new groups and involve them in the Guatemalan solidarity movement, and raise money for Guatemalan grassroots groups.

Guatemalan organizations used last year’s donations to support national marches on land issues, local organizing in rural communities, the Genocide Cases, and military and intelligence oversight, among other things.