Garnet Rogers Benefit Concert for BTS in Antigonish Garnet Rogers benefit concert on Sunday, October 19th, 7pm: Celebrating 35 years of Breaking the Silence at the St. James United Church (197 Main St. Antigonish) Press release: ANTIGONISH, NS, October 9, 2025 — Garnet Rogers, Canadian folk music icon, will perform [...]
Thanks to the Atlantic Council for International Cooperation for hosting IDW 2021! You are invited to our International Development Week event! Join BTS Cooperants Laura and Indigo for an interactive Lunch & Learn about coffee, justice movements in Guatemala, and the ways that they’re connected. We’ll dive into the history [...]
Join us for an afternoon of sightseeing, whale watching and swimming off the coast of western Cape Breton. Social distancing measures will be in place to assure a safe environment for all. $40 per person / $80 per family Capacity limited to 18 people.
Online registration is closed, but between now and Friday, you can still register for the Annual Gathering by phoning the centre: 1-800-218-2220 or 902-657-2231 Come to the Breaking the Silence Annual Gathering, May 31st to June 2nd, at the Tatamagouche Centre, in beautiful Tatamagouche, Mi’kmaki. Although we are disappointed to hear that Gloria Reyes Xitumul of the Rabinal Legal Clinic [...]
We’d like to announce that for reasons beyond our control, our May speaking tour will be postponed. We’ve invited Gloria Reyes to join us in the Fall. At our Annual Gathering, we’ll have Oswaldo Lopez of the New Hope Foundation speaking about the current context in Guatemala! From May 26-June [...]
Photo: Art exhibit honouring the 41 victims of the 2017 Hogar Seguro fire currently at Glitter Bean Cafe in Halifax February 27, 2019 (Halifax) - From February 28 to March 9, Mayra Jimenez of the 8 Tijax collective will speak throughout the Maritimes about the ongoing struggle for justice for the 41 girls and [...]
From Guatemala to Canada and beyond, it’s time to end state impunity for gendered violence! To commemorate the 2nd anniversary of the Hogar Seguro tragedy, we invite you to join our Maritimes speaking tour with Mayra Jimenez Flores of 8 Tijax. Mayra is a co-founder and member of the 8 [...]
Beautiful portraits contributed by artists globally to honour the girls killed in the 2017 Hogar Seguro fire in Guatemala Join us to commemorate and demand justice for the 41 girls killed and the 15 who were severely injured in a fire at the state-run centre for children and youth Hogar [...]
Join us for our fall speaking tour with Marcelo Sabuc Xalcut, National Coordinator of our long-time partner organization, the Highlands Committee of Small-Farmers (CCDA) in Guatemala. He'll speak throughout the Maritimes from November 4-11th, 2018! Marcelo is Maya-Kaqchikel from San Lucas Toliman, Sololá and has worked for the CCDA since 2000. [...]
We are now sold out of tickets! Hope to see you next year! .................................................................................................................................................... Join Captain Andy Rankin and BTS friends on the Brown Eyed Girl for the BTS Boat Cruise Fundraiser on August 18, 2018. We will have a tour [...]
