Jesus Tecu and Isabel Osorio. For more than 10 years, the Maritimes-Guatemala Breaking the Silence Solidarity Network has had a relationship with Jesus Tecu Osorio and Isabel Osorio de Tecu and their family, in particular through the International Youth Internship Program as the network placed close to [...]
FAIR TRADE IS MORE THAN A LABEL A community fundraiser to benefit the CCDA (Peasant Committee of the Highlands) in Guatemala. Leocadio Juracán, a founding member of the CCDA and long time activist for labour and agrarian rights, will speak about the importance of Fair Trade as a tool for [...]
Thanks to the amazing volunteers of BC CASA and Cafe Justicia, Leocadio will be traveling to meet some new and old friends in the BC Interior. Check out this amazing opportunity to hear about this long-term solidarity relationship between the West Coast and the CCDA! Read Leocadio's bio here. Check [...]
Watch this great documentary about the work of the CCDA! Read Leocadio Juracan's Bio Here. Leocadio is the National Coordinator of the Highland's Committee of Small Farmers, in Guatemala. June 8 - 15 in British Columbia (see full schedule here): Organized by Cafe Justicia/BC CASA and friends. Wednesday, June 10: [...]
Students at the Labor de Falla school perform a traditional dance during the school assembly. For me, the journey to the rural Mayan villages of Labor de Falla, Cerro Alto and Bola de Oro on March 10 was one of reconnection. In 2011-2012 I worked as a BTS [...]
BREAKING THE SILENCE NETWORK 25th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION FRIDAY, JUNE 27TH, 7 PM - SUNDAY, JUNE 29th, 1 PM Click here to download the registration form and return to kathrynande(at)gmail.com Because this BTS 25th Anniversary Celebration is a very special Annual Gathering, we expect participants from near and far, including members [...]
March 15 Saturday - San Rafael Las Flores and Nueva Santa Rosa It is the last day of our trip. It is the last day that we as a group will be together. How sad and how unbelievable! Though it has been less than 10 days together, it feels like [...]
Blog for March 12th 2014 Read other posts. Community Bilingual Institute, New Hope, Rio Negro. ‘Maltioc’h’ ! Edgar Castro, principal of the New Hope Foundation School, welcomed our group with this greeting in the Achi language. We were tired and hot from the long bus ride on a [...]
March 7th, 2014 Casa San Jose, Guatemala City (READ MORE POSTS FROM THE DELEGATION) Our first full day in Guatemala, and my mind is full of unfamiliar sounds and images. How to make sense of all this? I have to situate this new experience in relation to what I already [...]
http://www.thecasket.ca/archives/37011 Katrine Chiasson presents StFX service learning program assistant Susan MacKay with a token of appreciation from Guatemala, following a presentation on the trip during Immersion Service Learning presentation night March 12 at the Schwartz School of Business auditorium. Also pictured are Audrey Michaud (left), Kerry Berkvens and Michael [...]
