Calendar

Join two of the Santa Marta 5 water defenders and representatives from the international campaign for an update of their legal case, and how we can support the Five.

Thousands of individuals and organizations from all over the world have worked with civil society groups in El Salvador for the freedom of the five Santa Marta water defenders who were unjustly arrested in January 2023 and charged with an alleged crime said to have occurred 35 years ago during that nation's brutal civil war.  Finally, in October 2024, the five were found innocent of all charges in a court in northern El Salvador.  However, the Salvadoran Attorney General has appealed this verdict to a higher court.  We will discuss the case and ways the international community can support the Five.
 
Moderator: Alexis Stoumbelis, Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES)

Panelists will include:

• Antonio Pacheco, Social Economic Development Association (ADES), one of the Santa Marta 5 water defenders
• Saúl Rivas, Social Economic Development Association (ADES), one of the Santa Marta 5 water defenders
• A representative from a North American delegation that observed the October 2024 trial  
• John Cavanagh, Institute for Policy Studies, United States
• Laura Ávalos, Americas Policy Group of Canada
• Aideé Irina Tassinari, Professor, UACM, Mexico

(Spanish-English interpretation will be provided)

register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMvdOiprDouH9Ugdi5E3rB7_US2m4f4VX-x#/registration

“Fast – from Consumerism, Stop Buying; and/or Reduce Nutrient Consumption . “It is no time for celebration with so many suffering from starvation, war, disease, and oppression. Too often, U.S. American weapons are at the root of affliction. Nonviolent resistance through assemblies, boycotts, and fasting are our tools. Our focus areas for the Fast/Walk for Humanity are Gaza, Haiti, Sudan, and Yemen all terrorized by U.S.American arms or colonization.

This action is an acceleration of the Fast for Gaza, now in its 46th week of Thursday (and Monday) fasting from sunup to sundown. It is locally organized by Cleveland Nonviolence Network and is in coordination with the Jewish Voice for Peace National Fast for Gaza.
On November 29, 2024, “Black Friday,” we will converge at the Fountain for Eternal Life, the “Peace Fountain”, 120 Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio. This is west of East 6th Street at Rockwell Avenue. Reflections will be offered, beginning with an uplifting reading by Howard Zinn, followed by description of wars and famines, including food insecurity in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. We will walk to take our message to other downtown locations.
Food may be served.Please contact me if you want to work on that with me. If so, I would like to leaflet at the shelters to invite people to our event.
A Thirty-day Rolling Fast from November 29 -December 28, 2024 is proposed, as well. Daily reflections on social media, “why we fast” could be amplified.

It’s been an election like no other: polarizing, ugly, passionately contested. The results suggest a realignment of U.S. politics and a rightward shift in national policies and priorities. Yet most our greatest concerns were invisible during the campaigns.

Join Cleveland Peace Action for a panel and audience discussion, in-person and on Zoom, of the election and its implications for our work. They will address Palestine, the growing risk of nuclear war, the iron grip of the military-industrial complex, climate change, Latin America and immigration, and party politics.

register here for the online version: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMscO2pqTMvGdLzi1Afgi0RwdSyNiHeQb5y#/registration