Salvadoran speaker in Grand Rapids October 6

The US/El Salvador Sister Cities Project is coming to Grand Rapids on Thursday, October 6.

The Midwest tour will have Agustin Menjivar, who is the President of the Association of Communities for the Development of Chalatenango. Agustin has been a long time activist and is currently involved in an anti-mining campaign.

Mining projects, dominated by the company Pacific Rim, are destroying communities throughout El Salvador and contaminating the water. There have been campaigns to defeat mining projects in El Salvador for years as is well documented at CISPES and in an article in a recent issue of Monthly Review. Mining projects have increased dramatically in El Salvador due to the changes brought about by the 2005 signing of the Central America Free Trade Agreement known as CAFTA.

Agustin Menjivar will talk about the work being done in El Salvador on Thursday, October 6 on the GVSU downtown campus. The US/El Salvador Sister Cities tour is sponsored by the GVSU School of Social Work and the Padnos International Center.

There are 2 different presentation on October 6, both of which are in the Eberhard Center. The presentation will be in Spanish, but translation will be provided. The public is welcome to attend both talks.

Thursday, October 6

9 – 11AM and 6 – 7:30PM

Eberhard Center Auditorium

GVSU downtown campus