Hola compa ñeros and compañeras,
Después de unas 4 semanas inolvidables en El Salvador, finalmente la delegación de OSES de 2011 se ha regresado al campus de Oberlin. Hoy, tuvimos nuestra primera reunión como organización estudiantil, y hicimos un montón de planes. Una cosa en que decidimos fue que estaremos usando este blog para grabar nuestros planes y actividades como grupo. Para que tod@s nuestr@s amig@s puedan ver qué está haciendo OSES, escribiremos cada entrada en inglés y después traducirla en español. Esperamos que nos podamos mantener en contacto con nuestr@s amig@s de ADES, la Radio Victoria, y otras organizaciones, y que quizá aún podamos recibir algunos comentarios y sugerencias de est@s amig@s sobre las actividades que planeamos y otras actividades que piensan que debemos planear.
En nuestra reunión de hoy, hicimos los siguientes planes:
1. Trabajaremos juntos para publicar una revista sobre nuestras experiencias en El Salvador y específicamente en la comunidad de Santa Marta. Cada quién escribirá artículos cortos sobre temas como las organizaciones en y alrededores de Santa Marta (el invernadero, CoCoSI, la Radio Victoria, ADES, la clínica, etc.), los testimonios personales que escuchamos sobre el conflicto armado, la idea de la solidaridad y qué nos quiere decir, especialmente dentro del contexto de este viaje, la minería en El Salvador, el activismo en contra de la minería, y la violencia contra los activistas. También incluiremos una cronología de puntos grandes en la historia salvadoreña, y un artículo que da la perspectiva estadounidense sobre el conflicto armado durante los años 80.
2. Crearemos un sitio web para la revista para que la gente pueda seguir visitando el sitio y aprendiendo sobre nuestra experiencia.
3. Publicaremos la revista y la distribuiremos por el campus de Oberlin.
4. Eventualmente (a fines de abril o antes), organizaremos y publicitaremos una cena grande. A esta cena, tendremos una campaña de llamar a senadores y representantes estadounidenses y quiza salvadoreños también, y/o una actividad de firmar una petición, todo relacionado al activismo en contra de la minería y luchando en contra de la violencia hacia los activistas ambientalistas en El Salvador. A esta cena también distribuiremos la revista.
Esos son nuestros grandes planes por ahora. ¡Por favor, dejenos preguntas, comentarios, y preocupaciones! Hasta la próxima vez..
En Solidaridad,
OSES
Sunday, February 13, 2011
We will be using the blog again!
Hello compa ñeros and compañeras,
After an unforgettable 4 weeks in El Salvador, the 2011 OSES delegation has finally returned to the Oberlin campus. Today, we had our first meeting as a student organization, and we made a bunch of plans. One thing we decided was that we will be using this blog to record our plans an activities as a group. So that all our friends can see what OSES is up to, we will write each post in English and then translate it to Spanish. We hope we can keep in touch with our friends from ADES, the Radio Victoria, and others, and maybe even receive feedback from them about the activities we are planning and activities they think we should plan.
In our meeting today, we made the followings plans:
1. We will work together to publish a zine about our experiences in El Salvador and specifically in the community of Santa Marta. We will each write short articles about topics like the various organizations in and around Santa Marta (the greenhouse, CoCoSI, the Radio Victoria, ADES, the clinic, etc.), personal testimonies about the civil war that we heard, the idea of solidarity and what it means to us, especially in the context of this trip, mining in El Salvador, anti-mining activism, and violence against the activists. We will also include a timeline of big points in Salvadoran history, and an article that shows the U.S. perspective during the 80s on the civil war.
2. We will create a website for the zine so that people can continue to visit the website and learn about our experience.
3. We will publish the zine and distribute it on the Oberlin campus
4. Eventually (by the end of April), we will organize and publicize a potluck. At this potluck, we will have a call-in campaign and/or a petition-signing activity related to anti-mining activism and fighting against the violence towards environmental activists in El Salvador. At this potluck we will also distribute the zine.
Those are our big plans for now. Please leave us questions, comments, and concerns! Until next time..
In solidarity,
OSES
After an unforgettable 4 weeks in El Salvador, the 2011 OSES delegation has finally returned to the Oberlin campus. Today, we had our first meeting as a student organization, and we made a bunch of plans. One thing we decided was that we will be using this blog to record our plans an activities as a group. So that all our friends can see what OSES is up to, we will write each post in English and then translate it to Spanish. We hope we can keep in touch with our friends from ADES, the Radio Victoria, and others, and maybe even receive feedback from them about the activities we are planning and activities they think we should plan.
In our meeting today, we made the followings plans:
1. We will work together to publish a zine about our experiences in El Salvador and specifically in the community of Santa Marta. We will each write short articles about topics like the various organizations in and around Santa Marta (the greenhouse, CoCoSI, the Radio Victoria, ADES, the clinic, etc.), personal testimonies about the civil war that we heard, the idea of solidarity and what it means to us, especially in the context of this trip, mining in El Salvador, anti-mining activism, and violence against the activists. We will also include a timeline of big points in Salvadoran history, and an article that shows the U.S. perspective during the 80s on the civil war.
2. We will create a website for the zine so that people can continue to visit the website and learn about our experience.
3. We will publish the zine and distribute it on the Oberlin campus
4. Eventually (by the end of April), we will organize and publicize a potluck. At this potluck, we will have a call-in campaign and/or a petition-signing activity related to anti-mining activism and fighting against the violence towards environmental activists in El Salvador. At this potluck we will also distribute the zine.
Those are our big plans for now. Please leave us questions, comments, and concerns! Until next time..
In solidarity,
OSES
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