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TRAVEL, STUDY, WORK IN LATIN AMERICA

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ACTION FOR COMMUNITY AND ECOLOGY IN THE RAINFORESTS OF CENTRAL AMERICA: P.O. Box 57, Burlington, VT 05402, 802-863-0571, 802-864-8203 (fax) acerca@sover.net.

ADULT SPANISH IMMERSION CAMP: Victor or Ruth Barela, 952-935-2900. A professional staff teaches at all levels at the Hunt Hill Sanctuary near Spooner, Wisconsin, every August.

AMIZADE, LTD: 7612 N. Rogers Ave., 3rd Floor, Chicago, IL 60626, 888-973-4442, 773-973-3731 (fax), volunteer@amizade.org, amizade.org.

AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE: 303-623-3464, dshort@afsc.org.

BOLIVIA: Ravi Khanna, 413-323-7629, oneworld@igc.org.

CASA XELAJU: 612-729-9253. info@casaxelaju.com. www.casaxelaju.com. The socially responsible educational institute in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, offers long term and short term volunteer work and internship positions, Spanish and Ki’che’ languages, Guatemala literature and human rights studies. Students live with a Guatemala family. Help rebuilding the country working with grassroots organizations. Graduate and undergraduate credit in Spanish available. All classes start on Monday year-round.

CETLALIC: infor@cetlalic.org.mx . www.cetlalic.org.mx. Women and Social Change in Mexico, January 5-18.

CENTER FOR CUBAN STUDIES: 124 W. 23rd St., New York, NY 10011, 212-242-0559, 212-242-1937 (fax), cubanctr@igc.apc.org, www.cubaupdate.org.

CENTER FOR GLOBAL EDUCATION: Augsburg College, 2211 Riverside Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55454, 612-330-1159, 612-330-1695 (fax), globaled@augsburg.edu, www.augsburg.edu/global. Human Rights in Guatemala, January 5–14. School and Society: An International Travel Seminar to Nicaragua, January 21–29. Our Fragile Relationship: Birds, People and Tropical Environment (Nicaragua), March 2–16. Mexico (Cuernavaca) as a Case Study in Leadership, Culture and Health in a Global Perspective, March 4–11. Human Rights, Justice and Peace in Guatemala, March 9–16.

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CENTRO DE EDUCACIÓN E INVESTIGACIÓN PARA ADULTOS (RORAC): Baja California No. 26, Temamatla Edo. de México., México. 56650. (5) 988 55 97. Fax: (5) 988 57 98. rorac@laneta.apc.org.

CENTRO INTERNACIONAL DE SOLIDARIDAD: Boulevard Universitario #4, Colonia El Roble, San Salvador, El Salvador, 011-503-226-2623; cis@netcomsa.com. 

CHIAPAS MEDIA PROJECT: 4834 N. Springfield, Chicago, IL 60625, cmp@chiapasmediaproject.org. 773-583-7728.

CHIAPAS SPANISH SCHOOL AND MAYA LANGUAGES INSTITUTE: http://schoolsforchiapas@schoolsforchiapas.org/events.html. 619- 238-4708. High-quality language instruction in a Zapatista civilian center. Classes begin every Monday and end Friday.

CLOUDFOREST INITIATIVES: P.O. Box 40207, St. Paul, MN 55104, cloudforest@hwpics.com. www.cloudforest-mexico.org 651-592-4143. Travel to Chiapas. Commemoration of 1997 massacre in Acteal, December 18-23. Health care delegation, February 9-16, Coffee in Context, March.

COLOMBIA SUPPORT NETWORK: P.O. Box 1505 Madison, WI 53701-1505. 608-257-8753, 608-255-6621 (fax). csn@igc.org. www.colombiasupport.net. 

COMMITTEE IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE OF EL SALVADOR: 212-229-1290, cispesnatl@people-link.net, www.cispes.org.

COSTA RICA: Eight weeks of independent research through the University of Minnesota’s Student Project For Amity Among Nations (SPAN). Contact David Hellwig, Department of History, St. Cloud State University, 720 Fourth Ave. S., St. Cloud, MN 56301-4498, 320-255-4100 or 320-252-9447, dhellwig@stcloudstate.edu.

CUERNAVACA CENTER FOR INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE ON DEVELOPMENT: 1605-B Pacific Rim Ct., PMB 21063-439015, San Diego, CA 92154. ccidd@laneta.apc.org: 

ECO TRAVEL IN LATIN AMERICA by Ron Mader at www.planeta.com.

ECUMENICAL COALITION ON THIRD WORLD TOURISM is the world’s leading responsible-travel advocacy group. P.O. Box 284, Bridgetown, Barbados, 246-426-7203 (voice and fax), contours@caribnet.net.

FELLOWSHIP OF RECONCILIATION: 2017 Mission St. #305, San Francisco, CA 94110, 415- 495 6334, 415-495-5628 (fax), forlatam@igc.org, www.nonviolence.org/for/.

GLOBAL CITIZEN’S NETWORK: 651-644-0960, 1-800-644-9292, gcn@mtn.org, www.globalcitizens.org. Volunteer on small-scale development projects. Stay in private homes in a village. Guatemala, Belize, St. Vincent and Mexico’s Yucatán.

GLOBAL EXCHANGE: 2017 Mission St., Suite 303, San Francisco, CA 94110, 800-497-1994, 415-255-7296. www.globalexchange.org/tours, malia@globalexchange.org. New Year's in Havana, December 27–January 4.

GREEN TRAVEL by Marcus Endicott at www.earthsystems.org/list/green-travel.

GUATEMALA ACCOMPANIMENT PROJECT: 1830 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 20009. 202-265-8713. 202-265-0042 (fax). nisguagap@igc.org. Human rights accompaniers in returned refugee and internally displaced villages and other communities affected by violence. Next training in February. Apply by January 2.

HAITI ELECTION: Coalition of Independent International Observers, coordinated by Moira Feeney of Global Exchange, 415-255-7296 (ext. 226),moira@globalexchange.org, and Melinda Miles at Haiti Reborn/Quixote Center, 301-699-0042, haiti@quixote.org. 

HIGHER EDUCATION CONSORTIUM FOR URBAN AFFAIRS (HECUA): Mail #36, 1536 Hewitt Ave., St. Paul, MN 55104-1284; 651-646-8831, 800-554-1089, info@hecua.org, www.hecua.org. Experiential, interdisciplinary semesters focusing on social change.

INTERFAITH SERVICE TO LATIN AMERICA: Marc Well Nagel, 612-544-6389,nagel011@gold.tc.umn.edu (zero, one, one after nagel).

INTERNATIONAL LATINO WOMEN’S CONGRESS: Annual conference and exposition at Condado Plaza Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Women and men invited. www.ilwcinc.com.

MARAZUL TOURS, INC: 800-223-5334 or 201-840-6711, cultureprograms@marazultours.com, www.marazultours.com. The agency has received a license from the U.S. Treasury Department to organize cultural and educational programs in Cuba. The group works closely with the University of Havana, Casa de las Americas, the Education Ministry and other institutions in Cuba to guarantee successful travel programs. Marazul has a new Spanish Language and Culture program that consists of a two-week trip combining daily, extensive Spanish instruction with the opportunity to visit and learn about markets, schools, artist studios, agricultural cooperatives, community organizations and cultural sites. Participants also receive a Certificate of Completion. Educational conference focuses include Ernest Hemingway’s relationship to Cuba, human rights, contemporary dance and Caribbean psychology.

MELIDA ANAYA MONTES LANGUAGE SCHOOL, Los Olivos, Ltd.; P.O. Box 17025, St. Paul, MN 55117-0025; 651-487-6128, or Ernie Jenkins 651-489-7367; erjenkins@msn.com. Spanish and Political-Cultural Program. Teach English to Salvadoran activists or volunteer in social programs for a week or longer.

MEXICO SOLIDARITY NETWORK: 4834 N. Springfield, Chicago, IL 60625; 773-583-7728, 773-583-7738 (fax), msn@mexicosolidarity.org, www.mexicosolidarity.org.

NATIONAL NETWORK IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE OF GUATEMALA: 202-518-7638, 202-223-8221 (fax), nisgua@igc.org, www.nisgua.org Accompaniers in returned refugee and internally displaced villages and other communities affected by the violence.

NICARAGUA HIGH SCHOOL STUDY ABROAD: Four-week accredited summer programs students and teachers in Spanish, Tropical Studies and Sustainable Agriculture. Based in Granada. Supports local “Rancho Ebenezer,” Nicaragua’s most important sustainable agricultural farm center. www.nicaraguastudyabroad.org.

NICARAGUA NETWORK: 202-544-9355, nicanet@afgj.org.

PARTNERS ACROSS BORDERS: St. Cloud Minnesota. www.osb.org/pab Maintains sister-city relationship with Tenancingo, El Salvador, under auspices of SHARE Foundation.

PASTORS FOR PEACE: W. 145th Street; New York NY 10031, 212-926-5757, 212-926-5842 (fax). p4p@igc.org, www.ifconews.org. December Caravan and Construction Brigade to Chiapas.

PEACE BRIGADES INTERNATIONAL: 1904 Franklin St., Suite 505, Oakland, CA 94612, 510-663-2362, pbiusa@igc.apc.org.

RETHINKING TOURISM PROJECT: P.O. Box 581938, Minneapolis, MN 55458 rtproject@aol.com, www2.planeta.com/mader/ecotravel/resources/rtp/rtp.html. 651-644-9984.

SCHOOLS FOR CHIAPAS: Schools Construction Teams. San Diegans for Peace in Mexico, 1717 Kettner Blvd., Suite 110, San Diego, CA 92102. 619-232-2841. Fax 619-231-13492. mexicopeace@igc.org, www.schoolsforchiapas.org. Education Caravans: December 27–January 5, March 24–April 6, July 28–August 10. 

SPAN: Eight weeks of independent study in Cuba. Undergraduate or graduate, any major. Eight credits 658 Heller Hall, 271 19th Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55455, 612-626-1083, span@tc.umn.edu. 612-341-9933.

SPAN: Eight weeks of independent research in Costa Rica for college students next summer. Contact David Hellwig, 320-252-9447, dhellwig@stcloudstate.edu.

STITCH: 4933 S. Dorchester, Chicago, IL 60615. 773-924-2738. hf52@aol.com. www.STITCHonline.org.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SERVICE COMMITTEE: 130 Prospect St., Cambridge, MA 02139, 617-868-6600, 617-868-7102, www.uusc.org.

VENCEREMOS BRIGADE: P.O. Box 2826, Church Street Station, New York, NY 10008-2826. 212-760-5927.

WISCONSIN COORDINATING COUNCIL ON NICARAGUA: P.O. Box 1534, Madison, WI 53701, 608-257-7230, 608-257-7904. wccn@execpc.com, www.execpc.com/~wccn.

WITNESS FOR PEACE: 1229 15th Street NW, Washington, DC 20005, 202-588-1471, miller@witnessforpeace.org, www.witnessforpeace.org/sched.html. 

 

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