Executive Director of SHARE, Jose Artiga visits Portland

Portland, Ore.-- On Monday, Jose Artiga, Executive Director of the California-based SHARE Foundation. met with a group in Portland to talk about the current economic, environmental, and political struggles in El Salvador and the importance of the upcoming elections.   Salvadoran appetizers and live music accompanied the evening of great conversation.

SHARE's mission is to strengthen solidarity with and among the Salvadoran people in El Salvador and the United States in the struggle for economic sustainability, justice, and human and civil rights.

Here are some photos from the evening:

Artiga and Francisco Lopez, CAUSA’s Executive Director, also talked about an exciting upcoming opportunity for people to experience Salvadoran civic engagement first-hand by observing the Municipal Elections of El Salvador in March of 2012.  For more information about how you can join the delegation to El Salvador next year, please contact Robin Wright at robin@causaoregon.org

For those that want to learn more, Jose Artiga will be in Salem this evening at 6:30pm. For more details, please link here

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